Pilatus Porter PC-6

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Pilatus Porter PC-6

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24 January 2013, 07:53

sjr

Pilatus Porter PC-6

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GSHM4LlMIM
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25 January 2013, 05:55

poprivit

I've some time in a PC-6 with a recip engine. Not quite as impressive as a turbine Porter, but pretty much fun to fly. I owned a Helio Courier at the time. Same idea, less power. I've also flown a Maule. There's a video somewhere showing a Maule taking off from inside a barn.

STOL is fascinating.

26 January 2013, 19:50

Bill/Oregon

What a bird! That film looks to be 30 or 40 years old, eh?

27 January 2013, 05:43

labdad

Would love to have the chance to fly the Pilatus and then the Helio Stallion on the same day for a comparison.

29 January 2013, 10:50

Bill Brady

Hi all
Labdad I agree that would be great fun.Fifty years flying this year and still flying a Beaver in the High Arctic all summer.Never flew a PC-6 but had a demo flight in one many years ago all I can say is Whow!
Bill

29 January 2013, 13:34

Brandon.Gleason

Wow, some of those landings had some pucker factor to them! Looks like an interesting flight experience. I've flown in a few SNJ-6's at Warbirds, but never anything which could be classified as a bush plane.

09 March 2013, 03:53

Allan DeGroot

Check out one of the videos where a PC-6 driver beats the skydivers he just took to 12,000feet back to the ground, by deploying full flaps and going vertical, nose down and passing his parachutists in freefall.

There are a couple of good videos on YouTube that show the PC-6 waiting STOPPED back on the apron while the parachutists are still dangling under their chutes.

That's a Ride I would prefer to watch from the ground with a long lens.

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09 March 2013, 08:57

labdad

Well, at least you don't have to worry about any front cylinders shock cooling! Had a friend that was flying a King Air 90 in Hawaii descend into the water after a bunch of hops in one day.

09 March 2013, 17:38

odies dad

Nice to be able to get by with a 10 foot runway.
Cool plane.

10 March 2013, 13:50

Allan DeGroot

quote:
Originally posted by labdad:
Well, at least you don't have to worry about any front cylinders shock cooling! Had a friend that was flying a King Air 90 in Hawaii descend into the water after a bunch of hops in one day.

How does a comment on front cylinders shock cooling connect to someone ditching a King Air 90 which has only ever been made with PT6 turbo-prop engines?