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Pilatus PC-9

59.9k Erc90F4RU  5 months ago


Dont worry, its upside down plane


Hello! Yes, its a funny PC-9


The Pilatus PC-9 is a single-engine, low-wing tandem-seat turboprop training aircraft manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. Designed as a more powerful evolution of the Pilatus PC-7, the PC-9's first flight was made in May 1984 after which certification was achieved in September 1985. After this, the first production orders for the type were received from the Royal Saudi Air Force, with deliveries commencing in 1985. Since then, more than 250 airframes have been produced across five different variants, and the type is employed by a number of military and civilian operators around the world, including the Swiss Air Force, Croatian Air Force, Royal Thai Air Force and the Irish Air Corps

The PC-9 is a more powerful evolution of the PC-7. It retains the overall layout of its predecessor, but it has very little structural commonality with it. Amongst other improvements, the PC-9 features a larger cockpit with stepped ejection seats and also has a ventral airbrake.

The PC-9 program officially started in 1982. Although some aerodynamic elements were tested on a PC-7 during 1982 and 1983, the first flight of the first PC-9 prototype took place on 7 May 1984. A second prototype flew on 20 July of the same year; this prototype had all the standard electronic flight instrumentation and environmental control systems installed and was thus almost fully representative of the production version.

Certification was achieved in September 1985. By this time, the PC-9 had lost the Royal Air Force trainer competition to the Short Tucano. However, the marketing links that Pilatus built up with British Aerospace during the competition led to their first order from Saudi Arabia.

As of 2004, more than 250 aircraft of this type have been built.


Ag1 - Openable canopy
Ag2 - Drop fuel tanks
VTOL Down - Flaps



1st - Livery based on there photos:

2nd - i forgot


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General Characteristics

  • Successors 3 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 28.9ft (8.8m)
  • Length 28.3ft (8.6m)
  • Height 10.3ft (3.1m)
  • Empty Weight 1,423lbs (645kg)
  • Loaded Weight 1,869lbs (847kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.387
  • Wing Loading 12.3lbs/ft2 (60.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 151.4ft2 (14.1m2)
  • Drag Points 1229

Parts

  • Number of Parts 195
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 1,034
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    59.9k Erc90F4RU

    Upside down tags:
    @ThatRandomCouchPotato
    @Neruneten21
    @RepublicOfCursedPlanes "ok lol"

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    59.9k Erc90F4RU

    @Omoriboy
    @Bryan5
    @florky

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    59.9k Erc90F4RU

    @MrCOPTY
    @ZerkkOtakuGuy
    @Pan

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    59.9k Erc90F4RU

    @TheMouse
    @CaptainBrayden

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    2,130 John8185

    bro Can i use ur plane for the light weight attacker?

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    This plane floats on water-

    5 months ago
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    59.9k Erc90F4RU

    @Kangy Ah, i completely forgot to mention you, big sorry for it

    5 months ago
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    @Kangy so you're an aussie? I guess is not offensive to aussies...

    I'm dumb.

    5 months ago
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    23.5k Neruneten21

    Also I'm currently writing upside down lol.

    5 months ago
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    23.5k Neruneten21

    I saw the RAAF Roulettes perform at the Newcastle airshow last year, it was incredible to watch. And according to Google, the Roulettes perform about 150 flying displays a year! Thats about one display every three days!
    Wouldn't that be a cool job.

    5 months ago
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    42.7k phrongus

    @A380lover800 no one cares

    5 months ago
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    15.4k Kangy

    I see you’ve used my roundel, it’s facing the wrong way, please credit me in future as mentioned on the post

    5 months ago
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    15.4k Kangy

    @A380lover800 lol what?? we love the upside down joke it’s funny af

    5 months ago
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    @Erc90F4RU NICE!

    5 months ago
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    17.0k cyon

    If upside down is offensive, then i guess this is a flying spider

    5 months ago
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    @intruder72 all aussies hates the joke. So it might be offensive to them.

    5 months ago
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    29.7k intruder72

    @A380lover800 who said saying that joke is offensive to aussies?

    +1 5 months ago
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    1,904 florky

    p i l a t u s

    5 months ago
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    "Upside down"? Bros racist 💀

    5 months ago
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    35.8k Marulk

    Still no upvotes? Let me change that😆

    +1 5 months ago