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Post subject: Re: Pilatus PC-24 Posted: 24 Apr 2015, 06:29 |
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Joined: 04/09/09 Posts: 1308 Post Likes: +96 Location: Raleigh, NC KRDU
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Username Protected wrote: While the forward wing is not fitted with an elevator, it does have a flap, or set of flaps, depending on how you look at it. The surface, which like the tail has a considerable amount of anhedral, is ice-protected, as is the windshield, by electric heat. Bleed air would have been nice, but by the time it had traveled the distance from the engines, it’s not clear that it would have been very hot anymore, and the bleed air used to heat the wing leading edges robs the turboprops of a great deal of power to begin with. Along with the wings, the engine inlets and wing leading edge are deiced by bleed air; the tail does without, as do the props, which are heated directly by the engine exhaust blowing over them. Read more at http://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/turbo ... LtAIMwP.99From what little I've heard the props are an issue, this from a prop shop I was at that had one in for maintenance. Could some the problems be due to the heat from the engines?
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Post subject: Re: Pilatus PC-24 Posted: 24 Apr 2015, 07:53 |
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Joined: 08/18/13 Posts: 1152 Post Likes: +770
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Username Protected wrote: While the forward wing is not fitted with an elevator, it does have a flap, or set of flaps, depending on how you look at it. The surface, which like the tail has a considerable amount of anhedral, is ice-protected, as is the windshield, by electric heat. Bleed air would have been nice, but by the time it had traveled the distance from the engines, it’s not clear that it would have been very hot anymore, and the bleed air used to heat the wing leading edges robs the turboprops of a great deal of power to begin with. Along with the wings, the engine inlets and wing leading edge are deiced by bleed air; the tail does without, as do the props, which are heated directly by the engine exhaust blowing over them. Read more at http://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/turbo ... LtAIMwP.99Look at that. I didn't see a metal leading edge or a boot, so I figured something other. Sorry to spread misinformation.
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