PC-6 Porter

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The PC-6 Porter, with its boxy vertical stabilizer, long pointed nose, high wings and rugged landing gear, may not win any awards for the most elegant aircraft to grace the skies, but the capabilities of the famed Porter are truly the stuff of legend. A unique capability to enter a steep dive without gaining airspeed will get you into the tightest locations, while a generous 550 horsepower will get you back out again in a hurry. All the while carrying pretty much anything you want!

In production for 60 years, the exploits of the Porter are too numerous to list. With a number of world records to its name and extensive service with both civil and military operators alike, it's fair to say that this rugged workhorse has made it's mark on every continent.

Our rendition of the famed PC-6 Porter emulates a late model B2-H4 with a PT6A-27, with six aircraft variations covering all combinations of ‘old school’ analog and G1000 panels, along with standard wheels, tundra tires, and floats.

The cabin is configurable for carrying cargo, passengers, or skydivers, and the aircraft can be outfitted with external fuel tanks, a weather radar pod, or skis. A ton of care and detail ensures our Porter stands out from the pack!

  • Accurate flight behavior, including realistic stall modelling and beta simulation. Beta mode can be entered into under correctly controlled circumstances while in flight to allow for heart stopping dives while staying within the allowable range for flaps extension.
  • Correctly replicated turboprop start up requirements have been implemented, allowing for varying ITT temperatures, up to and including catastrophic hot starts!
  • Engine over-torque simulation with resulting engine failures due to over-torquing require proper power management and awareness.
  • Detailed animations throughout the aircraft, including cabin and cockpit doors, storm window, trap doors, windshield blinds, instrumentation, and more.
  • Separate versions of the PC-6 equipped with standard tires, tundra tires, or floats, each with analog or G1000 versions.
  • Functional trap doors complete with the visual effect of droppable cargo. Main cockpit doors can be jettisoned.
  • Configurable external fuel tanks with properly emulated fuel pump behavior and annunciations.
  • Highly detailed tablet is present in the aircraft to allow in-depth configuration, including fine-grained control over passenger loading, interactive skydiving utilities, cargo loading, and complete control over refueling.
  • High resolution interior and exterior models, with high quality PBR materials used for realistic effects and reflections.
  • Dynamic and fully adjustable cockpit and cabin lighting for atmospheric night flying.
  • Professionally recorded sound set from a real world PC-6 specifically for this release so as to provide the utmost in immersion.
  • Fully supports MSFS visual icing effects.
  • Fully interactive checklist based on proper standard procedures for the PC-6.
  • Custom skydiving altimeter which can be zeroed to field elevation.
  • Native integrated support for the GNS 530, GNS 430, and G1000 NXi by Working Title.
  • 11 highly detailed liveries available to all variants of the aircraft.

The PC-6 is a single-engine, high-wing, short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility aircraft. The airframe took its first flight as the piston-powered Porter on May 4, 1959. It’s maiden flight as a turboprop occurred on May 2, 1961. The aircraft has proven to be remarkably versatile though the decades since its introduction, with uses including a broad range of civil duties as well as military applications. The Porter is crewed by one and can carry up to ten passengers or 2,500 pounds of cargo.

The PC-6 has a distinctive, utilitarian form that features a rectangular main wing, rectangular horizontal stabilizer, and a rectangular vertical stabilizer. It is 36 feet, 1 inch long, has a wingspan of 52 feet, 1 inch, and has a traditional tail unit. The PC-6 uses a tricycle landing gear with fixed mains. The aircraft is powered by a turboprop engine that produces up to 550 horsepower that turns a 3-blade, constant-speed, reversible propeller.

The PC-6 cruises at 132 miles per hour, has a top speed of 144 mph, and stalls at 60 mph. It has a range of 450 miles and a service ceiling of just under 27,000 feet above sea level. The aircraft truly shines when it comes to its STOL capabilities. It can take-off in distances as short as 640 feet and land in under 430 feet. It became renowned for its exploits in high mountains, notably its performance in the Himalaya, where it maintains the record for highest take-off of a fixed-wing airplane.

The PC-6 is one of the most remarkable aircraft ever created due to its STOL performance and ruggedness. Able to operate out of just about any airfield, even tiny strips hacked into the sides of jungle mountains, it has rightfully earned the distinction of one of the workhorses of the world’s heights.

Specifications


ENGINEPT6A-27
CRUISE SPEED119 Knots
LENGTH35.76 Feet
EMPTY WEIGHT3075 Pounds
MAX WEIGHT6195 Pounds
FUEL CAPACITY298 Gallons
RANGE870 NM
MAX ALTITUDE25,000 Feet