Thread: Wanna see what flying is like at Surf Air?
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Old 07-18-2015, 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Rotors2Planks View Post
Looks like a cool place to work. This is probably my helicopter habits/pessimism showing but I'm always expecting that an engine will fail. In that event, how survivable is a fully loaded PC-12 airframe in an off airport scenario? I assume most PC-12's are flying around with a couple pax, but I would think that Surf Air is operating near gross weight with 8-9 occupied seats and their luggage. I'm just imagining a leg to Tahoe and seeing something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxoOkEKxRJA
Interestingly Weight doesn't effect glide range , just the airspeed you reach the optimum AOA . Higher airspeed for a heavily loaded plane. So less time to find the right spot.
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