Originally Posted by
Junglejett
A local group of professionals approached me about a putting a PC-12 to work. I can read all the Pilatus literature but wanted to get real world experience with the airplane. Reliability. Average fuel burns/speed on various stage lengths/alts..or from a planning perspective, is there a ROT on fuel burn and speeds. Again, looking for some good wags. Not looking at a NG right now...so "legacy" birds.
Thanks!
Rule of thumb is 500lbs the first hour and 450 to 400 an hour after that depending on altitude. It trues out about 265 on a good day.