Originally Posted by
flybywire44
If you're going to have a 50 or 70 seat turbo prop you're gonna need the a larger/longer props that are going to need to be mounted higher. Manufacturers want low wings so that they can save on the weight of linking the landing gear in some way to the wing spars.
Besides high wings rock! Don't ja'know?
What RPM is the Dash 8 guys? ATR is 1200 I believe.
It's been over a year since I've flown the EMB-120 so I'm not exactly sure about the number but I know it's more than 1300 RPM's when set to max.