What do YOU want for Xmas?

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:36:53 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
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What do *you* want for Xmas this year?

A turbine powered Helio Stallion:
http://www.helioaircraft.com/ourplanes_stallion.htm
The Helio Stallion is a 10-place single-engine turboprop bush/utility
aircraft. The Stallion features a 750 shaft horsepower Pratt & Whitney
PT6A turbo-prop engine. The plane is designed to be fully maneuverable
and controllable at 37 knots and has a cruise speed of 175 knots. The
turbine engine allows the aircraft to be operated around the globe
without worries of avgas availability or cost. The new Helio Stallion
has an estimated useful load of 3,000 pounds and a range of over 1,000
nautical miles with standard fuel capacity. The Stallion is designed
for takeoff and landing distances under 350 feet while carrying 1,700
pounds of payload.


PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS

DIMENSIONS
Length overall - 39' 7"
Wing Span over tip tanks - 41' 9"
Height - 9' 3" (conventional gear) and 16' 7" (tricycle gear)

POWER PLANT
Engine Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34 750 SHP
Propeller Hartzell 101 inch 3-blade, reversing

WEIGHT AND LOAD
Gross weight 6,100 lbs
Empty weight 3,100 lbs
Useful load 3,000 lbs
Seating Capacity 10
(pilot/passengers)

TAKEOFF DISTANCE
Sea Level, ISA
Ground run 320 feet
Distance over 50 ft 750 feet
RATE OF CLIMB
2,200 ft/min

SPEED
Minimum, Fully Maneuverable S.L. 37 kts
Maximum Cruise (at 10,000 ft.) 188 kts
Normal Cruise (13,000 ft. / 280 pph fuel burn) 175 kts
Long range cruise 140 kts

RANGE (long range cruise)
1,050 nm (223 U.S. Gallons - tip tanks installed)

SERVICE CEILING
29,000 ft.

Larry Dighera wrote:

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:36:53 GMT, "Jay Honeck" wrote
What do *you* want for Xmas this year?

A turbine powered Helio Stallion:
http://www.helioaircraft.com/ourplanes_stallion.htm

Wow!

And all I wished for was a (turbo normalized) Cessna 206.

However I'll settle for 40 hours in a rental C-172.

- J.O.-

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:27:13 GMT, John Ousterhout
wrote in
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Larry Dighera wrote:

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:36:53 GMT, "Jay Honeck" wrote
What do *you* want for Xmas this year?

A turbine powered Helio Stallion:
http://www.helioaircraft.com/ourplanes_stallion.htm

Wow!

The way I see it, Helio Stallion is a good choice because it is
suitable for about any mission I would expect to fly. But I'm a
little concerned about the weight of the 223 U.S. Gallons of fuel it
burns at 280 pounds/hour. That's 1,680 lbs (7.5 hours @ ~$140/hr)
that reduces over half the useful load, but with full fuel, the
payload is still 1,320 lbs. That's probably enough payload load for
about anything I'd want to do.

Being a conventional gear aircraft, it could operate from unpaved
fields without chewing up the propeller too badly. It would be fun to
drop in on main street in some of the old ghost towns out west. And
the 320 foot takeoff distance would permit me to operate in and out of
my cousin's Mojave ranch.

It would also be useful for my interest in paleontology. The hatch in
the floor would enable me to seriously consider aerial photography.
And the 175 knot cruise speed would speed up my cross country travel
by 40% - 50%. I wander what the insurance premium would be. If the
real estate market doesn't collapse, who knows ...

And all I wished for was a (turbo normalized) Cessna 206.

That's a nice ship too, and probably a lot cheaper to operate.

However I'll settle for 40 hours in a rental C-172.

That would be a useful gift too.

You know what Mick Jagger said, "You can't always get what you want,
but if you try, sometimes you can get what you need." I'm tryin'.