Fletcher FU-24

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Fletcher FU-24
Fletcher FU-24
Type: Agricultural aircraft
Design country:

United StatesUnited States United States

Manufacturer:

Fletcher Aviation

First flight:

June 14, 1954

Production time:

1954–

Number of pieces:

309

The Fletcher FU-24 (today PAC Fletcher) is an agricultural aircraft from the American manufacturer Fletcher . With the appropriate conversion kits, it is also used as a cargo, passenger and drop-off aircraft.

history

The machine is similar to the Fletcher FD-25 and was designed in 1954 by John Thorpe at Fletcher as an agricultural aircraft for use in New Zealand . The first flight took place on June 14, 1954 and the certification on July 22, 1955. After only eleven pieces of the single-seat FU-24 and six two-seat FU-24A, production was outsourced to New Zealand in 1964, with the machines also being delivered as kits. The production rights were later acquired by various companies, such as Air Parts in 1964, NZ Aerospace in 1972 and Pacific Aerospace from 1982 . Some of the machines were also equipped with Lycoming or Continental engines with an output of 165 to 295 kW. From 1970 on, six prototypes with propeller turbines ( PT6A or TPE 331 ) were also tested, after which many piston engine machines were converted after their successful testing. A modernized version with a Lycoming LTP-101 turbine is produced as PAC Cresco .

variants

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers until 5
length 9.70 m
span 12.81 m
height 2.84 m
Wing area 27.3 m²
Wing extension 6.0
payload 1210 l or 500 kg
Empty mass 1188 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 2465 kg
Cruising speed 210 km / h
Top speed 233 km / h
Service ceiling 4850 m
Range 710 km
Engines an eight-cylinder boxer engine Lycoming IO-720-A1A , 300 kW or
PT6A-34AG , 560 kW

See also

Web links

Commons : Fletcher FU-24  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FliegerRevue, September 2010, p. 68, Fletcher FU-24