Piper PA-31T

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Piper PA-31T Cheyenne
PA-31T Cheyenne
Type: Business jet
Design country:
Manufacturer:

Piper Aircraft Corporation

First flight:

29th August 1969

Commissioning:

1970

Number of pieces:

847

The Piper PA-31T Cheyenne is a light twin-engine turboprop propeller aircraft produced by the US aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft Corporation and a further development of the Piper PA-31 Navajo .

history

The original version of the aircraft was an upgraded version of the Piper Navajo with a pressurized cabin . The new aircraft was with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 A-28 turboprop engines equipped. The aircraft was continuously improved in various further developments. Ultimately, the development resulted in Piper's largest aircraft, the PA-42 Cheyenne III and IV .

Versions

PA-31T Cheyenne
First built version, powered by two 462 kW Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A -28 turboprop engines .
PA-31T-1
Initial designation of the later PT-31T Cheyenne II, powered by two 373 kW Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-II turbo test engines.
PT-31T Cheyenne II
Much improved variant of the first version.
PT-31T Cheyenne IIXL
Extended Cheyenne powered by two 559 kW Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135 turboprop engines.

Technical specifications

Parameter Cheyenne I Cheyenne II
crew 1
Passengers 6th 7th
length 10.57 m
span 12.40 m 13.00 m
height 3.89 m
Wing area 21.3 m²
payload 1709 kg 1809 kg
Empty mass 2206 kg 2241 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 3915 kg 4050 kg
Cruising speed 437 km / h 463 km / h
Top speed 461 km / h 542 km / h
Service ceiling 8595 m 9631 m
Range 2241 km 2432 km
Engines two propeller turbines Pratt & Whitney PT6A-11

each with 368 kW

two propeller turbines Pratt & Whitney PT6A-28

with 456 kW each

Comparable aircraft types

See also

Web links

Commons : Piper PA-31T Cheyenne  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roger Peperell: Piper Aircraft - Freedom of Flight Supplement , Air-Britain, Tonbridge 2020, ISBN 978-0-85130-524-0 , S. 81st
  2. ^ Peter Bachmann: Einmotorige & Zweimotorige Flugzeug , Motorbuch-Verlag 1980