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Core Turboprop Skill Development Trainer – Grob 120TP

Aircraft Details

Location: Alabama

The turboprop Grob 120TP is a fully-aerobatic training aircraft. The aircraft’s differences in acceleration and deceleration, engine controls, and glass cockpit setup, are representative of a variety of turboprop aircraft such as the Pilatus PC-12, TBM series, Piper Meridian, Mitsubishi MU-2, Piper Cheyenne, Piaggio Avanti, Cessna Caravan, and Quest Kodiak.

SPECIFICATIONS

General

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
  • Height: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 13.5 m2 (145 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,095 kg (2,414 lbs)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,590 kg (3,505 lbs)
  • Fuel capacity: 360 litres (79 imp gal; 95 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce M250-B17F Turboprop aircraft engine, 340 kW (456 hp)
  • Propellers: 5-bladed MT Propeller, 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) diameter

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 454 km/h; 282 mph (245 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 435 km/h; 270 mph (235 kn) (at MCP, 10,000 ft)
  • Stall speed: 107 km/h; 67 mph (58 kn) (MSL, landing configuration)
  • Range: 1,074 km; 667 mi (580 nmi) at 5,000 ft and 75% power
  • Ferry range: 1,361 km; 846 mi (735 nmi) at 10,000 ft and 45% power
  • Endurance: 6 hours at 10,000 ft and maximum endurance power setting
  • Service ceiling: 7,600 m (25,000 ft)
  • g limits: +6/-4G
  • Rate of climb: 14.08 m/s (2,772 ft/min)

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