New Twin-Turbo-Prop EV-55 Outback from the Czech Rep

[swisspilot]

Pretty cool!!

http://www.evektor.cz/outback/project-update.asp

 

[AirVenture]

Wow, from sport pilot planes to a twin turboprop! I don't know, anything in the turbo prop market is usually killed by one of the King Air variants. Cool plane though!

 

[High_Alpha]

Boris for a pilot report?

 

[BillErvin]

Nice, very nice

 

[deadstick]

Kinda reminds me of a cleaned-up Do228

 

[mshunter]

Cool looking plane. Lets see what flight tests show. Looks like a 228 and a MU-2 had a child.

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

Looks like an MU-2 and a Let 410 bashed together. I wonder what kind of price this thing is going to run. Looks like it has potential to be used as a basic feed-liner (such as Capeair or Seaport)

 

[JordanD]

Me want. :rawk:

 

[Inverted]

Wow I really want one.

 

[kiloalpha]

This plane seems perfect for hauling cargo. Crew door, back door, twin turbo-prop, fast, sleek, everything like a MU-2 should be.... except pansy PT-6 engines.

 

[Boris Badenov]

And a goofy "jet nose". And NO TIPTANKS! Boooo! That said, it looks cooler than a King Air, at least.

 

[TXaviator]

i wanna see some vids of it doing gnarly stuff on short/unimproved strips!!

 

[ackeight]

This plane seems perfect for hauling cargo. Crew door, back door, twin turbo-prop, fast, sleek, everything like a MU-2 should be.... except pansy PT-6 engines.

I was about to say the exact same thing about the -21's. What were they thinking? it's a 10K lb airplane!
This airplane looks like it would rock if it had some bigger engines and pressurized.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Hmmm...numbers a lot like a 99, except faster and more payload. I can think of a few of those rustbuckets overdue for the boneyard...

 

[ackeight]

Hmmm...numbers a lot like a 99, except faster and more payload. I can think of a few of those rustbuckets overdue for the boneyard...

I can imagine them flying them till they won't work anymore since they are paid off. At least till the economy is better, but who knows when that will happen:dunno:

 

[Boris Badenov]

I can imagine them flying them till they won't work anymore since they are paid off. At least till the economy is better, but who knows when that will happen:dunno:

Heh, yeah. I don't see anything new ever flying freight. Probably for the best, it would kill the mystique.

 

[swisspilot]

The estimated price will not over run $1 million

 

[mshunter]

The estimated price will not over run $1 million

Yeaaaah right! And the Eclipse jet was going to be cheap too.

 

[texas_pilot]

I thought it looked like a small Shorts 3 60 with some rough edges shaved off.

 

[ackeight]

I think it looks like the DO-328. high wing T-tail. They are nuts if they think it will be less than 1 mil.:insane: Caravans are freaking more money and are "less" of an airplane than that.