Tue, Jun 19, 2007
Specs Utilize Commonalities Of -300ER and -200 Aircraft
Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, Inc. officials announced in May
it was working on a strategy that could bring the best of both its
-300ER and the smaller -200 aircraft together during the
development of a new air freight feeder aircraft, the
FF-1080-300.
Earlier this month, the company announced it had decided to go
forward with the construction of the -200 version of the prototype
(shown above) which will also serve as a 77-percent scale version
of the -300.
The company's chief design engineers announced Monday it had
finalized the general specifications on the FF-1080-200
next-generation freight feeder aircraft which will also serve as a
77 percent scale prototype for the larger -300ER.
The FF-1080 is an all aluminum twin-engine, high-wing,
un-pressurized, fixed gear, single pilot capable, turboprop
aircraft, specifically designed as a utility air freight transport
system.
The aircraft is also designed for short take-off and landing
(STOL) capability. This feature makes the FF-1080 the only
short-haul, heavy-lift containerized feeder aircraft capable of
transporting ten revenue tons over two thousand nautical miles from
airfields with less than 3,500 feet of runway.
The maximum takeoff weight of the -200 is 42,000 lbs with a
useful load of 22,834 lbs, providing 54 percent useful load to
gross weight. The cargo bay provides 2,424 cubic feet of volume
insuring max capacity payloads without "bulking-out."
The range payload of the FF-1080-200 will accommodate its
primary feeder mission of transporting 8-LD3 standard industry
containers with 16,000 lbs of revenue cargo on-board
(in-containers) over 500 nm.
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