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T-41C · Length
Single source26 ft 11 in (8.20 m)[source]
PC-21 · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Cessna T-41 Mescalero | Pilatus PC-21 |
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| Type | Primary pilot trainer[source] | Advanced trainer aircraft[source] |
| National origin | United States[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Cessna[source] | Pilatus Aircraft[source] |
| Status | In service[source] | Active service[source] |
| Primary users |
11.233 m (36 ft 10 in)[source]
T-41C · 1 × Continental IO-360-D Six-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine
Single source1 × Continental IO-360-D Six-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 210 hp (160 kW)[source]
PC-21 · 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68B turboprop engine
Single source1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68B turboprop engine, 1,200 kW (1,600 hp)[source]
PC-21 · Hardpoints : Provisions provided for 4× under-wing and 1× centerline external store stations, capable of mounting up to of payload of air-to-ground weapons to operate in the counter-insurgency role
Single sourceHardpoints : Provisions provided for 4× under-wing and 1× centerline external store stations, capable of mounting up to 1,150 kg (2,540 lb) of payload of air-to-ground weapons to operate in the counter-insurgency role.[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Number built | T-41A : 230 T-41B : 255 T-41C : 52 T-41D : 299[source] | 211 (312 ordered in total)[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1964–1996[source] | 2002–present[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1964[source] | April 2008[source] |
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| Developed from | Cessna 172 Cessna R172[source] | — |
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| Capacity | three passengers[source] | — |
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| Propellers | 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller[source] | 5-bladed constant-speed propeller, 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) diameter[source] |
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| Alternative designation | T-41 Mescalero[source] | — |
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| Designer | — | Pilatus Aircraft[source] |
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| First flight | — | 1 July 2002[source] |
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| Hardpoints | — | Provisions provided for 4× under-wing and 1× centerline external store stations, capable of mounting up to 1,150 kg (2,540 lb) of payload of air-to-ground weapons to operate in the counter-insurgency role.[source] |
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| Stall speed | — | 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn) gear and flaps up (20 km/h (12 mph; 11 kn) less with flaps and gear down)[source] |
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| g limits | — | Aerobatic: + 8.0 – 4.0 aerobatic / with underwing stores: + 5.0 to – 2.5[source] |
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| Roll rate | — | 200°/s at 10,000 ft (3,048 m)[source] |
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| Wing loading | — | 208 kg/m 2 (43 lb/sq ft)[source] |
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| Power/mass | — | 0.39 kW/kg (0.24 hp/lb)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Schweiz[source]Country of design · Entwurfsland |
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Maximum take-off; PC-21 · aerobatic
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