14000FT TO GROUND IN 2mn

[unkowndrunkenfrankli]

one the the smoothest landings I've seen

[andrea973100]

Great!Great!Great PC6 Descent!Best greetings from Genoa,Italy.SKYDIIIVEEEE!!!!!!­! :)

[invertedattitude1]

Impressive Swiss built machine.

[invertedattitude1]

I met with Pilatus a while back and discussed this type of descent. It's within operating limits of airframe, prop and engine. If done properly, there's no stress on the machine at all. Most jump operations that operate Porters do this type of descent after emptying the plane. After dropping everyone at 12,500, it's not unusual to see the plane back on the ground before the last jumper. Since it's a turbine, there's no need to worry about shock cooling the engine.

[navajopa31]

I often wondered how dive bomber pilots in WW II could do this and their ear drums not explode.

[RippedWookie]

I'm the 100th video thumbs up! Yes!

[bubu101502]

nice!!

[b101aa2]

nice. watched that airspeed indicator. very good control ALL the way down.

[borczm]

fun landing, thanks for sharing it!



[crapper1]

thats what u get when you dont set your trim before take off the plane freaks out and goes back home

[ToomuchBTUstoday]

Is it piston driven or turbine?How many $ an hour to operate.It's a lovely bird :D

[tn66367]

Not impressed. Would be much cooler if the plane was rotating in a dive. The pilot showing his face was kind of gay too. would have been faster if the airspeed was at the top of the yellow and the landing was a high descent with a hard prang on grass with a 300 foot roll. not bad but not impressive either. Grow a pair and do some real piloting you pussy.

[aleakaraul]

@tn66367 Do better, film and upload here. Easy to say, I doubt you can do better.

[applehaed]

@tn66367 now we all want to watch your video of your flying skills in the porter

[Mushkill666]

beat the skydivers lol

[gonetoworkbbackin5mi]

are you reversing the prop?

[double0ten]

If you are happy to die, why not fly it into the side of a mosque?

[airplane82]

very versatile plane!!

[ipathbomb92]

Pretty impressive if you ask me!

[Jimmy315]

Look at the airspeed indicator. it barely goes into the yellow on the enitre descent...

[Blackevo9]

nice work! Great flying and nice landing. Good hands.

[globemaster68]

tactical descent, or a bagdad approach, i did one of them in colorado about 5 years ago, what a freekin blast, TOOK AN HOUR for my head to clear out, after a rapid descent like that. i will never forget it that is for sure.

[aarperry]

look at how fast that altimeter is moving!!

[daniloivensmina]

That`s idiotic and it`s a great way to die, IMO. Planes aren`t toys, you know.

[13rdp]

@daniloivensmina  This is what a Porter is made for!

[schwartzydaniel]

@daniloivensmina THIS WAS MADE INSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE PORTER IN TERMS OF SPEED AND ACCELERATION WITH GREAT MARGINS.

[aarperry]

@daniloivensmina surely if you have any commercial flight experience at all, which I assume you do to make a remark like that then you would know that skydiving need the aircraft to descend faster than the skydivers, also you should recognise this as a steep gliding turn, check the instruments, all is well within limits and a manoeuvre commonly used in aviation to lose height at a fast rate. Not toys no but this is standard procedure in meat bombing

[wangwee3]

@daniloivensmina so then what are they? a means of transportation? grow up, and live a little.

[erkq]

@daniloivensmina Oh, come on. Every FAA certified plane has to go through extensive test flying to establish it performs as designed. Part of the pilot's responsibility is to keep operation within these flight parameters. Flown within parameters this airplane will NOT kill ANYONE. This aircraft is COMPLETELY capable of the maneuver.

[Zachey2001]

@daniloivensmina Shut it

[matthmatthmatth]

@daniloivensmina fuck you, aviation-ignorant chimp! Go choke on a BANANA!

[RoRcrashslave]

@matthmatthmatth thats the first time i heard that.....good job lol

[WiskeyDickBomber]

@daniloivensmina They are toys

[Cap10Aerobatics]

@daniloivensmina Yes they are ;)

[NameWasInvalid]

@daniloivensmina You should probably know what you're talking about before you type next time. Its called an emergency descent, is within the means of the aircraft, and should be practiced for all pressurized aircraft. It the event of a pressurization loss, you need to be down below 10k feet, much faster than this pilot even shows

[jonny2387]

can someone explain how they do this without exceeding Vne

[invertedattitude1]

@jonny2387 Reverse pitch on the prop. It acts like a brake, effectively trying to push the airplane backwards.

[nittynorns]

Nicely judged

[Moose6340]

That is an absolute masterpiece of energy management right there, knowing when to turn and put some load on it to slow it in the dive, and exactly where to level out so he hardly had to touch the power on the landing. Brilliant flying.

[skeeter6611]

Kudos to the pilot... beautiful landing!

[Alien43]

he landed so smoothly

[sheldon957]

I saw 12,200' at the start and he lands 200 feet below sea level. So that is a 12,400' descent. 6,200' FPM descent ain't bad. He most likely should set his altimeter though. Beta on the prop helps.  I have done 4000' FPM in a Bonanza and stayed below Vne.

[latitudehopper]

Is this after a parachute drop?

[SenorSpode]

Fantastic! One of the best tactical descents I've ever seen. Planes like this are a marvel to watch. It's fun watching a C-17 do the same thing: it's done 14,000 fpm descent into combat zones using the reversers on the inboard engines and plopped right into a dirt field. Props (pun intended) to the pilots of both! And great video! Fived and faved.

[skat0r]

7000ft a min lol god damn!

[ChileDDR]

AWESOME!!!!

[roycev60]

OH man! This is my job!!!!!!!! You're lucky!!!

[aetio2]

Very good video! images with very high quality...

thanks v.m. ;-)

[bibelbengel]

Pilatus Porte 4ever! One of the best planes for skydiving!

[Lidopier]

Amazing!!! The Pilatus PC6 is always an Great machine!!! Fantastic Reverse!...

[crazyket]

looks like 12..thousend feet to ground in 2 minutes..

[jmr604]

I agree...

[jmr604]

Well it does say 12,000ft. just look at it..... (the altimeter).. minus feild elevation.. it's less than 12,000ft.. title the video properly.

[proscllc]

Right, there are no spoilers on a Porter PC6. Full flaps will create a great deal of drag and limit speed somewhat. However, at that extreme nose down attitude it wil surely speed past safe flap range. My guess is also BETA on the prop. This would do it and is one great advantage turbo props have over pistons.

[pilotboy84]

Correct, combo of Beta and Flaps mean this aircraft falls like a depleted uranium brick

[artyparis]

C'est à Bouloc?

[schwartzydaniel]

LFAF LAON CHAMBRY

[itzajdmting]

nice flying :)..rapid descent!!!

[theflyer1985]

how many fuel you used on this 2min?

[spetch21]

Pretty sure there are no spoilers on the PC-6. The prop is likely in Beta reducing the descent speed while allowing an incredible descent angle.

[cassebi]

he deploys the spoilers : its illegal but the speed doesnt passes over VNE

[Flypontcom]

there aren't spoilers on the PC6...

[proscllc]

How did you keep it from speeding past Vne?

[arnaud051969]

I am not an expert on this type of aircraft, but I think the drag is very high when he uses full flaps. basically you have to put your stick down to keep speed.

[j9r9m]

Du moment que tu ne survoles pas la prison !!! ;)

[eagleamine]

the altimeter is not set it shows -800ft

[schwartzydaniel]

Yeah,

altimeter is set 1013

[13rdp]

@eagleamine It shows -200ft, atc doesn't care about QFE, they need to know what's your FL.

Happy skies.

[SenorSpode]

@eagleamine Actually, it shows -200 feet. You gotta count reverse once you go below MSL. And just nitpicking, but that was 12,000 feet y'all started at. 12,000 or 14,000, it's all the same: impressive.

[flyingturnip1]

@eagleamine It reads -200.

[slave4brit92]

YEAH