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SHELL ISSUE - n° 18 - 2019 - € 10
The Art of Sailing
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QUART ERLY - P.I. 31/03 /2019 Intern ationa l € 10, Spedizione in Abbon Chf 10,50 , UK £ 7,50- Poste Italian amento Postale e S.p.a. - 70% - LO/MI
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AN INDEFATIGABLE GO-ANYWHERE NOMAD It can land on dirt, short airstrips and even water. Versatility is its great strength, and inside the cabin this Quest Kodiak 100 series 2 offers the comfort of a luxury saloon by Sergio Barlocchetti - Ph.Kodiak / P. Bowen / TroyHouse Dsc
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t’s always hard to compare aeroplanes and automobiles, but
1000 instrumentation with NXi upgrade and L-3’s electronic
if asked to describe the operational philosophy behind the
standby instrument ESI 500, the state of the art in digital
Quest Kodiak 100 series 2 the reply would be “like a long-
avionics. There’s no sign of analogue instrumentation in this
wheelbase Land Rover outside, a luxury saloon inside. This
cockpit! In just over twelve years the Kodiak has evolved into
single-engine turboprop has a maximum capacity of between
a mature design, and the second series is clear proof of this,
two and ten seats, and is built to land practically anywhere,
offering improvements including the ability to install cockpit
on short airstrips and water. It is built in aluminium with a
data and voice recorder. The plane’s operational life has been
simplicity that enables it to be repaired in the field. A versatile
effectively doubled. With 1,211 litres of fuel and a cruising
aircraft like this must be capable of loading and unloading
speed between 174 Kts (maximum) and 135 Kts (economy),
people or goods conveniently and rapidly, and for this reason
the aircraft provides consumption figures of between 48 and
the aircraft features a 54x57 inch (137x145cm) cargo door as
33 gallons per hour, enabling flights of over five to eight hours
well as the usual passenger door. But as our magazine is all
depending on wind conditions and operating weight.
about yachts, the most suitable version for us to look at has
According to the figures recorded during a flight in the USA,
composite floats weighing 320 kg if equipped with wheels
with autopilot engaged at 10,500 feet, 339 lbs of fuel are burnt
for amphibious capabilities or 180 kg without if the Kodiak
per hour (pph) at 178 Kts of true airspeed. The aircraft is
100 is operated as a floatplane only. The numbers show
easy to manage at 85 Kts, and remains so to just under 60
the sophistication of the metal build – an unloaded weight
Kts, a characteristic that makes it possible to control trim
of just over 1.7 tonnes and a payload of over 1.6 tonnes are
when landing on water, setting the floats down even in a
pretty impressive statistics, especially when you think of
50-centimetre chop. There are no problems at altitude and
the Pratt&Whitney PT6 A-34 turboprop engine in the nose
in icy conditions, as the plane can mount a 16-gallon tank of
churning out 750hp at takeoff and 700 at cruise, coupled to a
TKS to prevent icing. This sturdy aircraft costs around 2.5
96-inch prop. This engine has accumulated almost 400 million
million dollars, but from airport to yacht or the most private
flight hours during its operational life on two hundred aircraft
little island, there will be no more limits. It’s no accident that
types, with over 48,000 units sold across five continents.
it’s named after the Kodiak bear, which lives on the island of
All this brawn should not distract attention from the plane’s
the same name off Alaska’s south coast.
refinement and comfort, starting with the integrated Garmin
www.questaircraft.com.
The float plane version (on left-hand page) can also be equipped with wheels. The Quest Kodiak 100 series 2’s avionics are entirely digital, featuring integrated Garmin 1000 instrumentation with NXi upgrade and L-3’s ESI-500 electronic standby instrument. It can carry up to ten passengers
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