Quest Kodiak. Specifications. A photo.

2016-07-18

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Quest Kodiak - American multi-purpose single-engine aircraft, designed in 2004, the aircraft manufacturer «Quest Aircraft Company».

Quest Kodiak a photo

The multi-purpose aircraft of the Quest Kodiak model is a shortened takeoff and landing aircraft, which makes it possible to use this aircraft in places where the construction of an extended runway for some reason is impossible or impractical. The first work on the design of the Quest Kodiak aircraft began with American aircraft builders at the beginning of the 2000-ies, and the aircraft has a fairly wide scope of its application, which, in fact, became one of the reasons for the high popularity of this aircraft, which continues to be very actively produced And to this day.

Plane Quest Kodiak has a multi-purpose, in particular, it can be used for transportation on its board of passengers and the aircraft has proven itself in the sector of local passenger transportation and tourism sector, and to transport on its board of small loads, and while the plane can be used in addition to civil aviation and in the military sphere, currently its operation is practically not conducted, due mainly to the rather mediocre performance.

Photo Quest Kodiak

The first tests Quest Kodiak aircraft were held in October 2004 years and due to the fact that during the tests the aircraft was able to successfully prove itself, already 2005 was started and mass production of this model, in this case, the presence of strong demand led to the fact that the aircraft and it continues to be produced today.

Plane Quest Kodiak may exercise the carriage on its board 10 people, including one pilot and nine passengers, which is quite acceptable, particularly when taking into account a relatively low cost of the aircraft, as well as highly effective aircraft performance indicators of the aircraft. Among other things, Quest Kodiak aircraft very actively used also in the tourism sector, as well as corporate private aircraft.

Aircraft Quest Kodiak

The multipurpose aircraft of the Quest Kodiak model is equipped with a turboprop power plant, which includes one Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 aircraft engine, the power of which is 750 hp. The use of a sufficiently powerful power plant allows the aircraft to fly at a cruising speed of 330 km / h, while the maximum range of this aircraft is limited to a distance of 1910 kilometers.