KHRUNICHEV T-205 and T-207

TYPE: Light utility turboprop.

PROGRAMME: Announced 2005.

CURRENT VERSIONS: T-205: Tailwheel version, intended for use on unprepared landing strips.
T-207: Basic version, as described.

DESIGN FEATURES: Conventional strut-braced, high-wing monoplane with STOL performance and fixed landing gear; intended for multiple missions, including search and rescue, parachuting, firefighting and pilot training. Superficially similar to company’s T-507 Skvorets. Interior allows carriage of LD3 containers; underfuselage cargo pod can be fitted.
Wing aerofoil P-II-14 with 14 per cent thickness-chord ratio.

FLYING CONTROLS: Conventional and manual. Trim tab in elevator. Slotted flaps and ailerons. Dorsal fin.

STRUCTURE: All-metal. Fuselage has fixed bulkhead with door between cockpit and passenger cabin.

LANDING GEAR: T-205 has tailwheel; T-207 is of tricycle type; both fixed. Steerable nosewheel on T-207. Floats and skis optional.

POWER PLANT: One 969 kW (1,300 shp) P&WC PT6A-65 turboprop, driving a Hartzell five-blade, variable-pitch propeller.

ACCOMMODATION: Pilot and up to nine passengers for flights under FAR Pt 23 rules; maximum capacity two pilots and 12 passengers. Large cargo door on port side.

SYSTEMS: Engine-driven alternator with back-up battery. Electric starter.

All data are provisional.

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:

  • Wing span: 20.00 m (65 ft 7½ in)
  • Length overall: 15.00 m (49 ft 2½ in)
  • Propeller diameter: 2.82 m (9 ft 3 in)
  • Cargo door: Height: 1.53 m (5 ft ¼ in)
    • Width: 1.46 m (4 ft 9½ in)

DIMENSIONS, INTERNAL:

  • Underfuselage pod volume: 3.00 m³ (106 cu ft)

WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS:

  • Max fuel weight: 1,280 kg (2,822 lb)
  • Max T-O weight: 5,700 kg (12,566 lb)
  • Max power loading: 5.88 kg/kW (9.67 lb/shp)

PERFORMANCE:

  • Normal cruising speed: 175 kt (325 km/h; 202 mph)
  • T-O run: 230 m (755 ft)
  • T-O to 15 m (50 ft): 430 m (1,411 ft)
  • Landing from 15 m (50 ft): 500 m (1,640 ft)
  • Landing run: 160 m (525 ft)
  • Range: 890 n miles (1,650 km; 1,025 miles)

The article appears in the following publication:
Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2007-2008. Jane's Information Group Ltd. 2007. ISBN: 0-7106-2792-0

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