PAC 750 cargo drone in China

[ZacYates]

Hi all,
I figured this was probably the best place for this. There was a posting at MRC Aviation about a Chinese programme to turn a P-750 XSTOL/whatever it's called now into a cargo drone?! www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-09/22/content_32325167.htm

[delticman]

Oct 11, 2017 14:22:32 GMT 12 ZacYates said:

Hi all,
I figured this was probably the best place for this. There was a posting at MRC Aviation about a Chinese programme to turn a P-750 XSTOL/whatever it's called now into a cargo drone?! www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-09/22/content_32325167.htm

Did you miss this yesterday on WONZ? I guess it would be a QP-750 in US lingo.

Keep Fletchers flying.

[ZacYates]

I did miss it, entirely! Apologies to Errol.

Keep Fletchers flying.

[craig]

"After the modification, the plane has a maximum takeoff weight of 3.4 metric tons, a carrying capacity of 1 ton"
Either its a typo or the performance (payload) is shit

[ZacYates]

It does look like a typo as the Pacific Aerospace site cites a max takeoff weight of 3402kg and a max useful load of 1769kg.

[ErrolC]

Depends on how much automation/test equipment it is carrying, and perhaps narrower limits due to being experimental.