Pilatus PC-6 "Porter" - the Swiss multipurpose aircraft

A short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft has been designed by the Swiss firm “Pilatus”. Despite the fact, that its wing is without spoilers, the plane turned out to be very good. The prototype took off for the first time on May 4, 1959. The plane is equipped with 340 h. p. power “Lycoming” piston engine. Serial production began in 1960, and the prototype, painted in bright colors, was used in a Swiss expedition to the Himalayas. It was named “Jeti”. During the expedition, the world record for the landing height of this class of aircraft was broken. On April 4, 1960 "Yeti" landed at an altitude of 5,700 meters. On May 5 of the same year, the plane broke down, while landing at an altitude of 5,200 meters. The pilot and mechanic, flying the plane, were not injured. Since it was not possible to take it out of there, the plane was left at the landing site and, over time, was increasingly destroyed. His remains lie there to this day. From 1961 a production version with a turboprop engine was sold. This version was so successful, that production ended only in 2019. From the publication it is possible to make an example with the serial number 540, which was produced in 1962 and was recently rebuilt into a replica of the prototype, that took part in the Himalayan expedition.

The model is not complex, but fully detailed. The control plates are designed both together with the main plates and separately. Full cabin and passenger cabin equipment, available wheeled and ski chassis. Engine detailing is not available. It is recommended for those, with little experience and advanced beginners to work under the supervision of a more experienced colleague, and for the latter not to do the interior detailing yet, to make the cockpit cover opaque, not to separate the control plates from the main ones.