The Secret Behind the PC-24's Powerful Engine Nozzle

The power of innovation - discover how the PC-24 achieves greater takeoff performance with no penalties in other phases of flight, through clever engineering and design.
Founded in 1939, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd develops and produces the world’s most unique aircraft: from the legendary PC-12, the best-selling single-engine turboprop in its class, to the PC-7 MKX and PC-21 and associated simulators, the market-leading systems for pilot training. The brand-new PC-24 is the world’s first ever business jet designed for use on short unprepared runways. The Pilatus team consists of over 3,000 exceptional employees who make the company, which is domiciled in Stans, one of the largest and most innovative employers in Central Switzerland. The Pilatus Group also includes independent subsidiaries in the USA and Australia. Pilatus provides training for over 140 apprentices in various professions - job training for young people has always been a very high priority. Pilatus remains committed to Switzerland as a hub for work and new ideas, and acts in a sustainable and environmentally-conscious manner at all times.
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[@aerialbugsmasher]

Pretty disingenuous to call an optimized nozzle tHrUsT VeCtOrInG. I hope the engineering department is rolling their eyes at the marketing department

[@zephyr_00]

It's still kind of the same thing.
You're just used to the term being associated with military hardware.
Concord had thrust vectoring
Civilian execution of thrust vectoring is just a bit different from military execution.

[@JeffDM]

@@zephyr_00the difference being the civilian one is static and not controlled and the military one aids dynamic maneuvering. It’s about as far apart as you can get and still plausibly call it the same thing and kind of a stretch at that.

[@fto3367]

It's not disingenuous. It's what it is called by engineers, not marketeers: passive thrust vectoring, as mentioned in the video. Maybe you didn't understand the principle that the nozzle's thrust vector varies its angle with airspeed?

[@asharma9345]

Rightly said.

[@801Aviator]

This isn't new engineering, the starship Enterprise has had those nozzles since the 1960's

[@12345fowler]

Nobody said it was new so you don't get point here

[@WolfeSaber9933]

There is a patent for a tilt rotor plane from the 1930s

[@WolfeSaber9933]

Also, check out Robert H. Goddard

[@801Aviator]

WOW, just wow. Talk about not getting the point. It' a joke, Trolly Trollerson, a joke. I reference a fake starship from a 1960's sci-fi television show and I need a rebuke about not understanding whether the technology is new or not? YOU....don't get the point here. Almost forgot, "live long and prosper"

[@Sugar_K]

fucking funny man

[@datainmotion]

A must have for cartel kingpins who operate from dirt strips and sometimes can't stay on the ground long

[@flyhigh5056]

Thats why I bought 2...

[@johnrheiner3234]

I have been collecting aluminum cans on the side of the road to get mine. I figure about 4.5 billion more and I can get my own PC 24. 😂😂

[@roberts9095]

I had noticed the nozzle design before and had been wondering if it was a functional design feature or just cosmetic. Very interesting video.

[@gailmrutland6508]

*Great Aircraft!*

[@godlugner5327]

If you made a dollar every second from the moment you were born you'd be a millionaire in 13 days. But you could live to 100 and while some lizards are multi-billionaires, if you never spent a penny of that you'd have less than 4 billion at the end

[@TheAviationYoutuber1]

Day 4 of asking pilatus for a free pc12

[@GabbieGirl007]

I've seen this on the visionjet and the citations as well.

[@amgguy4319]

So now every garden hose has vectoring eh...

[@edmondhung6097]

I don’t understand is p, TOGA should be higher engine power than cruise flight ?why exhaust speed otherwise? Back pressure?

[@markotrieste]

The video says it's due to relative speed of the air surrounding the nozzle. Also, at sea level air density is much higher, so you may very well have higher trust yet less volumetric flow.

[@JeremeyHowlett]

The design of a nozzle is important because when at cruising speeds, whatever speed the air is coming out of the nozzle is the determining factor for how fast the plane will go. Less concentrated of a jet stream, the slower the plane will go. It’s the same principle when water gets restricted in a hose, the water shoots out like a jet stream at a fast rate, it also causes the hose to whip around . That’s how thrust works.

[@tiemji]

Wow it's great. Didn't know about this feature

[@jamielab]

Very cool!

[@MisterIvyMike]

Need one of the engines for my PC-11... 👍

[@bubbleobill267]

Powerful engines.
Sloooow wing…….

[@joeblough4605]

NOT thrust vectoring.

[@t3t611]

Okay, I will order to test it bois

[@hawkeyepierce688]

I just looove this kind of ideas

[@prowlus]

Can it do a cobra then?

[@karenbrook]

Amazing engineering!

[@igbatious]

$9 million

[@arnoldmayii3563]

Impressive!

[@ramirodiniz989]

Very nice ❤

[@Aapnothaar]

nice

[@b320max8]

How's the f22 a NEXT gen fighter, though...

[@WolfeSaber9933]

Fifth generation when most of the world uses fourth or even third generation