AOPA Pilot Magazine - September 2022 - 55

SPEC SHEET
Daher Kodiak 900
Price as tested: $3.5 million
SPECIFICATIONS
Powerplant / Pratt & Whitney
PT6A-140A, 900 shp
Recommended TBO / 4,000 hr; 2,000-hr
hot section inspection
Propeller / Hartzell five-blade composite,
97 inches
Length / 37.7 ft
Height / 16.1 ft
Wing span / 45 ft
Wing area / 240 sq ft
Wing loading / 33.3 lb/sq ft
Power loading / 8.89 lb/hp
Seats / 1-10
Cabin length / 227 in
Cabin width / 54 in
Cabin height / 57 in
Basic empty weight / 4,470 lb
Max ramp weight / 8,100 lb
Max takeoff weight / 8,000 lb
Basic useful load / 3,630 lb
Payload w/full fuel / 1,430 lb
Fuel capacity / 322 gal/2,200 lb
Cargo volume / 309 cu ft
PERFORMANCE
Takeoff distance, ground roll / 1,015 ft
Rate of climb, sea level / 1,724 fpm
Max cruise speed/endurance/range w/
45-min rsv @ 12,000 ft /
210 kt/4.3 hr/969 nm
Max range cruise speed/endurance/range
w/ 45-min rsv @ 12,000 ft /
156 kt/6.8 hr/1,129 nm
Max endurance (loiter) speed/endurance
w/ 45-min rsv @ 12,000 ft /
102 kt/9.2 hr/955 nm
Certified ceiling / 25,000 ft
Landing distance, ground roll / 1,460 ft
LIMITING AND RECOMMENDED AIRSPEEDS
VS1
(stall, clean) / 78 KCAS
VSO
(stall, in landing configuration) /
65 KCAS
For more information, contact Daher
Aerospace, 1200 Turbine Dr, Sandpoint,
Idaho 83864; 866-230-7417; kodiak.aero
All specifications are based on manufacturer's
calculations. All performance
figures are based on standard day, standard
atmosphere, sea level, gross weight
conditions unless otherwise noted.
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same engine powering the Grand Caravan
EX-you might be getting a sense by now of
the Kodiak's biggest competitor. But even a
22-percent increase in horsepower only does
so much. Throughout the airframe, there have
been changes to reduce drag. The nose section
is new-all composite and completely fairing
in the cargo pod, which is now standard and
integral to the airframe. Flap tracks have been
faired in and, most noticeably, the airplane
now sports wheel fairings. The robust fairings
house smaller and higher-pressure tires than
the 100. Brown explained that the new model,
which keeps the same wing span and tail section
as the original, may not be as optimized
for the shortest, most rugged strips in the backcountry,
but the tires and fairings still offer
plenty of performance for rough strips in outof-the-way
places. We landed on a gravel strip
along the Snake River with lots of terrain in
the vicinity. Even with four aboard and nearly
full fuel, the airplane rocketed off the gravel in
about 1,000 feet, climbing away at nearly 1,800
feet per minute.
To address the size issue, the engineers
added two plugs to the squarish fuselage section-one
just behind the flight deck and
another just ahead of the empennage. The
new model retains the same interior width
and height as the original. Like the 100, the
new model will come standard with six passenger
seats in the cabin. Although with the
extra 37 inches of length, the cabin will easily
accommodate a double-club configuration, as
was in the development airplane we flew and
photographed. In fact, the cabin can easily
accommodate 12 seats in countries where that
is legal; a maximum of 10 seats are permitted
in the United States in this category.
Even with eight seats in the cabin, access is
easier because the aft row of seats is behind the
large cabin door, so you're not having to slide
by passenger seats when boarding through
the rear. The flight deck retains its left and
right doors for easy crew access. The fuselage
steps have been replaced by new telescoping
ladders that fold into the flight deck with the
doors closed. Cleverly, the front doors can be
held open in up to moderate wind-15 knots or
so-by magnets hidden in the doors that mate
to magnets behind the skin in the nose, allowing
the doors to swing completely open and
stay that way.
Taking a nod from the luxury of the TBM
line, each of the new Kodiak seats has next to
it a LEMO headset jack, conventional headset
jacks, two USB ports (one each for USB-A
and USB-C), a phone holder, and a cup holder.
AOPA PILOT / September 2022
55
DAHER KODIAK
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