Engines
Caravan Re-engine Pack Grows
Another player has joined those offering engine upgrades on the Cessna Caravan.
Blackhawk Modifications now offers an engine upgrade for the Cessna Caravan. The $605,000 conversion replaces the aircraft’s 675-shp P&WC PT6A-114A with an 850-shp PT6A-42A.
Blackhawk Modifications now offers an engine upgrade for the Cessna Caravan. The $605,000 conversion replaces the aircraft’s 675-shp P&WC PT6A-114A with an 850-shp PT6A-42A.

Another player has joined those offering engine upgrades on the Cessna Caravan. Earlier this summer, Blackhawk Modifications (Booth No. C6516) received FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval for its conversion that replaces the aircraft’s stock 675-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A with an 850-shp PT6A-42A. The company is ramping up to do three conversions per month and estimates installation time at two weeks.

Blackhawk now joins Alaska-based Aero Twin and Texas Turbines in offering an STCed turbine retrofit for the Caravan. The former use the Honeywell TPE331-12JR engine and develop 850 to 950 shp. Both the Honeywell installations and the Blackhawk retrofits include the capability for flight–into-known-icing approval.

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