Let L-410 UVP-E20
Czech 19-seat commuter turboprop with a high wing, rough-field gear and wingtip tanks, built for -50 to +50 °C. Current UVP-E20 production flies with GE H80-200 engines; two pilots are required.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 219 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 181 kt
- Range
- 810 nm
- Service ceiling
- 14,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,673 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 1,300 kg
- Total capacity
- 1,310 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 500 kg
- Tip tanks
- 2 × 157 kg
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 240 kg/h
Fuel burn at typical cruise. Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 500 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 500 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete · Grass · Gravel
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 6,600 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog and glass
- Systems
- Constant-speed propeller · Retractable gear
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 19
- Minimum crew
- 2
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 6,600 kg
- Max landing weight
- 6,400 kg
- Empty weight
- 4,200 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- CPL(A) · ATPL(A)
- Type rating required
- L-410
- Extra training or endorsements
- Turbine engine · Variable-pitch propeller · Retractable gear · High-performance aircraft theory (HPA) · Multi-crew cooperation (MCC)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR · Known icing (FIKI)
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Let
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 2× Turboprop
- ICAO type designator
- L410
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1990
Scale drawing
- Length
- 14.47 m
- Wingspan
- 19.98 m
- Height
- 5.83 m
- Fuselage width
- 2 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.3 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Let L-410 UVP-E20Length 14.47 m
- Dornier 228 NGLength 16.56 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VAManoeuvring speedBelow it, a full control deflection will not overstress the airframe (at maximum weight).
- 143 kt
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 119–135 kt
- VLEMax gear extendedHighest speed with the landing gear down.
- 135 kt
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 181 kt
A range runs from light to maximum weight, or across the flap settings for VFE. The exact speed depends on weight, flaps and conditions.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Let L-410 UVP-E20 in the simulator
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