WHAT WE FLY
Bigger is not always better! Ulendo Airlink have looked at our routes and identified the aircraft best suited to delivering safe and reliable services based on passenger demand for routings and the type of airstrips we're operating to.
Our strategy is to stick with Turbo Prop Aircraft and, for all our plane spotters who love the technical details, have the following aircraft either operating now or part of our expansion plans over the coming months:
Cessna 208B
REDUCED DEMAND FOR TRAVEL AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC HAS RESULTED IN THE SUSPENSION OF CESSNA GRAND CARAVAN SERVICES IN MALAWI UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND THIS AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY NOT OPERATING.
General Characteristics
• Crew: 1 or 2
• Capacity: 9 passengers or 13 with FAR Part 23 waiver
• Length: 41 ft 7 in (12.67 m)
• Wingspan: 52 ft 1 in (15.88 m)
• Height: 15 ft 1 in (4.60 m)
• Wing area: 279 sq ft (25.9 m2)
• Aspect ratio: 9.555
• Airfoil: NACA 23000 Series
• Empty weight: 4,558 lb (2,067 kg)
(weight of typically equipped unit is 2127 kg/4690 lb)
• Gross weight: 9,062 lb (4,109 kg) (maximum landing
weight is 4081 kg/9000 lb.)
• Fuel capacity: 335.6 gallon/2246 lb
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney PT6A-114A turboprop,
675 hp (503 kW)
• Propellers: 3-bladed Hartzell Constant speed, full feathering,
reversible pitch, 8.8 ft 106 in (5.37 m) diameter
Performance
• Maximum speed: 213 mph (343 km/h; 185 kn) true air speed
• Cruise speed: 213 mph (185 kn; 343 km/h) true air speed
• Stall speed: 70 mph (61 kn; 113 km/h) calibrated air speed
• Never exceed speed: 201 mph (175 kn; 323 km/h) indicated air speed
• Range: 1,240 mi (1,078 nmi; 1,996 km) with max fuel and reserves
• Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,620 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,275 ft/min (6.48 m/s)
• Wing loading: 31.49 lb/sq ft (153.7 kg/m2)
Cessna 210
General Characteristics
Performance
• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 5 passengers (Limited to 4 adults for Ulendo Operations)
• Length: 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m)
• Wingspan: 36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
• Height: 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
• Wing area: 175 ft² (16.23 m²)
• Empty weight: 2,303 lb (1,045 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 3,800 lb (1,723 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Teledyne Continental TSIO-520-H4,
air-cooled turbocharged flat-six, 310 hp (231 kW)
• Maximum speed: 204 knots (235 mph, 378 km/h)
at 17,000 ft (5,200 m)
• Cruise speed: 193 knots (222 mph, 358 km/h) at
20,000 ft (6,100 m)
• Stall speed: 58 knots (67 mph, 108 km/h) CAS,
flaps down, power off
• Range: 900 nmi (1,036 mi, 1,668 km) econ cruise
at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
• Service ceiling: 27,000 ft (8,230 m)
• Rate of climb: 930 ft/min (4.7 m/s)
• Wing loading: 22.9 lb/ft² (111.8 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.078 hp/lb (0.13 kW/kg)
Dornier 228
REDUCED DEMAND FOR TRAVEL AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC HAS RESULTED IN THE SUSPENSION OF DORNIER SERVICES IN MALAWI UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND THIS AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY NOT OPERATING.
General Characteristics
• Crew: 2 pilots
• Capacity: 19 passengers (Ulendo configuration - 15 executive seats)
• Payload: 2,340 kg freight (5,158 lb)
• Length: 16.56 m (54 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 16.97 m (55 ft 8 in)
• Height: 4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)
• Wing area: 32.0 m² (344 sq ft)
• Airfoil: A-5
• Empty weight: 3,739 kg (8,243 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 6,400 kg (-212)
6,200 kg (-202K) 6,100 kg (-202) 5,700 (-101) (14,550 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Garrett AiResearch TPE-331-5-252D
or -10 variation (GP and GT) turboprop, 578 kW
(776 shp flat rated for -5A and -10 powerplants at 30 °C sea level /
715 shp flat rated for -5 variations) each
• Propellers: Hartzell Propellers model- HC-B4TN-5ML/LT10574
• Propeller diameter: 2.67 m (105 in)
Performance
• Never exceed speed: 280 kt (-212) (519 km/h)
• Maximum speed: 223 kt (-212) / 200 kt (-200) (413 / 370 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 190 kt (352 km/h) at approx 15 °C with 85% torque
• Stall speed: 75 kt (139 km/h) flaps down
• Range: 1,111 km (715 nmi, 823 mi) with full payload
• Service ceiling: 8,500 m (28,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 7.5 m/s (1,870 ft/min)