GENEVA - Pilatus displayed its new PC-24 business jet at the recent European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Geneva. The versatile aircraft is able to takeoff and land on short runways and unpaved strips. Its composite-intensive structure makes significant use of Hexcel composite materials and adhesive.
Hexcel's HexPly 8552 woven prepreg in carbon and glass variants is used to manufacture a number of the PC-24's components, including the belly fairing, which is the largest composite structure on the aircraft. HexPly 8552 is one of Hexcel's most widely used prepregs for aircraft programs. Hexcel's Redux 319 epoxy film adhesive is also used for bonding the PC-24's composite structures.
The PC-24 is in the final stages of its certification program, following the initial flight of the third and final test aircraft last March. The PC-24 is scheduled for certification and entry into service in the fourth quarter of 2017. Pilatus has so far secured 84 orders for the PC-24, which equates to three years of production.
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