is cessna 208 caravan the biggest single engine aircraft?

September 9, 2009

Is there any bigger aircraft with only one propeller engine?
I was thinking more of commercial aircraft rather than crop dusters and war planes but thanks anyways. Any more?

The Antonov AN-3 is the biggest I’m aware of. It’s bigger than the Caravan but I don’t know if it’s the biggest. Check the link.

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4 Responses to “is cessna 208 caravan the biggest single engine aircraft?”

  1. Airmech on September 9th, 2009 7:03 am

    I am not sure what the largest is but the Air Tractor 802 is bigger than a caravan with a gross weight of 16000 lbs.
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  2. Rick on September 9th, 2009 7:39 am

    The Antonov AN-3 is the biggest I’m aware of. It’s bigger than the Caravan but I don’t know if it’s the biggest. Check the link.
    References :
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-3

  3. Challenger Loco on September 9th, 2009 7:53 am

    Based on Max take-off weight the largest single engine aircraft is the Grumman AF-2 Guardian which was an anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy. It’s empty weight was 14,500 lbs and it had a max take-off weight of 25,500 lbs.

    Other large single engine aircraft include:

    Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (WWII US fighter) – 10,000 lb empty and 17,500 max weight

    Antonov AN-2 Colt (Russian utility bi-plane) – 7,300 lb empty and 12,000 lb max. (The AN-3 is a turbo-prop version of the AN-2)

    Air Tractor AT-802 (Agricultural and Fire fighting aircraft) – 6,400 lb emoty and 16,000 lb max

    All these compared to the Cessna Caravan at 4,750 lb empty and 8,750 max.

    One thing to point out is that the Caravan and the AT-802 are turbo-prop aircraft while all the other ones are piston engine aircraft.

    For commercial / passenger only aircraft only then I would say:

    Pilatus PC-12 (5,870 lb empty 10, 450 lb max)
    PAC 750XL (3,100 lb empty 7,500 lb max) – This is an aircraft mainly used for skydiving but it is much smaller than the PC-12 and the Caravan.

    There is also a Colombian aircraft called the Gavilan 358 mainly used for cargo it has a max take-off weight of 4,500 lb.

    The pilatus is probably the winner.
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  4. eferrell01 on September 9th, 2009 8:34 am

    Pilatus PC-12 is a little bigger.
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