The Propeller Interface Unit (PIU) is an electro-mechanical control unit mounted to the engine reduction gearbox, which provides a propeller speed signal to the PMU and responds to speed control signals from the PMU. The cockpit displays are sunlight readable active matrix LCD’s. The power management unit recognises the conditions which could potentially result in flameout (cessation of combustion in the engine) and automatically provides ignition in the event of sudden decreases in speed or in the interstage turbine temperature. The centre station on each side is ‘wet’ for external fuel tanks.In addition to the six under-wing stores stations, the FN Herstal weapons control system and Avimo gunsight increase the capability of the T-6 as a weapons trainer.Hawker Beechcraft Corporation designed the T-6A for durability, reliability and sustained performance. The T-6B is a single-engine, two-place (tandem seat), pressurized, low-wing training aircraft manufactured by Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, Wichita, KS. The PMU, developed by Raytheon and Pratt and Whitney Canada, sets the engine power in response to the setting of the pilot’s power control lever and to the ambient pressure and temperature.The control functions of the power management unit make it impossible for a trainee pilot to over-torque the engine.
Features Produced by Raytheon Aircraft, the T-6A Texan II is a military trainer version of Raytheon's Beech/Pilatus PC-9 Mk II. In conjunction and cooperation with the US Air Force Seek Eagle office, a full safe separation weapons qualification programme was conducted at Eglin AFB, Florida.The aircraft has six underwing hard points, three on each side for carrying air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons systems. The aircraft, named T-6B has completed its inaugural flight in July 2009 and will be deployed by the US Navy as the primary aircraft for flight training. The T-6A Texan II is a single-engine, two-seat primary trainer designed to train Joint Primary Pilot Training, or JPPT, students in basic flying skills common to U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots.
T-6 Texan II, T-6A Cockpit Detail Photos: T-6 Texan II Gallery The photographs in this set were taken in the cockpits of a U. S. Air Force T-6A Texan II and provide a complete and detailed look at the modern displays, controls and Martin-Baker ejection seats. It is powered by single The JPATS competition-winning design was based on a commercial off-the-shelf On 9 April 2007, the U.S. Department of Defense released their Selected Acquisition Reports, which reported that the T-6 JPATS program was one of only eight programs cited for Congressional notification for 25–50% cost overrun over initial estimates, which is referred to as a "Nunn-McCurdy Breach" after the On 16 December 2009, the first four of 15 T-6A aircraft are delivered to Iraq under a $210 million contract. Another four were delivered in February 2010, and three more in in September 2010.In May 2009, the US Air Force awarded a $123.7m firm fixed price contract for 20 T-6A trainer aircraft, training devices and technical publications. Tests were scheduled to be conducted at The Air Force expects to have the information it needs to potentially buy light attack aircraft in a future competition, without conducting a combat demonstration, based on data collected during the first round of the experiment and future data anticipated to be collected in the next phase of experimentation. A trainer aircraft based on the Pilatus PC-9, the T-6 has replaced the Air Force's Cessna T-37B Tweet and the Navy's T-34C Turbo Mentor. The aircraft is equipped with the Power Management Unit (PMU), a highly advanced digital electronic engine control unit.