Single-Engine Turboprop

FAA approach category A Typical Vref 75 to 90 kt 16 aircraft

Target for descent rate

50 to 100fpm

Full marks for descent rate up to 100 fpm; under 50 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.

Scoring thresholds.

Roundout applies these to every aircraft in this category, except where an aircraft carries its own G-force curve or tail-strike limit. Scores fall in a straight line between the points, from 0 to 100 for each part; the composite formula is in the scoring methodology.

Descent rate at touchdown (fpm)The score at each point of the curve.

100≤ 100fpm

90≤ 156fpm

75≤ 239fpm

55≤ 350fpm

35≤ 461fpm

10≤ 600fpm

G-force at touchdown (g)The category's own curve.

100≤ 1.10g

90≤ 1.27g

75≤ 1.52g

55≤ 1.85g

35≤ 2.18g

10≤ 2.60g

Ideal touchdown zone: 80 to 300mpast the threshold
Tail-strike limit: 12°3 of its aircraft have their own
Approach-speed tolerance: ±12%of Vref, at least 10 kt

The 16 aircraft in it.

Every one of them is held to the target above. What sets them apart is their own Vref, quoted at the reference weight, usually the maximum landing weight; Roundout adjusts it to the weight you land at.

Vref across the category48 kt in the Draco X to 105 kt in the Pilatus PC-21; the middle aircraft, 85 kt.

Draco X48 kt Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter70 kt Pacific Aerospace PAC-750 XSTOL72 kt Beechcraft Bonanza B36TP75 kt Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX80 kt Quest / Daher Kodiak 10083 kt Pilatus PC-12/4784 kt Daher TBM 85085 kt Daher TBM 93085 kt Pilatus PC-12 NGX85 kt Piper M600/SLS85 kt Epic E1000 GX86 kt Piper M50086 kt Embraer EMB-312 Tucano90 kt Air Tractor AT-802103 kt Pilatus PC-21105 kt

Pilatus PC-12 2

TBM 9xx 2

Without a family 9

Every figure, as a table

Aircraft	Vref	MTOW	Tail strike	Source
Air Tractor AT-802	103 kt	7,257 kg	12°	Default Std
Beechcraft Bonanza B36TP	75 kt	1,837 kg	13°	Payware (Black Square)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX	80 kt	3,995 kg	12°	Default Std
Daher TBM 850	85 kt	3,354 kg	12°	Payware (Black Square)
Daher TBM 930	85 kt	3,354 kg	12°	Default Std
Draco X	48 kt	1,814 kg	12°	Default Std
Embraer EMB-312 Tucano	90 kt	3,175 kg	12°	Payware (RPSimulations)
Epic E1000 GX	86 kt	3,629 kg	12°	Not available for MSFS (announced by Lionheart Creations)
Pacific Aerospace PAC-750 XSTOL	72 kt	3,402 kg	12°	Payware (Orbx)
Pilatus PC-12 NGX	85 kt	4,740 kg	13°	Default Std
Pilatus PC-12/47	84 kt	4,740 kg	13°	Payware (SimWorks Studios)
Pilatus PC-21	105 kt	4,250 kg	12°	Payware (Iris)
Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter	70 kt	2,800 kg	12°	Default Std, Payware (Milviz)
Piper M500	86 kt	2,310 kg	12°	Payware (FSReborn FSR500)
Piper M600/SLS	85 kt	2,722 kg	12°	Payware (Microsoft Expert Series 02, by FSReborn)
Quest / Daher Kodiak 100	83 kt	3,291 kg	12°	Payware (SimWorks)

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