Though Im biased, I would have to say the PT6, easier starts, and the fuel savings arenèt all that much on the garrett. The main reason is the garrett gets temp limited quite early, and runs only around 70-80% AT 10K. set the same fuel flows, and they will fly at just about the same IAS. I have ope...

I have operated a Wilga 80 on floats 10 years ago and a Wilga 2000 also on floats for the last 3 seasons. On take- off at gross weight on CAP 3000 floats it outperforms a 185 anytime and light weight it even beats the Super Cub. Useful load of the Wilga 2000 on floats is between 950 and 1000 lbs. It...