Powervamp is pleased to announce the latest sale of twelve of its award winning Coolspool 260 battery ramp carts to Pilatus Aircraft. This latest sale takes the total of units ordered by Pilatus to over 100 units.
Pilatus evaluated battery based GPU systems on a customer’s request back in 2010, and since then has chosen the Powervamp Coolspool 260 as the GPU for the PC-21 NextGen trainer. The PC-21 (above) is in use with air forces all over the world and is part of the ground support equipment package delivered for all customer projects. The Coolspool 260 is used as an external power source to start the aircraft engine on the flight line – for military pilot training the aircraft are parked on the ramp in a row and for each mission.
“It [Coolspool 260] offers superior pre-flight and starting power for turbine aircraft…”
The Coolspool 260 is a heavy duty 28VDC battery cart with 260Ah capacity. It offers superior pre-flight and starting power for turbine aircraft types fitted with engines such as the PT6, TPE 731 and RR Tay. Charging is achieved with integral 80A 3 stage chargers. This unit is supplied as standard in a rugged steel enclosure, mounted on a heavy duty trailer for easy single person manoeuvring and operation. Connection to the aircraft is by 4m output cable, fitted with Nato 3 pin DC connector.
Pilatus Aircraft PC-21 & Coolspool 260
The Coolspool range from Powervamp offers operators high quality DC electrical power to aircraft at a fraction of the cost of a diesel GPU and also offers many environmental and noise reduction benefits. Please contact one of our sales team today to discuss Powervamp’s full range of 28VDC and 400Hz AC GPU’s.
Tel: +44 (0) 1934 643000 Email: sales@powervamp.com
Images: pilatus-aircraft.com
