Aircraft Overview: Daher Kodiak 100 / Kodiak 900
Aircraft Overview: Daher Kodiak 100 / Kodiak 900
Daher Kodiak 100 / Kodiak 900
The Kodiak 100 and Kodiak 900 are single-engine turboprop airplanes produced by Daher.
Originally developed as a short takeoff and landing (STOL) airframe that had the ability to provide humanitarian aid to remote locations, the Kodiak 100 was formerly produced by Sandpoint, Idaho-based Quest Aircraft Co., which was acquired by Daher in 2019.
The Kodiak 100 was certified by the FAA on May 31, 2007, with the first delivery occurring in January 2008.
A second version of the Kodiak, the Kodiak 900—which is the marketing name for Daher’s Kodiak 200 type—was unveiled on July 25, 2022, at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) AirVenture.
That larger Kodiak made its first flight on Feb. 28, 2020, and received FAA approval on Aug. 30, 2022.
Cabin
Both the Kodiak 100 and Kodiak 900 are certified to have as many as 10 seats, with those airframes also able to be operated by one pilot.
The Kodiak 100's cabin has a length of 15 ft. 10 in., height of 4 ft. 9 in. and width of 4 ft. 6 in., with the airplane also having a cargo volume of 248 ft.3
Comparatively, the Kodiak 900 retains the cabin height and width of the Kodiak 100, while increasing the cabin length and cargo volume to 18 ft. 11 in. and 309 ft.3, respectively.
Other cabin features of the Kodiaks include the ability to be readily converted between passenger and cargo configurations, as well as having a cargo door that measures 49.25 X 49.25 in.
Avionics
Pilots operate the Kodiak 100 and Kodiak 900 by utilizing Garmin’s G1000 NXi integrated flight deck.
Other Garmin components that are standard on both airplanes include the GFC 700 automatic flight control system (AFCS), the features of which include coupled go-around, electronic stability and under-speed protection, a level mode, and yaw damper.
Dual air data computers (ADC), attitude and heading reference systems (AHRS), GPS and GMA 1360 audio panels are also standard, as is Garmin’s synthetic vision system, a Class B terrain awareness system and a GTX 345R Mode-S transponder that is automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (ADS-B) In and Out capable.
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Variants
Powering both Kodiak airframes is a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop engine, with the Kodiak 100’s PT6A-34 limited to a maximum takeoff power of 750 hp at 2,200 rpm.
The Kodiak 900’s PT6A-140A engine increases that limitation to 900 hp at 1,900 rpm.
Supplementing the increased size of the Kodiak 900’s fuselage and the increased power of its PT6A engine, that airframe’s 8,000-lb. maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) is greater than the comparable weight limitation for the Kodiak 100.
Depending upon the serial number of the airframe and whether a service notice has been complied with, the Kodiak 100’s MTOW is either 6,750 lb. or 7,255 lb.
However, despite those MTOW differences, the Kodiak types share a 315-gal. usable fuel capacity.
Mission and Performance
The operating limitations of the Kodiak 100 and Kodiak 900 include a 14,000-ft. maximum operating altitude for airframes that do not have an FAA-approved oxygen system, a limitation that increases to 25,000 ft. when such a system is installed.
However, when “in icing conditions or any flight conditions with ice on the airplane,” the larger Kodiak 900 is limited to 20,000 ft.
Beyond those altitude limitations, the Kodiak 100 has a maximum operating limit speed (VMO) of 182-kt. indicated airspeed (KIAS), with the Kodiak 900 limited to a slighter higher VMO of 187 KIAS.
Despite those relatively similar VMO limitations, Daher states that the former Kodiak is capable of cruise performance of 183-kt. true airspeed (KTAS), a performance figure that the more-powerful Kodiak 900 increases to 210 KTAS.
At 12,000 ft., the max-range cruise ranges of the Kodiak 100 (at 135 KTAS) and Kodiak 900 (at 156 KTAS) are 1,132 nm. and 1,129 nm., respectively.
Additionally, the Kodiak 100’s respective takeoff and landing ground rolls (934 ft. and 765 ft.) are less than the same performance figures for the Kodiak 900 (1,015 ft. and 1,460 ft.).
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