Are Piston Engines Dead? Small Turboprops are Here

Support me on Patreon :   / letsgoaviate   A phrase I've been hearing over and over recently: "Small Turboprops are the future of light aircraft propulsion". But does the facts support this opinion? Do the new small turboprops now entering the market really make piston engines obsolete? In this video we get to the bottom of it. https://www.turbotech-aero.com/soluti... https://turb.aero/product/ta200tp-tur... https://www.heronengines.com/ https://www.kitplanes.com/heron-turbine/ https://www.aeroaffinity.com/post/her... Follow me on Instagram:   / lets_go_aviate   THUMBNAIL ATTRIBUTION DLT TP100-author PBS Velka Bites (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) background removed IMAGE ATTRIBUTION Cessna 172T-author LukasPo (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop + zoom Pratt&Whitney PT6 at EBACE 2018-author Matti Blume (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop + pan DLT TP100-author PBS Velka Bites (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop+zoom PT6A Engine-author Euravia Corporate (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop + zoom Beechcraft B200GT King Air 250-author Olga Ernst (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop+zoom General Electric J85-GE-17A turbojet engine-author (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop + zoom Turbojet operation-author Original: Emoscopes Vector: M0tty (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) overlaid arrows Turboprop operation-author Original: Emoscopes Vector: M0tty (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) overlaid arrows Rolls-Royce Dart Combustor-author Olivier Cleynen (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop+zoom Compressor of Atar turbojet-author Olivier Cleynen (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop+zoom P&W PT6-author lmnop88a (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) no changes PCCB Brake Carrera GT-author Nrbelex (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop + zoom Colomban Cri-Cri-author ZidaneHartono (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) overlaid text VIDEO ATTRIBUTION PILATUS TURBOPROP by Christian The Pilot (   • PILATUS TURBOPROP  ), license CC-BY 2016 Chrysler 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 engine by Motor1 (   • 2016 Chrysler 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 engine  ), license CC-BY How Car Engine Works by Joydeep mondal (   • How Car Engine Works  ), license CC-BY Explaination of Knocking and Pre Ignition performance work by Auto Industry Innovation (   • Explaination of Knocking and Pre Ignition ...  ), license CC-BY Difference between Centrifugal and Axial flow compressor by Aero Intelligence Ambar Singh (   • Difference between Centrifugal and Axial f...  ), license CC-BY @FlyEurope.TV - Aero 2014 - Friedrichshafen - TBM-900 by FlyEurope TV Aviation TV (   • @FlyEurope.TV - Aero 2014 - Friedrichshafe...  ), license CC-BY New Pilatus PC-12 PRO: When Excellence Meets Aeronautical Innovation! by MoleCar TV (   • New Pilatus PC-12 PRO: When Excellence Mee...  ), license CC-BY Pocket Rocket performance 4k 60fps by TheTurbopropChannel (   • Pocket Rocket performance 4k 60fps  ), license CC-BY Chapters: 0:00 Small Turboprops Have Arrived 0:13 Why Turboprops? 1:49 Turboprop Operation and Efficiency 6:56 Small Turboprop Options 9:18 Recuperation 11:31 Are Turboprops the Future of GA then?