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NAL Saras

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Low wing light transport aircraft with twin turboprop pushers. Includes upgraded PT-1N variant.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboprop

Application

Business, Cargo, Passenger small

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Wing position

Low

Planform

Straight

Tail

T-tail

Certification

Part 23

Minimum crew

Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
NAL Saras	2003 / 2004	2013	19-seater baseline variant.
NAL Saras Mk II	2016 / 2018		Revised variant, also known as PT-1N.

Airframer

CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)

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