The Excel's P&WC PW545 Engines
Pratt&Whitney Canada's PW545, currently the most powerful member of the PW500 family, has a thermodynamic thrust rating of 4,500 pounds. Cessna originally needed 3,640 pounds of thrust for takeoff, but as the Excel grew in weight to 20,000 pounds MTOW during the development process, more thrust was...
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