Brute Bearing
At first glance, the XSTOL looks to be a brute, able to take whatever is pitched at it. This is further underpinned by an engine/airframe combination that is one of the cheapest and simplest to operate. Yet, on closer examination, the features that give it this brutish bearing each have very valid design reasons that grossly outweigh aesthetic considerations.
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Brilliant article (as usual) Owen! Would have really had some fun in one of these back in my freight days in the Northern Territory. There were a lot of strips the venerable C208B just couldn’t get in and out of safely. The P-750 (based on quoted T/O and Landing distances) would make a lot of places accessible that we off-limits and still be able to carry a profitable load.
BTW, does the P-750 have air-conditioning? That was a real “nice-to-have” in the wet season in the C208B.