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Simple Pelita Air Dash-7

2,402 TristanSuper24  1.6 years ago

DE HAVILLAND CANADA DASH-7

Hi Guys, it’s been a while since the last time I posted something..
This time, I made the iconic STOL turboprop regional airliner, the four-engined De Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7. I made this aircraft with Pelita Air Service livery. Probably not the best Dash 7 on the website, but I tried my best and I tried to made it as simple as possible (SIMPLE Planes, you know). Also I tried to make this aircraft mobile-friendly


Picture of the real aircraft - Image gathered from Nindya Elya Pranedya on Twitter.

Pelita Air is an airline based at Indonesia which specialized on charter services, mainly getting contracts with oil exploration and mining company. They ever operate a few units of the Dash 7, but they no longer operate this type anymore.

GUIDE

A little trim adjustment can be done to maintain stable flight during cruising. You can maintain full 100% throttle during cruising as I put quite a lot of fuel in it so keeping a full thrust during flight is not a problem.
I built this aircraft with fully working STOL capability. The aircraft can takeoff and land on short runways, even on dirt, grass, sand, or other unprepared airstrips. For better STOL performance during landing, I recommend to maintain a low speed during approach (about 150 mph, 11-15% throttle), cut the engine right on touchdown and slam on the brakes. You can use this aircraft to fly to remote regions in the map and land on any unprepared surfaces.
For those of you who plays on PC, I recommend to use mouse as joystick for better controls and smooth handlings. Hope you guys enjoy it!

CONTROLS

Activation Group 1 : Signal Lights
Activation Group 3 : Landing Lights
Trim : Trim
VTOL : None

SCREENSHOTS

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 66.7ft (20.3m)
  • Length 58.5ft (17.8m)
  • Height 19.9ft (6.1m)
  • Empty Weight 2,166lbs (982kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,053lbs (3,653kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.437
  • Wing Loading 14.0lbs/ft2 (68.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 574.3ft2 (53.4m2)
  • Drag Points 4962

Parts

  • Number of Parts 226
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 845