The Twin Otter is one of the the most versatile aircraft around. This is proven by it's presence in the icey conditions in the Arctics, or the hot and humid climate of the African Jungles. Time and time again it has proven it's reliability. It is blessed with the great STOL characteristics inhereted by it's predesessor, the Otter. The advantages of this needs no further explanations. Being built in the late 60's, it is one of the oldest planes still in service today and the trading price is about double of what it was worth new.
// About the Model
The Twin Otter included in this package is built entirely in Gmax and includes animated wheels, doors, wing views, dynamic shine together with reflections, full moving surfaces. The doors open with the Shift+E and Shift+E+2 commands. I have been inspired to do this project because of Barry Blaisdell's great Twin Otter, which has been around for quite some time now. I felt a Gmax version would be a great addition and a tribute also to this great model. The included air files are from the original model, so most people who know Barry's work will feel at home quickly.
On a side note, the Captains window can be opened with the cowl flaps command ( ctrl+shift+c repeatedly or ctrl+shift+v repeatedly ).
// Installation
Simply unzip Bluestream Twin Otter to a temporary folder. Open Bluestream Twin Otter and place Bluestream Dash6_LongNose in your aircraft folder. Place dhc6GLAI in the FSFSCONV folder found in the main aircraft folder. Place prosnd22 in the FSFSCONV folder also. Be certain you have made a new section in Fs9.cfg. The new section must read:
[old modules]
FSSound.dll=1
FSUIPC.dll=1
// Ackowledgements
First of all I would like to thank Barry Blaisdell for his permission to use his files. Also for the patience of putting up with my millions of questions, and the thousands of models I have send him. Thanks Barry.
Also a big thank you to the guys over at Freeflight Design forum with providing a lot of info, and also answers to my questions. Finn Neuik for his video tutorials, Milton Shupe, Mike Stone, Melvin Rafi, Joe Binka, David Segovia, Lionel Goh, Nathan Perry, all my buddies from the former YeoDesigns Team, Jeff Sargeant, Dan Port ( for providing me with the original paint for the preview model in the Canadian Airforce livery ).And of course everyone else who has slipped my mind, you know who you guys are.
// Contacts
Original model design by Project GlobeTwotter.
Gmax modeling by Udo Lemmob.
Flight dynamics, flight tuning, andpanel by Premier Aircraft ( Barry Blaisdell, Bob May).
Bluestream Airlines paint by John Elliott Young(J.E.Young@bluestreamair.com)
For comments, suggestions or problems, you can send a mail to tcas_alert@(nospam)hotmail.com ( remove the "(nospam)" part ).
This package is freeware. No part of this package may be altered or sold in any way without consent of the author. Distribution is allowed to sites other than the upload. Please feel free to repaint the model in any livery of your liking, including Virtual Airlines ( VA's ). Permission for repaints is not necessary, but I would like to know it if you do.
