This is Steven Grant's Otter and Fred Choate's Otter panel which I have changed and re-released with their kind permission. I gave the Otter the South African Bulk River Game lodge paint, and made very minor changes to Fred's panel. These changes were necessitated by slightly resized gauges being used, which came with another aircraft, overwriting the original gauges. Fred's panel was perfect and needed nothing with the original gauges. My modifications were only to allow me to use one set of gauges amongst the aircraft of my DeHavilland Canada collection, which is getting pretty sizeable. It saved me some space, that's all. When I did that, I just needed to line a few things up a little, so if you compare this panel with Fred's brilliant original, you won't see much difference. I'd like to thank Steve and Fred for their kind permissions to re-release this flight sim classic in its new paint scheme. Enjoy!
Cheers!
Rick Brown
JHB Aerospace
The Aircraft
Success with the DCHC-2 Beaver persuaded de Havilland Canada in the late 1940's that there was room in the STOL market for a larger version of the Beaver. The company therefore developed the de Havilland DHC-3 Otter which was essentially a scaled-up Beaver with an all metal airframe and a 600hp Pratt & Whitney R.1340 Wasp radial, and was initially known as the King Beaver. The choice for a single engine for an aircraft designed to operate in Canada's harsh climate and sparsely populated hinterlands may seem lacking in forethought. However, successful operations of the Beaver and other single-engined types has confirmed that the well-proven radials of Pratt & Whitney design were more than adequate for the task: they were universally familiar and, more importantly, extremely reliable.
SPECIFICATIONS:
DHC-3 Otter (landplane)
Type:
-STOL utility transport
Powerplant:
-one 600hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S1H1-G Wasp radial piston engine
Performance:
-maximum speed at sea level 153mph.
-economical cruising speed 121mph.
-service ceiling 18,000ft.
-range with 2,100lb. payload and reserves 875 miles
Weights:
-empty 4,131bs.
-maximum take-off 8,000lbs.
Dimensions:
-wingspan 58ft. 0in.
-length 41ft. 10in.
-height 12ft. 7in.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Special Thanks to Fred Choate of Montana Air for his excellent work on the creation of a panel for this aircraft.
I would also like to thank Fred Banting for the use of his engine/float textures on the aircraft and his DHC-3 gauges for the panel.
Chuck Dome for his help with repainting the fuel gauge.
INSTALLATION:
Unzip to a separate folder. Unzip gauges to your FS2002 gauges folder. Move dhc3_otter folder to your FS2002 aircraft folder. Open cold beer. Go fly. Drink beer. Tell wife/hubbie Rick made you do it.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:
This aircraft is freely given to the flight simulation community, to add to the enjoyment of the flight simulation experience. This aircraft, or portions thereof, may not be uploaded elsewhere without the express written consent of Steven Grant, nor may it be sold or repackaged in any way on disk, CD, or other any other media type.
In providing these add-on files, I, Steven Grant do not give any warranties, either implied or specific. Any damage to your computer, programs, or files resulting from the use of these files is the responsibility of the person unzipping the files. If you don't know what you are doing, get help! Above all, please have fun with it
CONTACT INFORMATION:
E-mail: sgrant@cfl.rr.com
web: www.k-a.net
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