de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver Mk I for FS2000
Version 7

The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is one of the most successful and long-lived designs in aviation history. The first production Beaver (CF-OBS) was delivered to the Ontario Provincial Air Service on April 26, 1948 and is now in retirement at the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. When production ended in 1967, 1631 of these rugged STOL utility aircraft had been built. An all metal high wing monoplane, the Beaver was designed from the ground up to be the ultimate bush plane. Features like removable cargo doors on both sides large enough to admit a 45 gal. drum, doors for pilot and co-pilot, fuel tank fillers mounted low on the fuselage, engine oil filler inside the cockpit, engine oil dilution system for cold weather operation, simple rubber shock absorbers to withstand rough landings, and light counterbalanced controls for fatigue free operation. The fat high lift wing with it's slotted flap system and "drooped "ailerons provide outstanding STOL capabilities and low speed handling which enable it to carry more than half a ton of payload in and out of tight spots on land, water and snow where few other aircraft dare to venture. More than half of the Beavers produced were purchased by the US military because nothing else could match it's performance, the first foreign aircraft ever ordered by the US in peacetime. The DHC-2 has become an icon in the history of northern Canadian bush flying and has been named as one of the ten most outstanding Canadian engineering achievements of the past century. An aircraft which, in over 50 years of service, has yet to be replaced.

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Specifications (Float Plane):

Engine- Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Jr. 450 H.P. 9 cylinder radial
Propeller- Hamilton Standard 2 blade constant speed 8ft 6in diameter
Wingspan- 14.6 m(48 ft.)
Length- 9.2 m (30 ft 4 in)
Wing area- 23.2 sq m (250 sq ft)
Weight Empty- 1504 kg. (3316 lb.)
Load- 805 kg (1774 lb)
Cruise Max- 145 mph IAS
Never Exceed- 180 mph IAS
Initial rate of climb- 280 m/min (920 ft/min)
Service ceiling- 4802 m (15750 ft)
Fuel- 79 Imp.(96 US) gal. in 3 under floor tanks.
Front & Centre 29 Imp.(35 US) gal. Rear 21 Imp.(26 US) gal.

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Operation and Miscellaneous:

The aircraft is pre-configured with 1/2 it's maximum full-fuel payload, 175 lb pilot, and 100 lb energency equipment. These are adjustable by editing the [WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE] section of the aircraft.cfg file with a text editor such as Notepad.
See Load Diagram.jpg for more information.

All temperature gauges show degrees Celsius.
Fuel Quantity and Fuel Flow gauges show Imperial gallons.

The fuel tanks are arranged as follows:
Beaver --- FS2000
Front <=> Left Main
Centre <=> Centre
Rear <=> Right Main

The Beaver is rarely equipped with autopilot so it will not be found in the radio stack but it is available through the Aircraft menu and it can also be activated by the GPS. The small green LED on the right electrical panel will light when the autopilot is active and it also serves as a mouseable ON/OFF switch.

The GEAR control switch is present on the panels of all the aircraft in this series. On the float model it operates the water rudders, on the wheel-ski model it raises and lowers the skis, and on the wheel model the circuit breaker has been removed and it is not operational. The switch shows 4 flags. UP, DOWN, YELLOW (gear in transit), RED (no power present). Keyboard gear control is the "/" key.

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Installation:

Unzip this archive into your FS2000 root folder (make sure Winzip has the 'use folder names' and 'overwrite existing files' options checked) and it will put everything in the right place and overwrite any older files.

The panel includes the FS2000 GPS and is also set up for Alain Capt's ACS-GPS98 (http://www.acsoft.ch). If you do not have this GPS installed on your system there will be a non-functional GPS graphic on the panel. To substitute a different gauge edit the "gauge53=" line in the panel.cfg file as shown here and insert the name of your gauge.

gauge53=ACS.GPS98-KLN90B_CRT, 834,421,185
change to
gauge53=YOUR_GAUGE_NAME_HERE, 834,421,185

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Acknowledgements:

The outstanding artistic talents of Yannick Lavigne can be seen in the exterior and interior of all 3 models as well as the instrument panel graphics and gauges. When it comes to flightsim art Yannick is second to none and it has been a priviledge to collaberate with him on this project.

Test Pilots in order of appearance, with thanks to all:
Yannick Lavigne: Yannick's attention to detail goes far beyond his art.
Chris Sanchez: Beaver fanatic who logged over 300 hours in the prototypes.
Dave Malloch: Ontario scenery designer and connoisseur of fine aircraft.
Ken Nelson: If you fly FS bush planes then you know "webad". http//www.flightsimnetwork.com/webads/
Paul Jensen: British Columbia scenery designer. Watch for Paul's Canadian bush scenery series.

During the Beaver years at de Havilland Aircraft it was customary to recognize key individuals with the aircraft registration letters. In keeping with that tradition CG-DVY reflects the contribution made by former Beaver driver Glenn Davy. While not actively involved with the development of these models Glenn's input during the construction of the previous FS98 versions, from which these ones evolved, cannot be overstated. Without the benefit of Glenn's knowledge, experience and encouragement it is probable that these models would not exist.

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Resources:

Most of the technical and operational details came from my well used 1956 copy of the DHC-2 Beaver Flight Manual.

"The Immortal Beaver" by Sean Rossiter (ISBN 1-55054-519-1) provided a large amount of research material. Highly recommended reading, this 185 page fact and photo filled book tells the story of the DHC-2 and the people who created it and is the most comprehensive book ever written on this great aircraft.

"Great Northern Bushplanes" by Robert S. Grant (ISBN 0-88839-400-4) is another source of information not only on the Beaver but most of the other classic aircraft that opened the frontiers of northern Canada.

Conditions of Use:
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This software may be freely used, copied and distributed with the following restrictions:
This document must be included in any redistribution.
DO NOT place these files anywhere that requires a fee for downloading.
DO NOT place any of these files in any commercial package or any CD collection without the authors consent.

Keep the oily side down...
Fred Banting
July, 2000
fbanting@attcanada.ca