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|name = de Havilland Beaver
|name = de Havilland Beaver
|type = STOL utility transport
|type = STOL utility transport
|authors = Syd Adams Martin Nolan
|authors = Syd Adams
|fdm =YASim
|fdm =YASim
|status =Finished
|status =Finished

Revision as of 05:30, 25 February 2009

de Havilland Beaver
DHC-2.jpg
Type STOL utility transport
Author(s) Syd Adams
FDM YASim
--aircraft= dhc2F (floats)
dhc2W (wheels)
Status Finished
Download Download the de Havilland Beaver aircraft package for the current stable release (2020.3).

The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single engined, high wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, primarily known as a bush plane. It is used for cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application (crop dusting and aerial topdressing), and has been widely adopted by armed forces as a utility aircraft. The U.S. Army Air Corps purchased several hundred and nine DHC-2s are still in service with the US Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol) for search and rescue. A Royal New Zealand Air Force Beaver supported Sir Edmund Hillary's expedition to the South Pole. Over 1,600 Beavers were produced until 1967 when the original line shut down, and today the aircraft is in such demand that there is a steady market for finding surplus examples in air museums and rebuilding them.

The Beaver is one of the most famous bush planes in the world, and the most-produced all-Canadian aircraft. Due to this success, the Royal Canadian Mint commemorated the Beaver on a special edition Canadian quarter in November 1999.

The DHC-2 with floats debuted in 2005, in FlightGear 0.9.8.

Aircraft help

Key Function
! Toggle battery switch
@ Toggle alternator switch
# Toggle fuel pump
$ Toggle pitot heat
% Toggle landing light
^ Toggle nav lights
o Connect tow cable
O Disconnect tow cable

Startup

  1. Set magnetos to both
  2. Set fuel tank to switch to rear tank
  3. Engage battery switch (up)
  4. Engage fuel pump switch (up)
  5. Engage starter switch (hold up till the propeller starts spinning)
  6. Once engine is running, engage alternator switch (up)

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