DeHavilland Dash-8-Q200
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| DeHavilland Dash-8-Q200 | |
|---|---|
 · Q200 · Q400 | |
| Manufacturer | Bombardier |
| Designed by | Tom Collins |
| EIS | February, 2006 |
| Status | Active service |
| Registrations | 820MT · 821MT · 822MT · 823MT · 824MT |
| Available Models | Dreamwings |
Contents |
Visuals
Specifications
General
Crew: 2+1
Passengers: 39
Dimensions
Wingspan: 80ft 8in
Height: 24ft 11in
Length: 74ft 5in
Empty Weight: 23,009lbs
Engines
Number: 2x Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123C/D turboprops
Power: 2150shp
Propellers: Hamilton Standard 14SF-23 four-blade, reversible pitch
Avionics Systems and Features
- Honeywell SPZ-8000 dual-channel digital AFCS
- Dual digital air data system
- Primus 660 weather radar
- Collins nav/comm systems
- TCAS2 via IVSI
Operations
Max Cruise Altitude: 25,000ft
Max Cruise Speed : 240kts
Max Takeoff Weight: 36,300lbs
Max Range: 925nm
Overview
The de Havilland Canada DHC-8, popularly known as the Dash 8, is a series of twin-turboprop airliners designed by de Havilland Canada in the early 1980s. They are now produced by Bombardier Aerospace which purchased DHC from Boeing in 1992. Since 1996, the aircraft have been known as the Q Series, for "quiet" due to installation of the Active Noise and Vibration Suppression (ANVS) system designed to reduce cabin noise and vibration levels to nearly those of jet airliners.
Distinguishing features of the Dash 8 design are the large T-tail intended to keep the tail free of propwash during takeoff, a very high aspect ratio wing, the elongated engine nacelles also holding the rearward-folding landing gear and the pointed nose profile. First flight was on 20 June 1983, while the airliner entered service in 1984 with NorOntair. Piedmont Airlines, formerly known as Henson Airlines, was the US launch customer for the Dash 8 in 1984.
The Dash 8 design had better cruise performance than the earlier Dash 7, was less expensive to operate, and more notably, much less expensive to maintain. The Dash 8 had the lowest cost per passenger mile of any feederliner of the era. The main disadvantage compared to the earlier Dash 7 was somewhat higher noise levels, but only in comparison, as the Dash 7 was notable in the industry for extremely low noise due to its four very large and slow-turning propellers. The Dash 8 also could not match the superb STOL performance of its earlier DHC forebears.
The Q200 is designed for airlines and other operators who require an aircraft the same size as the Q100, but with more power and greater payload. Our engineers met the challenge by mating the Q100 airframe with the more powerful Pratt & Whitney PW123 engines found on the larger Q300 aircraft.
The result is the Q200, an aircraft with spectacular performance and increased payload and range capability. This upgrade is ideal for operators who require an aircraft for 'hot and high' operating conditions. The aircraft has excellent performance under in hot climates and at high altitudes, and retains the Dash 8's legendary short field airfield performance operating from runways as short as 800 metres.
