Microsoft Flight Simulator has launched one other plane as a part of its Native Legends Sequence, along with World Replace XII: New Zealand, the DHC-4 Caribou.
From aerospace producer de Havilland Canada, the DHC-4 Caribou is the eighth addition to the Sequence, a twin-engine, brief takeoff and touchdown (STOL) cargo plane initially developed as a army cargo and troop service. The Caribou was conceptually based mostly on the STOL efficiency of the smaller de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver and DHC-3 Otter, however with better cargo capability.
The Caribou first flew on July 30, 1958, and was launched into mainline service in 1961. De Havilland constructed a complete of 307 Caribou planes, with the bulk going into army service, and the remaining serving civil missions. 32 nations’ militaries flew the Caribou, together with that of the US. Designated first because the CV-2 after which because the C-7, the US Military and the US Air Pressure operated a complete of 159 of the planes. Spain, Kenya, India, and Australia additionally used the airframe till 2009.
The DHC-4, crewed by two pilots, can carry as much as 32 troops and their gear together with 8,000 kilos of cargo or some mixture thereof. The Caribou has a definite, utilitarian look, that includes an extended, slender fuselage with a rear cargo ramp and elevated tail part, permitting for straightforward and environment friendly loading and offloading of apparatus and personnel.
It may additionally execute in-flight drops of apparatus and/or paratroops on demand. The empennage is a cruciform design, with a big vertical stabilizer and rudder for low-speed yaw authority and it has a retractable tricycle undercarriage with lengthy touchdown gear legs to be used in distant, rustic airfields. The excessive side ratio design of the primary wing is mounted on the ahead of the fuselage and has full-span, double-slotted flaps.
The wing has a polyhedral, inverted gull type and helps its two radial engines in nacelles that additionally function mounts for the primary touchdown gear. Lastly, the plane is powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder radial piston engines that every ship 1,450 horsepower and switch a 3-blade Hamilton Normal constant-speed, reversible-pitch propeller.
The Caribou served in a number of fight zones and has been used for quite a lot of humanitarian help missions by way of the years, most notably in Vietnam, Vanuatu, and on the Line of Management alongside the India-Pakistan border area. In these harsh working arenas, the Caribou earned its legendary standing, because it took off from and landed on brief, rugged runways in as little as 1,000 ft of floor roll.
The DHC-4 includes a vary of 1,300 miles, climbs at 1,355 ft per minute, and has a service ceiling of 24,800 ft above sea degree. It cruises at 182 miles per hour, stalls at 68 mph, and has a high pace of 215 mph.
The DHC-4 Caribou by de Havilland Canada is a beast of an plane that could be a true aviator’s machine. It may fly into and out of virtually any airstrip and responds confidently to each pilot enter.
Accessible as we speak within the Microsoft Flight Simulator Market for $14.99, the DHC-4 Caribou comes with seven liveries:
- Default
- Blue with Purple Stripe
- Blue with White and Purple Accents
- Blue with Yellow Stripe
- Camouflage 1
- Camouflage 2
- White
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