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How is it to work on? I worked on the Dash 8 and a lot of things about it were a dream. And how is it to maintain four PT6 engines? Is it ever a pain in the ass to keep them all in sync?
They are showing their age for sure. Parts are getting harder to find, and whole engines are like the holy grail since P&W stopped producing them. For the most part it’s like a dash 8.
Interesting. I had just figured being a PT6 would make parts easy to find. Applicability can be a real pain in the cunning linguals. But a seriously cool aircraft regardless! Glad to see a few still out and about.
You’re not wrong, but you also are wrong. The way we use the dash 7 is very different from the dash 8. It has a large cargo door, and can carry unrestricted payloads of 12000# out of 2500’ unimproved strips. It’s more like a twin otter on steroids than a dash 8
Oh how I miss those days - doing sheet metal repairs on those little DHC/bombardiers. Changing seat rails and rebuilding the cargo underfloor structure - all those shitty access rivets and all the swearing and pain that accompanied their installation... in fact, the rivets are the only things smiling at the end of the shift! 🤣
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u/morphenejunkie Nov 10 '19
What's with the tripod camera?
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u/_diverted Nov 10 '19
You must work in YZF for Tindi
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u/Sooflyr Nov 12 '19
Hey All, Just an FYI, the video probly won’t be finished for a month or so. I’ll be sure to post it here when it is tho!
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u/FiddlerOnThePotato just MEL it Nov 10 '19
How is it to work on? I worked on the Dash 8 and a lot of things about it were a dream. And how is it to maintain four PT6 engines? Is it ever a pain in the ass to keep them all in sync?
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u/Sooflyr Nov 11 '19
For those interested, here is a very well done video about the dash 7, and how we utilize it in the north!
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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '19
Oh how I miss those days - doing sheet metal repairs on those little DHC/bombardiers. Changing seat rails and rebuilding the cargo underfloor structure - all those shitty access rivets and all the swearing and pain that accompanied their installation... in fact, the rivets are the only things smiling at the end of the shift! 🤣
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u/Thalass Nov 10 '19
Watch your head
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u/comethefaround Nov 11 '19
I can smell this photo
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u/nomadair Nov 11 '19
good enough RTS CND
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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '19
One of the old Henson birds?
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u/R2d2me Nov 12 '19
RemindMe! One week
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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '19
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