DHC-2 on bushwheels...what a monster.



but it's in strong competition with this one:



From here.

Zane wrote:DHC-2 on bushwheels...what a monster.



but it's in strong competition with this one:



From here.

More bush porn

Plus its a radial.
Anyone on here ever flown one? Need a Pirep.

Nice Beavers

I'm sure Nizina is familiar with this one, and it's pilots;

Wrangell Mountain Air's, the driving force behind buying it was Don, hence the 'ate one for DW' N numbers ....lol

Funny how we love Beaver....

Rob wrote:I'm sure Nizina is familiar with this one, and it's pilots;

Wrangell Mountain Air's, the driving force behind buying it was Don, hence the 'ate one for DW' N numbers ....lol

What's it take to get one of these off the ground loaded heavy off of dirt? feet wise

UH-60A UH-60L
Max. Gross Weight 20,250 lbs 22,000 lbs, 23,500 (external cargo)
Cruising Speed 139 kt 150kt
Endurance 2.3 hrs 2.1 hrs
Range 320 nm 306 nm
Max. Gross Weight 8000 lbs 9000 lbs
Internal Load 2640 lbs (or 11 combat-BCP party animals)

OregonMaule wrote:
UH-60A UH-60L
Max. Gross Weight 20,250 lbs 22,000 lbs, 23,500 (external cargo)
Cruising Speed 139 kt 150kt
Endurance 2.3 hrs 2.1 hrs
Range 320 nm 306 nm
Max. Gross Weight 8000 lbs 9000 lbs
Internal Load 2640 lbs (or 11 combat-BCP party animals)

U can't afford one of these

44Z from Rusts must be pretty famous up there. I chartered that airplane while TDY up there a while back. They took me out to the Glacier.. Best couple hundred bucks I ever spent!!

43G in the first set of photos is Coyote Air operating out of Coldfoot.

I flew a Beaver for the better part of 8 years in Kodiak, mostly on amphibious floats. Great old airplanes, and real workhorses.

With the later modifications, the GW can go up to the original DHC 2 Mk III Turbo Beaver gross weight of 5370 from the original 5090. There are mods now to take the Mk III up to 6000 pounds.

Takeoff distance is very short, even pretty heavy. Limiting factor is getting the AOA of the wing appropriate for takeoff. On amphibs, you can haul back on the yoke and rotate with full power, takeoff run on wheels is very short.

The Beaver and the Otter (and the Twin Otter) are all real workhorses. Just don't get one behind the power curve on approach, or try to turn around tight without slowing down and deploying flaps.

Some have been converted to the Barron wing as in the Coyote Air airplane, I believe. Supposedly improves turning behavior, though I never found the airplane dangerous to turn in tight spots, as long as you used flap.

MTV

Glidergeek wrote:What's it take to get one of these off the ground loaded heavy off of dirt? feet wise

Not much if anymore at all than one of the ones in the foreground, and I suspect since yours is very similarly equipped you'd know as well as anyone what that means

dirtstrip wrote:Plus its a radial.

Hey! I gots a radial too!

Lol - Poor man's 4 seat beaver.. a Wilga with an M-14p on the nose. The Beaver is my ultimate plane if I ever can afford to buy one.

With the later modifications, the GW can go up to the original DHC 2 Mk III Turbo Beaver gross weight of 5370 from the original 5090. There are mods now to take the Mk III up to 6000 pounds.

Can't pass up this super rare opportunity to correct MTV

Wipaire has an up-gross kit for the piston beaver (Mk I) which takes max gross to 5600lbs and no restrictions while Viking's mod kit for the Mk III has the last 300 pounds of 6000 limited to fuel in the tip tanks. Once you start comparing empty weights between Mk I and Mk III machines you start to find the Mk I having an effectively higher useful load! There is a well known seaplane operator that operates both Mk I and Mk III machines for 6 pax, embarrasing

Personally I prefer the stock wing on the Mk I (5370 gross with the Kenmore kit) for float-planes, lands much nicer. Viking's Gross weight kit puts a big strap across the top of the wings and some "flow energizer" lift enhancing devices outboard, turns the ship into a bit of a floater in seaplane ops, I no likey.

I have heard some good things about the Baron (Stolairus) wing for land-planes, the cuff is more effective at higher AOA, but have no real experience there.

Sam

I love De Havillands. I have bush time in the DHC-6 and loved it. The Beaver is probably the most iconic bush plane ever, even above the Supercub. But the most badass award has to go to the Pilatus Porter PC-6. Big loads into and out of almost anywhere you can think of landing a fixed wing aircraft. If I could have a job flying anything, it would be the PC-6.

aktahoe1 wrote:Funny how we love Beaver....

The fifth picture down, the white one with the black to grey verticle stripes used to belong to a friend of mine, I've got a few hours in it on Lake Powell back around 1990.

That's utility:

I took care of these in '89. Both had fat tires, and the Otter had a tail ski to help in the mud.

littlewheelinback wrote:....But the most badass award has to go to the Pilatus Porter PC-6. Big loads into and out of almost anywhere you can think of landing a fixed wing aircraft.....

Ditto. As featured in Air America. Awesome.

Rob wrote:I'm sure Nizina is familiar with this one, and it's pilots;

Wrangell Mountain Air's, the driving force behind buying it was Don, hence the 'ate one for DW' N numbers ....lol

Rob: I knew that Don was the driving force for buying the Beaver but didn't know that was the reason for the "DW" N number --- makes sense now. I love that airplane, it sounds like a mac truck when on final to our airstrip. Below is a picture of that Beaver from our front window. It is a heavy hauler, but doesn't have any trouble with our airstrip.


Nizina