DC-3 with turboprops?

[Flame-Prop]

I know I cant be imagining things, but I saw on the news a DC-3 with 2 turboprops instead of the default engines. It said something about flying around Antarctica, I bet alot of strange planes fly over there. Does anyone know more?

Gabe

[AussieMan]

That would be a BT-67. One is a WIP for native FSX. More can be found on this thread:

http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/topic/8452-its-a-bt-67/

[Francois]

Probably the 'Basler Blasphemy' ;-)

[kilo delta]

The Bell Geospace BT-67 (http://www.bellgeo.com/press/BT_67.pdf) has been a regular sight over Ireland over the last couple of years. While conducting it's survey role it flies at about 200ft...so a pretty impressive sight as you can imagine.

[SteveB]

FsX Project Basler BT-67 AWI vers.1.0 with Virtual Cockpit. "you find it under FTBVA".The Basler BT-67 from AWI comes in 5 Version >>> Clean - Radar - Weather - Skies - FTBVA. If you like to make a donation for my work just check my Homepage, I would be very gratefull. © by Fireeagle 2009 By Dirk Stuck. It was released December 2009 on avsim.

[LCBORDEN]

There is one of these doing flight testing near Melbourne Florida, I was playing golf on a course that abutts the airport and it (the turboprop) was doing touch and goes most of the morning. A very strange sound to be coming from that airframe... plus the different engine nacelles and prop hubs etc. I can only imagine the engineering involved to change over from the old radial engines....



Ol'Jarhead :wavey:

[dharris]

More here............http://fsdeveloper.com/forum/showpost.php?p=343042&postcount=37


http://fsdeveloper.com/forum/showpost.php?p=342059&postcount=32

ujnder how's our Basler coming......http://calclassic.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general

[Bjoern]

Probably the 'Basler Blasphemy' ;-)

More like "Gramps on amphetamines".

[CG_1976]

More like "Gramps on amphetamines".

:icon_lol::icon29: and I see and smell both Turbo and Piston Daks daily.

[airattackimages]

The US Forest Service has been operating a turboprop DC-3 for years. Just another example out there.

[Dangerousdave26]

Missionary flights in Fort Pierce Florida has two or three of them now. They still have two with radial engines.

The problem is finding engine parts for the radial engines is making cheaper to convert to turbo.

There is no overall benefit other than you can fly higher with the turbo props.

http://www.missionaryflights.org/

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq63/Dangerousdave26/VNA%20Airshow%20Past/2009_VNA_028.jpg

[Flame-Prop]

I'm still amazed by how this is a BT-67 and how it looks so alike a DC-3 but build by Dr. Frankenstein himself. Like he decided to make a plane next to his first creation. I was browsing through the images and it;s a great exterior.What's happening with a VC, any works been "attempted" there? :kilroy:

[zswobbie123]

Here in South Africa, the South African Air Force use them as well. DC3TP

[shackleton_boy]

the Turbo daks the SAAF uses are actually C-47TP's

http://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/aircraft/19/c-47tp-turbo-dakota

[mjahn]

This is what we are aiming at ...

http://home.arcor.de/edug/bt67_35a.jpg

[PCAviator]

You wouldn't want to get caught between the prop and the main fuselage! Not much clearance in that space!

[TeaSea]

The problem is finding engine parts for the radial engines is making cheaper to convert to turbo.

There is no overall benefit other than you can fly higher with the turbo props.



This by the way is not a particularly unique modification for the reasons DD cites, however there is one benefit not to be overlooked, which is that in many places in the world you can no longer get adequate supplies of AvGas (100LL).

Particularly true in Africa.

[expat]

Missionary flights in Fort Pierce Florida has two or three of them now. They still have two with radial engines.

As a coincidence, while working up to my first solo flight this morning at Ft Pierce, I watched this aircraft do a touch and go and then a full stop landing right in front of me while holding short for departure on the active. Very impressive - and unusual - aircraft.

[zswobbie123]

Sorry, my mistake, I should have known better re the TP's, S'Boy, thanks for correcting me, I stand chastised!!
B.T.W. that FSX BT-67 Basler hits my frames quite hard.

[zswobbie123]

Hows this... 3x engined DC-3
www.douglasdc3.com/polair/polair.html


Now.. This could be a winner!


This Polair Tri Turbo DC-3 (of Santa Barbara) was powered by three Pratt & Whitney PT6A-45A turbo prop engines and used five bladed Hartzell propellers. The Aircraft made it's first flight on 2nd November 1977 and in 1979 it attended the Paris Airshow.

[srgalahad]

Turbine DC-3 variants have been around a long time (over 30 years). The Basler is the latest and, because of timing among other things, the most successful.

Before it there was (as zswobbie123 mentioned) the Conroy Tri-Turbo Three
and before even that, there was the Conroy Turbo-Three (2 RR Darts) and the Super-Turbo-Three (R4D-8 with Darts) which, to me, was the most attractive of the lot.
http://air-and-space.com/conroy.htm

[n4gix]

Hows this... 3x engined DC-3
www.douglasdc3.com/polair/polair.htm (http://www.douglasdc3.com/polair/polair.htm)

Note: corrected the link!

[Flame-Prop]

Hows this... 3x engined DC-3
www.douglasdc3.com/polair/polair.htm (http://www.douglasdc3.com/polair/polair.htm)

Note: corrected the link!


what is that alien space craft :kilroy:

[PCAviator]

what is that alien space craft :kilroy:

For some reason it reminds me of a PC-12 that suffered some bad weight and size gain :P

[srgalahad]

For some reason it reminds me of a PC-12 that suffered some bad weight and size gain :P

Nope. Here it is in it's juvenile form..

58051

:mixedsmi:

[vonernsk]

Manfred,

This is great work that you and your team are doing. Look forward to doing some circuits and cargo trips when it is completed. Cal Classics has come up with another 'oldie but goldie'.

Thanks again for your efforts - will stand you a pint of AVTUR if we ever meet.