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DIRK STUCK DESIGN - BASLER BT-67
PID: 5472
Available since: 05/18/2011.
Publisher: Dirk Stuck Design
Sold by Dirk Stuck Design
Tags: DC3
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EUR 15.99
without VAT EUR 13.44
EUR 11.20
without VAT EUR 9.41
expires 06/04/2012 |
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Basler Turbo-67
- Stage III-Noise Certification
- Load - 5 tons (43 % increase from Piston DC-3)
- Power - PT6A-67R Turbo Prop Engines from Pratt & Whitney Canada
- Space - 1225 Cubic Feet (35% increase from Piston DC-3)
- Speed - 210 KTAS (24% increase from Piston DC-3)
- Systems - All NEW Fuel, Hydraulic, Electrical and Avionics
The Basler BT-67, without question the world's most experienced all-purpose aircraft, is engineered to meet competitive challenges for generations to come.
The Basler package contains 15 model versions with the focus placed on snow missions.
See, for example, the Polar 5 of Alfred Wegner Institute.
In just eleven months, the POLAR 5, was transformed into a high-tech Arctic Plane. The American company Basler Turbo Conversions specializes in the modernization of DC-3 aircraft. It extended the first hull built and modern technology in the cockpit and engines. The old engines were replaced by two turboprop engines, each 1281 hp strong. In addition, the POLAR took 5 on weight: a half ton of weigh the geophysical instruments, which in some cases the Cabin, but partly also outside the aircraft were installed. |
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Alan Bradbury *Verified Product User*, 05/28/2011 |
2 of 2 customers found this review helpful |
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Note that this product is a revised version of a freeware product, but having said that, you do get more stuff in the payware version. There are a couple of issues to be aware of however:
First up, the model has an error on the animation for the gear retraction sequence, which means two tiny parts of the landing gear do not come up when you retract it, leaving those parts flying along in space under the aeroplane, it's very tiny, only a couple of lugs, but it needs sorting out as this is sloppy work for a payware product.
The other issue is the textures. These are for the most part appallingly bad, being gaudy paint schemes that are far too glossy. I'm currently in the process of doing a repaint to sort that out, and you'll find that on Avsim in a day or so, but there is only so much that can be done because the texture split on some of the models has not been done in a very intelligent fashion, with some mirroring and stretching that makes a completely accurate paint job pretty much an impossibility. Nevertheless, I'm having a crack at doing one as best I can.
The up side to all of this, is that the model itself is not too bad, and since models of the Basler BT-67 are not exactly commonplace, if you like the aircraft, it is still worth having. Being a native FSX model, you can swap out the VC for the one in the Just Flight DC-3 and change some of the avionics to suit a turbo, and you will want to do that because the VC as it comes is a bit on the amateurish side for a payware model.
It flies okay, if perhaps a little sprightly for a BT-67 and the sounds, whilst not spectacular, are not too bad, actually sounding like a turbocharged aircraft, so you can certainly live with them.
What all that boils down to, is that this can be made into a reasonably nice FSX Basler BT-67 with some effort, so if you like the real aircraft and are prepared to tweak this FSX version, I would recommend it. But straight as it comes, be prepared to start work on it to get it looking okay, as it is somewhat disappointing by default. You do get lots of variants in the package, and that's a good thing, but it could have been very much better with some decent texturing and a better VC.
You will have to really want a BT-67 to think this is worth having, just be aware of that. |
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