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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

14th Jul 2014, 22:37

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DASH 8 accident in PNG

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Posted By poncho73

Nicely put....and correct

Nicely put....and correct

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

10th Jul 2014, 14:44

Replies: 228

DASH 8 accident in PNG

Views: 451,135

Posted By poncho73

Some Common Sense

Gents

We must all realize that aircraft of this vintage, that were designed around the PW100 Series engines, were capable of this.
Some of these Types ran into problems in the early days when PT6...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

20th Jun 2014, 15:12

Replies: 228

DASH 8 accident in PNG

Views: 451,135

Posted By poncho73

That is what the report is saying, although wx...

That is what the report is saying, although wx might have been an issue:"When the propeller overspeeds occurred, the aircraft was at 10,090 ft AMSL 34 km south south east of Madang aerodrome. If we...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

19th Jun 2014, 18:39

Replies: 228

DASH 8 accident in PNG

Views: 451,135

Posted By poncho73

Doing this at an airspeed of say 160kts or...

Doing this at an airspeed of say 160kts or greater in the DHC-8 (1 - 3 series),without Beta Lockout protection, would have resulted in the same propeller overspeed condition. This is why aft of...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

18th Jun 2014, 16:24

Replies: 228

DASH 8 accident in PNG

Views: 451,135

Posted By poncho73

Good point swh, I got excited when composing that...

Good point swh, I got excited when composing that response and forgot to include the word "GROUND" Beta. You are correct Beta is used in the air. I should also say....nothing below Flight Idle...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

18th Jun 2014, 14:01

Replies: 228

DASH 8 accident in PNG

Views: 451,135

Posted By poncho73

The bush technique of “cracking it into Beta” is...

The bush technique of “cracking it into Beta” is not an approved method of operation in any of the Twin Otter, Dash 7 or Dash 8’s.The Dash 8 propeller is governed as far back as 2/3’s of the way...

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