BN Trislander Comments
 

Gentlemen: I am interested in any comments anyone has regarding the reliability, engineering issues, safety record of the Britten-Norman Trilander. I am considering buying one because of its implied versatility, but I dont know too much about them. so far all I've seen is good.

Thanks in advance.

Gil

It spells Trislander...
Couple of things to look at :
The wing is lifed, so are the undercarriage tubes.

Are you thinking of buying an ex-Lydd Air?

Oh! And unlike the Islander, the Trislander is not STOL.

In the US it is referred to as the Puerto Rican DC-10.

Trislander
 

Thanks for the correction and the info I knew that it has limited life time. I thought the whole airframe is limited to 20,000 hours. The Puertorican DC-10 ... good one...

I am looking at one in Canada. C-GOXZ Waiting for info from seller before making a decision to inspectit or not. So please keep the comments coming.
Thanks
Gil

Trislander is good old workhorse, carry about 1500kg ish but the keep it out of iceing and watch out for carb ice ( Ive never flown anything like it for carb ice) Fuel burn approx 3 litre per min at 130 kt ias can hold 700 tot

hope that helps

Roatanair,

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