Dreamwings DHC-8-100/200

The Bombardier de Havilland Canada DHC-8 is a twin-engined, short to medium range, turboprop airliner. The DHC-8 was introduced by de Havilland Canada in 1984, but since Bombardier acquired the company from Boeing in 1992, they are produced by Bombardier Aerospace. The 37�39 passenger DHC-8-100 entered service in 1984. The DHC-8-200 is equipped with more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 engines for improved performance. After the installation of the Active Noise and Vibration Suppression (ANVS) system, Bombardier renamed the Dash 8 models as the Q Series turboprops (Q200, Q300 and Q400), with the "Q" standing for "quiet".

Dreamwings Design is developer of many regional aircraft for FS2004. Their DHC-8-100/200 is a frame rate friendly but detailed aircraft. All usual animations are present plus various opening doors. There are three different models of the DHC-8-100 and DHC-8-200: Normal, light and pushback. The light version is for slower computers and the pushback version comes with a 3d pushback truck, activated by the tail hook command.

There are no panel, virtual cockpit or engine sounds included. Instead, the default (FS2004) Beech King Air sound is used. The main landing gear looks ok, but is floating a bit until the nose gear touches down. Interesting detail: with the pushback version, the pilots are shaking their heads in the direction of the rudder yaw and nose wheel steering. But with the other two versions, only the co-pilot is shaking his head and the captain is nodding...

















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