**AIRCRAFT
“De Havilland - Dash DH8A-100”**
REFERENCE INFORMATION (by Aircraft performance
database)
*****Aircraft
Features*****
Wing position: High wing
Engine position: (Front) Wing leading
Tail configuration: T high
Landing gear: Tricycle retractable
Wing Span: 25.9 m
Length: 22.3 m
Height: 7.5 m
Power plant: 2 x 2.000 SHP P&W 120A or
2 x 2.150 SHP P&W 121A turboprops with 4 blade
propellers.
Accommodation: Flightcrew of two and typical 37 passengers in single class
configuration.
Notes: Short range turboprop airliner. In service since 1984. Initial
basic model of DHC-8
Dash 8
regional turboprop airliner family. Followed by the series 100A in 1990 with
extra headroom and 100B (since 1992) with more powerful engines. From 1996 all
Dash 8s
delivered with
a computer controlled noise and vibration supression
system.
Type
designation with a Q for quiet. Canada mil. type: CT142, US-mil. type: E-9.
Alternative names:
CT-142, Dash 8 (100), DE HAVILLAND
CANADA DHC-8-100 Dash 8 (E-9,CT-142,CC-142),
DE HAVILLAND
CANADA E-9,CT-142,CC-142, DHC-8-100 Dash 8.
*****Total
Flight Simulator aircraft weight with full fuel*****
000,000 lbs - 15.650 kg
VMO - Maximum Operating Speed 250 KIAS
MMO - Maximum Operating Speed Mach nd Mach
Turbulent Air Penetration Speed 000 KIAS/.00 Mach
VLO - Maximum Gear Operating Speed 000 KIAS
VLE - Maximum Landing Gear Extension Speed 000 KIAS/.00 Mach
*****Maximum
Flap Placard Speeds*****
Flaps degrees KIAS
1 000
2 000
5 000
10 000
15 000
25 000
30 000
40 000
*****Take-off*****
WTC: M
Distance: 900
mt
V2 (IAS): 100
kts
*****Climbing*****
-(to 5000 ft)
IAS: 130
kt
ROC: 1800
ft/min
-(to FL150)
IAS: 200
kt
ROC: 1500
ft/min
-(to FL240)
IAS: 200
kt
ROC: 1000
ft/min
-(mach)
mach: nd
ROC: nd ft/min
*****Cruise*****
TAS: 250
kt
MACh: nd data
Ceiling: FL250
Range: 1000 NM
*****Descent
*****
- (to FL240)
mach: nd
ROD: nd ft/min
- (to FL100)
IAS: 250
kt
ROD: 1500
ft/min
*****Approach*****
IAS: 250
kt
MCS: 150
kt
ROD: 1500
ft/min
*****Landing*****
Vht
(IAS): 100 kt
APC: B
Distance: 900
mt