1/200 JETSTAR DASH 8 Q-300 VH-SBI

De Havilland Canada Dash-8

The De Havilland Canada Dash 8 (DHC-8) is a Canadian twin-engine regional airliner developed from the Dash 7 with improved cruise performance, lower operational costs but without STOL. It first flew on June 20, 1983, entering service in 1984 with NorOntair, and Piedmont Airlines. Manufactured in four variants: the initial 37–40 seat -100, the more powerful -200, the stretched 50–56 seats -300, and the 68–90 seats -400. The Q Series is post-1997 production with an active noise control system. Only the Q-400 remains in production.

DHC was bought by Boeing in 1988, then sold to Bombardier in 1992. Longview Aviation Capital bought the manufacturing rights to the Q-400 in 2019 and revived the de Havilland Canada brand.

Airframe construction is mainly of aluminium alloy, a semi-monocoque fuselage. The high mounted tapered wings and T-tail assembly are of cantilever design. The retractable undercarriage is a tricycle type; the primary units are mounted in the aft section of the engine nacelles, retracting rearwards the steerable nose wheel retracts forward. Flight crew consists of a pilot and copilot, and the passenger cabin typically seats up to 90, depending on variant.

The Dash 8 is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100, turboprop engines mounted one on each wing, driving four-bladed Hamilton Sundstrand 14SF-23 propellers or Dowty six-blade R408 propellers. The -300 has a cruise speed of 529 km/h (328 mph), a 7,620 m (25,000 ft) service ceiling and a range of 1,711 km (1,063 mi).

Features:

- Prepainted Diecast Metal Model

- Authentic liveries

- Tampo none fade/ peel graphics

- Fully boxed many in pictorial boxes

- Simulated raised aerials

- Detailed undercarriage with rubber tyres

- Length 8.79"

- Wingspan 6.40"

- Collectors item: Not suitable for children under 14