DHC-3 'Otter' with 1000 hp engine

Still uploading stuff that we took during the last year's trip to Red Lake and Oshkosh. Here's DHC-3 'Otter' with a 1000 hp radial engine at Red Lake. They say it is the 'Polish made' engine. Seems like its true.

However, the Antonov-2 biplane powered by the same kind of engine. The Soviets in 70s (not quite sure, though of the exact time) sold a license to build An-2s in Poland, and probably the engine went along with the plane. In the USSR the engine was designated 'ASh-62IR'. Many An-2s still work all across the country.

Pilots who flew Otters 'on 1000 hp' say the plane is way more 'agile'. Well, there's even better variant - 'turbine conversion'. Of that one good many say it is 'hand down the best bush plane ever made' :)

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Autos & Vehicles

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• DHC-3
• Otter
• Bush
• Plane
• Airplane
• Seaplane

[keefer2111]

check out the landings by ...ultokill.

[Clashmaker]

Done. That was a turbine conversion. Anyway, it is a great plane. Maybe the 'Viking', a company based in Victoria, will start building them again, as the brand new planes, with all improvements, and new technology incorporated.

[keefer2111]

That Plane looks like one I seen in Quebec...I see them a lot on Wawa Lake

in Ontario Canada. How hard are they to handle in rough wind?

[Clashmaker]

keefer2111,

interesting, they can be seen on Wawa then too.. On the same trip we saw single Otter with a regular R1340 in Kenora.

Unfortunately, I don't have much knowledge about how both compare with regard to their flying and handling characteristics: one with the 1000 hp 'Ash-62', and the original one with R1340.. General opinion is that the 1000 hp is praised a lot. Because the R1340 original version was obviously underpowered.

[THEMAN080]

is that prop seriously spinning that slowly or is it just the vid?

[Clashmaker]

Hey, no, it's probably just more of a vid effect. However, it is perceptibly slower than props on the most common opposite engines.

[484442pt]

Poland made Antonov's since 1960. ASh-62IR engines were manufactured there by 2 factories.

[mrkawlija]

Gay

[tylerboyd11]

looks like a An-2 had sex with a DHC-2 Beaver

[kaitlanlyndsey]

My Dad flew with Green Airways last summer. Been flying in Otters since I was a baby. Will never get sick of those planes :)

[monocogenit1]

how cool is that...what an airplane.

[TheCannonofMohammed]

You know, we all like the big radials, don't we? Big sound, etc. But instead of this 1000 horse ASh-62, how about a 1100 horse PT-6 turbine? Hang it out there far enough and it'll balance, and you'll have opened up a little room for luggage or something. Any takers? Or are PT-6's just too expensive???? Just askin'

[smacman68]

Can you land one of these things on any lake big enough to accomidate you? Or are there restrictions on where you can land?

[Kermitfrog101]

That engine is a polish Pezetel PZL ASz-62 Radial engine. It's modified by Airtech Canada.

[f100swb]

@yu2beman Interesting you mention FNWX, a good friend of mine put a good number of hours in his logbook on it, I see it nearly daily, and it was turbo converted in 05.

[MetaView7]

look at the size of those blades