The standard, analogue flight instruments are supplemented with the Garmin GNS 430 GPS unit mounted centrally on the panel, forward of the centre pedestal, to assist with navigation. The overhead panel contains the electrical, fuel, light, and de-icing systems and switches, as well as the radios, with the autopilot system mounted on the centre pedestal. The cockpit represents the typical layout for the HS.748 and with its array of analogue gauges, it can appear daunting. Enter the cockpit of the Hawker Siddeley HS.748 and you take a step back in time to when analogue instruments were supreme and pilots earned their money by actually flying the aircraft. Regardless, the modelling captures the quintessential design of this iconic aircraft.įlight Instruments, Avionics, and Aircraft Systems.
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Just Flight promote the HS 748 Propliner as being modelled on the Series 2A variant, the most produced variant, however, the aircraft specifications provided in the manual and certain aspects of the aircraft configuration file make reference to the Series 2B variant.
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The large passenger windows and vertical stabiliser are similar to the HS.748's contemporaries, such as the Fokker F.27 Friendship, and the larger Lockheed L-188 Electra, and Vickers Viscount, and the long wing with its pronounced dihedral from the wing root is clearly evident.
The aircraft also exudes the typical lines of medium sized regional airliners of the era. This allows good overall ground clearance and easy mounting of the strong durable landing gear. The wing is mounted low on the fuselage with the dihedral from the wing root. The aircraft has a long, high lift wing and a unique single slot flap with a hinged flap tab at the trailing edge. The rugged and short field performance design is clearly evident in the Hawker Siddeley HS.748. During the early production years, the individual identity of Avro within the Hawker Siddeley Group ceased and the design became universally known as the HS.748. Production encompassed four major passenger variants, and along with additional variants, including military, coastguard, and variants built under licence in India, total production reached 380 by the time production ceased in 1988. The Avro 748's first flight was on 24 June 1960 with the first production aircraft being delivered in April 1962. Consequently, and with its ability to haul payloads of over 10,000 lbs in and out of short, rough airfields with little to no ground service equipment, the HS.748 quickly became popular with airlines operating in remote areas.
Other features included an internal engine starting system, and systems and structures which were designed to be easy to inspect and repair in the field with limited equipment. Avro concentrated on performance, with a rugged design and better short field performance, allowing it to operate from smaller airports and those with rough surfaces. Originally designed in 1958 by Avro as the Avro 748, it was seen as a replacement for the aging Douglas DC-3s, then in widespread service as feeder liners. The Hawker Siddeley HS.748 is a medium sized, low wing, turboprop airliner with a capacity for 40 to 58 passengers.
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