WOW, Awesome performance and yes they are very loud planes with very power engines and propellers, I've also seen a 10 hour video of a turboprop plane in flight for relaxation from relaxing white noise,
Great photography and smooth transitions. I miss flying the Dash-8s. They fly very well, have lots of power - yet can fly slow when you need it to. The Q400 is amazing in fuel economy vs speed. It is a 'hands on' pilot's plane but very rewarding. I flew them for over 10 years in Africa, England, and western USA.
The first time I saw one of these, I was in Sea-Tac airport. I was actually very surprised to see a turboprop, and in awe when I saw the Q400 for the first time. I was hoping someday I would be able to fly in one. We were supposed to fly in one to San Jose from Spokane, but it had engine problems, and we were switched to a CRJ-700. However, the next year, we were able to fly in one, and I loved it.
I’m glad you used a camera with a slow shutter speed, makes the propellers look so much better, so there’s none of this high speed distorted strobe shutter effect.
Hi: I have to say that I don't really know which plane is which., but your video is made extremely well, and the planes are absolutely fascinating to watch. The design, the engines and all of it is just plain nice and relaxing to watch. I think the planes are beautiful machines. Thanks for posting , and the time you put into it.
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The Dash 8 and the Saab 340 turboprops do also made great humming noises from their props as well as their military counterparts such as the E-2 Hawkeye, the P-3 Orion, and the C-130 Hercules
The E-2, C-2, herc, Orion, etc all use a different engine (the T56) - this PW150 is fairly new and only used on a couple aircraft. At 5100 (capable of much more) hp it’s MUCH more powerful than most turboprops out there save for the A400M and TU-95 etc
The Q400, especially the way Porter Air has it configured with eight fewer seats, is one of my favourite aircraft. (Porter’s home base runway restricts the plane to fewer seats, therefore, more legroom). The economics of this plane are such that they can be flown profitably at about 67% capacity. . .
Their fuel efficient because they are always broken! I was a mechanic for horizon for 10 years, not reliable at all. We called them 50 50. Because 50% of the time they broke.
@@rickbrown7067 No they don't. If that's the case, your company isn't retaining them properly. They are very reliable, and it seems Horizon has gotten better with that. If you're a mechanic, I expect you to be more professional and open minded.
The Caynuck , They are just more picky! They use both doors for entry and exit and that adds a Lot of wear and tear and short hops. We go through a lot of leading edge boots and props and door issues. I worked on Air Canada’s Q’s they are not flown near as hard and are in much better shape. Before I retired they the highest time for all Q400s, over 50k hours. That’s how hard they fly them.
When I lived in Ithaca NY from 1991 through Twenty O Two, I flew back and forth between Ithaca and my native Charlotte NC. Flying into or out of Ithaca, I flew to New York LaGuardia, Philly, and Pittsburgh, where I would get a mainline jet on to Charlotte, I flew on various regional turboprop airliners with US Airways Express. They included the Beechcraft 1900, the Jetstream 31, Shorts 360, and my favorite of all of those, the DeHaviland Dash-8. The cabin of the Dash-8 was most like that of a mainline jet, but yet it was still a turboprop airliner. I love the sound that the props make, the "Box Fan" sound in high idle and taxiing, and the Bumblebee sound in takeoff and inflight.
Jacky Claiborne do you know why does it make the ‘box sound’? That sound is too loud. It creeps my ears. But i love it though. I mainly love that part when it lands, after touchdown it engages beta-range or disc mode, that sounds fabulous!
I travelled four times in the bombardier four turbo engine air crafts in Ethiopia, Africa. Very good air craft.external sound is not felt when we are inside the cabin.
Most of us watching this are “airplane nuts” - we LOVE planes! But something struck me as kind of funny. Several times during the long shots (1st time about 4:00) there were cars driving by on a road outside the airport. Completely oblivious to the excitement going on just on the other side of the fence. That wonder of flight! Plane lovers: - don’t ever lose that wonder! Whatever your life status, wherever you’re going, don’t lose that love for “all things flying”. Airplanes are cool!!! That chill down your spine as the plane shudders with the spin of a prop… the shiver as the airframe comes to life… The sway as the plane trundles down a taxiway towards the active runway… The roar as the engines strain against the brakes… Airplanes are way cool!!! Save that love!!! And that fade at the end of the video - that was epic! Very well done.
That is why I feel like a little kid every time I do the walk-out. That "Engine no.2 clear", passing bleed air through starter and slow turbine spinning. Than later that roar of engine when it starts. Never had Dash 8, but it would be nice to see and hear it as well.
This is a video post I plan to watch over and over. You have mangaged to turn a beautifully crafted aircraft into an artform unsurpassed by any other photographer I have seen. Thank-you so very much for all the time and effort to bring this video to my viewing pleasure. Please continue to do exceptionally gratifying work. I am eagerly anticipating your next post.
Amazing video! The last departure in the light fog with the visible prop vortex looked so awesome! I'm a big fan of the Q400 and turboprop's in general.
Innsbruck!!! I did a study abroad there in July. Thankfully my room was on the top floor and it looked south so whenever a dash 8 took off I could see it from my bed. It was so cool
@@admustvelchr3418 Nah, those military planes are too loud that you can't really hear it. Plus it's when you're on the ground when you hear the howl of the plane. Turboprops are melodic and awesome to hear inside or outside.
The night T/O at the end with the prop tip condensation lit up by the takeoff lights is nothing short of spectacular!!! (and the icing on the cake for a great video overall) Very nice camerawork, sir!
These are some of the absolute BEST sounding Q400's I've seen or heard in a while. Wishing we had more of these birds in service here in my region of the USA, flying with carriers such as Delta Connection or American Eagle, instead of those crummy CRJ's! I also like how these mighty Q400's sound when slowing down on the runway, following touchdown. They sound like a C-130J's arrival!
@@friyekhgamingandsports3139 Too far north for me. I live way down south in rural Southwest Arkansas. Also can't afford to fly at this time, but a trip or two on board one of these beauties would be an exhilarating experience for me - let me tell ya!
@@shapoorfakher1674 - Sorry, bud, I don't read this language. English is the only language I understand. Would you please and kindly translate this into English? Thanks.
Yeah, this is Bombardier's better regional plane than their CRJ. CRJ's are reliable and popular choice, but a Q400 turboprop is a whole different experience!
Austrian has ditched the Q400. I guess there is always a manufacturer tugging at the pant leg offering some other deal. Turboprops are the future. The electric hybrid is coming soon.
Fear of flying is an extension of the fear of death. If we can think in terms of not being afraid of living the more you fly the more routine it seems.
@@BennyGeserit I can see the Dash 8 having a long future with hybrid or electric engine. The Twin Otter too. Austrian is trying to replace the Q400 with the E190, which I see as a less ideal aircraft as it has less STOL capabilities and can't do things the Q400 can. Plus, turboprops are more economical on short routes.
In Canada, we get them all the time. I mean, they are from here, and I actually was part of the engineering team for the turboprop engine on the Q400, with P&W Canada.
I'm a big fan of turboprop airliners! It makes me very sad that most regional airlines are phasing them out, and switching to pure jet aircraft. I wish that the mainliners like the Boeing 737 and Airbus A-320 were turboprop instead of pure jet. Some say that driving a vehicle with a manual transmission, "Stickshift", is "Real Driving". I say that flying in a propeller driven airliner is "Real Flying"! I personally love the sound that the props make, the "box fan" sound in high idle and taxiing, and the "bumblebee" sound in takeoff and in flght! "Bumblebee Sound" is my name for the bass hum and vibration, heard inside the cabin of a turboprop airliner. It's true, most turboprop airliners are a quite noisy, but the quietest turboprop I ever flew on was the ATR-42, back in 1992 with American Eagle. My girlfriend has given the ATR the nickname, "The Whisperprop". It's my understanding that the majority of the public doesn't like the turboprops, one reason being because many of them are noisy. To get the public to better accept the turboprops, thicker cabin insulation would be one solution to reduce the noise. Also, it's my understanding that the majority of the public is convinced that the turboprop engine is a turbocharged piston driven propeller engine, when in fact, it's actually a jet engine with a propeller attatched. If you listen to the engine fire up, and run in low idle, you can hear the whine of the jet engine. The word "Turboprop" actually refers to the fact that it's a turbine powered engine, and not a piston engine. To help educate the public that the turboprop engine is indeed a jet propeller engine, they could paint in big letters, "PROP JET" on the sides of the engine cowels. When the engines are running in low idle, you can hear the prop blades passing in front of the air intakes, chopping up the airflow, going into the engine. It seems to me that the air intakes should be a couple of feet back from the prop blades, to increase the efficiency of the engines. To protect the engines from bird strikes, metal grates, like those used on the windows of a prison bus, should be installed on the air intakes.
Jacky Claiborne the ATR might be quieter inside the cabin, but outside it’s awful it can be heard miles away and that’s my point of view working as ramp agent.
@@TheToni1976 The ATR-42 appears to have thicker cabin insulation than most turboprop airliners. Another thing I find interesting: The Vickers Viscount, which was the world's first turboprop airliner that had the famous Rolls Royce Dart engines, sounds much more like a turbofan than a turboprop. I've watched videos of it, both flying, taxiing, taking off and landing. The sound of it's props is virtually inadibible over the whine of the engines. It's also the aircraft that was used in the 1979 movie "The Rose" with Bette Middler. It was the Rose touring craft. The movie shows both a takeoff and an approach. In both of those scenes, you hear only the jet engines, and not the props.
I know, it's annoying hearing the public compare turboprops with WWII era piston engines. It's just ignorant. These are jet engines with props attached and are very safe and efficient!
The Dash 8 is an awesome aircraft! I find it hard to understand how a ground employee in Seattle,WA working for Horizon Airlines was able to start the engines which a pilot said was somewhat involved and then proceeded to take off without authorization from the control tower. As we all know, he ended up crashing the plane apparently running out of fuel or potential suicide. After watching your video, I am amazed he was able to accomplish the take off! No prior flight training except watching video games! A pretty smart guy!
@@superskullmaster well.... >plus< he worked for the airline; pilots are a really cool bunch and overtime when you ask them stuff I have yet to have one not explain the concepts behind the question
They always fire up the starboard engine first, and then the port engine. I think they should alternate the startup order from flight to flight to equalize the wear and tear on the engines. If there's a fuel shortage, and they want to taxi on one engine to save fuel, they should follow the "POSH" rule, port out, starboard home. That means that they would taxi out on the port engine, and taxi in on the starboard engine.
That's an interesting idea. But usually both engines are started up before they taxi so they can detect problems if they exist. Better to know before you reach the runway
Engines don't have to "wear equally". Starting #2 first allows an earlier start while the bridge is pulled back for departure. Shutting down #1 on arrival saves on fuel and allows ground crew to position the bridge earlier. Sometimes shutting down #1 for taxi in is not advisable if sharp right turns are required to get to the gate (the 400 can be hard or impossible to turn right from slow speed or a stop with #1 engine off), and/or if the ramp is contaminated (slippery) and/or it's very windy. Different airlines will have different procedures.
Yes 👌the sound depend by the pitch of the propeller, during start and minimum RPM are in feather, then the pilot changes the pitch angle and the sound change as well 😉😉
For us who live on the IOM we are getting Dash 8 Q400’s Back after ATR 72 - 500’s have on franchise run by Stobart Air done Flybe flights for the last 3 years . Flybe is taking it back in house .. The last day of the Stobart Air ATR’s is 31/03/2019. I like the ATR’s but will be pleased to have Dash 8 Q400’s back.
The Caynuck Skyworld Aviation was selling 11 of the ex Flybe dash 8’s middle of this month just gone . Skyworld wants the aircraft sold as a whole but could be and willing to talk about a lease agreement instead.
Michael Williams same fuel as jet engines, kerosine, because turboprop (propjet) is technically very like to turbofan (jet). Both engine types are variations of same principle. There is gas turbine, multi stage axial compressor, shaft with reductor transmission gearbox, and only difference is, that reductor is connected to regular propeller with variable blade pitch, instead of big ducted fan on jet (turbofan) engines. Energy of exhaust gas is only minor part of overall thrust, in both cases. Main thrust is from propeller or fan.
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I imagine it's different than jet engines as jet engines are funneled and have a cowling. Turboprops are essentially gigantic fans spinning on an axis that can feather, but without a cowling, that won't be as "sucky" for better lack of words.
WOW,
Awesome performance and yes they are very loud planes with very power engines and propellers, I've also seen a 10 hour video of a turboprop plane in flight for relaxation from relaxing white noise,
Great photography and smooth transitions. I miss flying the Dash-8s. They fly very well, have lots of power - yet can fly slow when you need it to. The Q400 is amazing in fuel economy vs speed.
It is a 'hands on' pilot's plane but very rewarding. I flew them for over 10 years in Africa, England, and western USA.
that fly by is just beautiful, very beautiful sounds this aircraft has
The first time I saw one of these, I was in Sea-Tac airport. I was actually very surprised to see a turboprop, and in awe when I saw the Q400 for the first time. I was hoping someday I would be able to fly in one. We were supposed to fly in one to San Jose from Spokane, but it had engine problems, and we were switched to a CRJ-700. However, the next year, we were able to fly in one, and I loved it.
it’s a lot of fun to actually fly out. i fly them out of seattle!
I’m glad you used a camera with a slow shutter speed, makes the propellers look so much better, so there’s none of this high speed distorted strobe shutter effect.
Yes! 😁 I love planes but also filmaking.. I hate high shutter speed.. it’s a must for me use 1/60 or 1/100 with propellers 😁👌
Wow I love the sound of the turboprop engines. It's incredible. Thank you for sharing 😊
The mighty Q400!...Brilliant video, very nice foortage!
Hi: I have to say that I don't really know which plane is which., but your video is made extremely well, and the planes are absolutely fascinating to watch. The design, the engines and all of it is just plain nice and relaxing to watch. I think the planes are beautiful machines. Thanks for posting , and the time you put into it.
All Dash 8-Q400s in this video...beautiful machines indeed!
Not only very loud sound, but also clear of windy noises... Very good!
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The Dash 8 and the Saab 340 turboprops do also made great humming noises from their props as well as their military counterparts such as the E-2 Hawkeye, the P-3 Orion, and the C-130 Hercules
The E-2, C-2, herc, Orion, etc all use a different engine (the T56) - this PW150 is fairly new and only used on a couple aircraft. At 5100 (capable of much more) hp it’s MUCH more powerful than most turboprops out there save for the A400M and TU-95 etc
Some people like the sound of this airplane . but for me i like the shape of it. It is so beautiful.
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The Q400, especially the way Porter Air has it configured with eight fewer seats, is one of my favourite aircraft. (Porter’s home base runway restricts the plane to fewer seats, therefore, more legroom).
The economics of this plane are such that they can be flown profitably at about 67% capacity. . .
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absolutely wonderful footage and great sound!!! :D the Dash is gorgeous.
And who could ever forget the great buzzing noise from the twin-engine King Air 350
That and the twin otter are two of my faves
Cool to see how they are fuel efficient. The first Dash taxiing with one engine feathered. Awesome!
Their fuel efficient because they are always broken! I was a mechanic for horizon for 10 years, not reliable at all. We called them 50 50. Because 50% of the time they broke.
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@@rickbrown7067 broken how? the engine broke down..? you are a mechanic, could we get more technical here Richard?
@@rickbrown7067 No they don't. If that's the case, your company isn't retaining them properly. They are very reliable, and it seems Horizon has gotten better with that. If you're a mechanic, I expect you to be more professional and open minded.
The Caynuck ,
They are just more picky! They use both doors for entry and exit and that adds a Lot of wear and tear and short hops. We go through a lot of leading edge boots and props and door issues. I worked on Air Canada’s Q’s they are not flown near as hard and are in much better shape. Before I retired they the highest time for all Q400s, over 50k hours. That’s how hard they fly them.
I don't know why. But I love the sound the Dash 8 makes IRL
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Wonderful…….thank you very much for sharing!
Awesome love Dash 8’s my all time favourite turboprop
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When I lived in Ithaca NY from 1991 through Twenty O Two, I flew back and forth between Ithaca and my native Charlotte NC. Flying into or out of Ithaca, I flew to New York LaGuardia, Philly, and Pittsburgh, where I would get a mainline jet on to Charlotte, I flew on various regional turboprop airliners with US Airways Express. They included the Beechcraft 1900, the Jetstream 31, Shorts 360, and my favorite of all of those, the DeHaviland Dash-8. The cabin of the Dash-8 was most like that of a mainline jet, but yet it was still a turboprop airliner. I love the sound that the props make, the "Box Fan" sound in high idle and taxiing, and the Bumblebee sound in takeoff and inflight.
Jacky Claiborne do you know why does it make the ‘box sound’? That sound is too loud. It creeps my ears. But i love it though. I mainly love that part when it lands, after touchdown it engages beta-range or disc mode, that sounds fabulous!
Are all planes nice?
TheModelFlightChannel nope. But why?
wonderful !!!
great technical realization for a very beautiful aesthetic line plane....
Amazing videos! Watched 10 thousand times and still continuing to watch.
i love how at 1st you hear the jet part of it but as it gets faster the propeller takes over
finally seeing the great video ever captured like watching by your eyes, not a stop motion blade quality
I travelled four times in the bombardier four turbo engine air crafts in Ethiopia, Africa. Very good air craft.external sound is not felt when we are inside the cabin.
Most of us watching this are “airplane nuts” - we LOVE planes!
But something struck me as kind of funny. Several times during the long shots (1st time about 4:00) there were cars driving by on a road outside the airport. Completely oblivious to the excitement going on just on the other side of the fence. That wonder of flight!
Plane lovers: - don’t ever lose that wonder! Whatever your life status, wherever you’re going, don’t lose that love for “all things flying”. Airplanes are cool!!!
That chill down your spine as the plane shudders with the spin of a prop… the shiver as the airframe comes to life… The sway as the plane trundles down a taxiway towards the active runway… The roar as the engines strain against the brakes…
Airplanes are way cool!!! Save that love!!!
And that fade at the end of the video - that was epic! Very well done.
That is why I feel like a little kid every time I do the walk-out. That "Engine no.2 clear", passing bleed air through starter and slow turbine spinning. Than later that roar of engine when it starts. Never had Dash 8, but it would be nice to see and hear it as well.
Even better when you’re in the left seat. . . 😉
The quality is absolutely outstanding!
This is a video post I plan to watch over and over. You have mangaged to turn a beautifully crafted aircraft into an artform unsurpassed by any other photographer I have seen. Thank-you so very much for all the time and effort to bring this video to my viewing pleasure. Please continue to do exceptionally gratifying work. I am eagerly anticipating your next post.
really thanks!!! :) Airplanes and filming are my passion... greeetings from Italy
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Amazing video! The last departure in the light fog with the visible prop vortex looked so awesome! I'm a big fan of the Q400 and turboprop's in general.
I love planes,aviation and every thing to do with it ,but it,s nothing without the ground crew.I think that is real passion.....
best turboprop ever made
Innsbruck!!! I did a study abroad there in July. Thankfully my room was on the top floor and it looked south so whenever a dash 8 took off I could see it from my bed. It was so cool
not gonna lie that takeoff was sick
Superb video..love these aircrafts and the sound of the propellers!! Thanks for sharing!!!
No better sound in the aircraft world than a Turboprop
Bob Bates the Merlin engine from the Spitfire and P-51 disagrees...
@@audigex Turboprops are the best sounding planes since the Merlin!
very smooth camera work
Man that's a good looking plane
Yes! It has the landing gear below its engines like a commander 690! And it has the same engines as the Canadair CL-415 Super scooper!
Yess!! 😊 I work as a mechanic with the Canadair 415.. it’s very very similar, the 415 has PW123AF ✌️👍🏻
Whoo! Hoo!
I’m going on one of these props in eight months for the first time. Wideroe 😮✈️✈️
Love the low rumble these planes have!
Turboprops; not my favourite type of planes, but they sure have the best sound
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@@admustvelchr3418 Nah, those military planes are too loud that you can't really hear it. Plus it's when you're on the ground when you hear the howl of the plane. Turboprops are melodic and awesome to hear inside or outside.
I love that sound!
The night T/O at the end with the prop tip condensation lit up by the takeoff lights is nothing short of spectacular!!! (and the icing on the cake for a great video overall) Very nice camerawork, sir!
Dash 8 is The Best for Turbo Prop Plan, I have a Great Memory with this plan when I working in Airlines
These are some of the absolute BEST sounding Q400's I've seen or heard in a while. Wishing we had more of these birds in service here in my region of the USA, flying with carriers such as Delta Connection or American Eagle, instead of those crummy CRJ's!
I also like how these mighty Q400's sound when slowing down on the runway, following touchdown. They sound like a C-130J's arrival!
You should fly with porter
@@friyekhgamingandsports3139 Too far north for me. I live way down south in rural Southwest Arkansas. Also can't afford to fly at this time, but a trip or two on board one of these beauties would be an exhilarating experience for me - let me tell ya!
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@@shapoorfakher1674 - Sorry, bud, I don't read this language. English is the only language I understand. Would you please and kindly translate this into English? Thanks.
Yeah, this is Bombardier's better regional plane than their CRJ. CRJ's are reliable and popular choice, but a Q400 turboprop is a whole different experience!
I love Q400!
Beautiful aeroplane
Beautiful commuter aircraft- thanks!
I like turboprop sounds
I'm kinda scared of flying, but almost every flight I've been in (domestic) has been with this awesome plane. I can't wait to fly again!
Austrian has ditched the Q400. I guess there is always a manufacturer tugging at the pant leg offering some other deal. Turboprops are the future. The electric hybrid is coming soon.
Fear of flying is an extension of the fear of death. If we can think in terms of not being afraid of living the more you fly the more routine it seems.
@@BennyGeserit I can see the Dash 8 having a long future with hybrid or electric engine. The Twin Otter too. Austrian is trying to replace the Q400 with the E190, which I see as a less ideal aircraft as it has less STOL capabilities and can't do things the Q400 can. Plus, turboprops are more economical on short routes.
Haha! Love this plane? Wait for bad weather!!!!!!
I landed with with plane with a snow storm 😁😂🤙
great report
This a Q400 next gen, with dowty scimitars and larger windows. Cheap to buy, 400 kt cruise matches jet gate-to-gate time on
Nice plane..nice engine sound!!!!!
Beautiful planes!❤
Music to my ears !!!!! I love the Q400 !!
The same for me, I love too much the turboprop sound delle 👍👋
nice video 👍👍👍.
I love the Dash 8 it's a lovely plane to fly on. We got Dash 8's in New Zealand.
And Croatia Airlines has also 16 Bombardier Dash 8-Q400.. Amazing and beautiful plane..
In Canada, we get them all the time. I mean, they are from here, and I actually was part of the engineering team for the turboprop engine on the Q400, with P&W Canada.
the quality is superb keep it up!
I'm a big fan of turboprop airliners! It makes me very sad that most regional airlines are phasing them out, and switching to pure jet aircraft. I wish that the mainliners like the Boeing 737 and Airbus A-320 were turboprop instead of pure jet. Some say that driving a vehicle with a manual transmission, "Stickshift", is "Real Driving". I say that flying in a propeller driven airliner is "Real Flying"! I personally love the sound that the props make, the "box fan" sound in high idle and taxiing, and the "bumblebee" sound in takeoff and in flght! "Bumblebee Sound" is my name for the bass hum and vibration, heard inside the cabin of a turboprop airliner. It's true, most turboprop airliners are a quite noisy, but the quietest turboprop I ever flew on was the ATR-42, back in 1992 with American Eagle. My girlfriend has given the ATR the nickname, "The Whisperprop".
It's my understanding that the majority of the public doesn't like the turboprops, one reason being because many of them are noisy. To get the public to better accept the turboprops, thicker cabin insulation would be one solution to reduce the noise. Also, it's my understanding that the majority of the public is convinced that the turboprop engine is a turbocharged piston driven propeller engine, when in fact, it's actually a jet engine with a propeller attatched. If you listen to the engine fire up, and run in low idle, you can hear the whine of the jet engine. The word "Turboprop" actually refers to the fact that it's a turbine powered engine, and not a piston engine. To help educate the public that the turboprop engine is indeed a jet propeller engine, they could paint in big letters, "PROP JET" on the sides of the engine cowels.
When the engines are running in low idle, you can hear the prop blades passing in front of the air intakes, chopping up the airflow, going into the engine. It seems to me that the air intakes should be a couple of feet back from the prop blades, to increase the efficiency of the engines. To protect the engines from bird strikes, metal grates, like those used on the windows of a prison bus, should be installed on the air intakes.
Jacky Claiborne the ATR might be quieter inside the cabin, but outside it’s awful it can be heard miles away and that’s my point of view working as ramp agent.
@@TheToni1976 The ATR-42 appears to have thicker cabin insulation than most turboprop airliners.
Another thing I find interesting: The Vickers Viscount, which was the world's first turboprop airliner that had the famous Rolls Royce Dart engines, sounds much more like a turbofan than a turboprop. I've watched videos of it, both flying, taxiing, taking off and landing. The sound of it's props is virtually inadibible over the whine of the engines. It's also the aircraft that was used in the 1979 movie "The Rose" with Bette Middler. It was the Rose touring craft. The movie shows both a takeoff and an approach. In both of those scenes, you hear only the jet engines, and not the props.
I know, it's annoying hearing the public compare turboprops with WWII era piston engines. It's just ignorant. These are jet engines with props attached and are very safe and efficient!
Esses Bombardiers são um espetáculo! Ótimo vídeo.
Verdade, uma pena não voarem aqui no Brasil
The Dash 8 is an awesome aircraft! I find it hard to understand how a ground employee in Seattle,WA working for Horizon Airlines was able to start the engines which a pilot said was somewhat involved and then proceeded to take off without authorization from the control tower. As we all know, he ended up crashing the plane apparently running out of fuel or potential suicide. After watching your video, I am amazed he was able to accomplish the take off! No prior flight training except watching video games! A pretty smart guy!
James Wikstrom no it’s called P3D and Majestic Q400.
@@superskullmaster well.... >plus< he worked for the airline; pilots are a really cool bunch and overtime when you ask them stuff I have yet to have one not explain the concepts behind the question
AD Smith what’s your question?
Nice vid!(:
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just rode a bombardier q400 and it was very nice
They always fire up the starboard engine first, and then the port engine. I think they should alternate the startup order from flight to flight to equalize the wear and tear on the engines. If there's a fuel shortage, and they want to taxi on one engine to save fuel, they should follow the "POSH" rule, port out, starboard home. That means that they would taxi out on the port engine, and taxi in on the starboard engine.
That's an interesting idea. But usually both engines are started up before they taxi so they can detect problems if they exist. Better to know before you reach the runway
Engines don't have to "wear equally". Starting #2 first allows an earlier start while the bridge is pulled back for departure. Shutting down #1 on arrival saves on fuel and allows ground crew to position the bridge earlier. Sometimes shutting down #1 for taxi in is not advisable if sharp right turns are required to get to the gate (the 400 can be hard or impossible to turn right from slow speed or a stop with #1 engine off), and/or if the ramp is contaminated (slippery) and/or it's very windy. Different airlines will have different procedures.
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I like with a different PW 150A engine sound,if it taxi,it sounds like Allison T56-15B,and at it takeoff,it sounds like Allison AE2100D3 loudly
Yes 👌the sound depend by the pitch of the propeller, during start and minimum RPM are in feather, then the pilot changes the pitch angle and the sound change as well 😉😉
...and the Q400 was planned to use the GMA 2100 (now AE 2100) engine too, but the 150 prevailed instead.
For us who live on the IOM we are getting Dash 8 Q400’s Back after ATR 72 - 500’s have on franchise run by Stobart Air done Flybe flights for the last 3 years .
Flybe is taking it back in house ..
The last day of the Stobart Air ATR’s is 31/03/2019.
I like the ATR’s but will be pleased to have Dash 8 Q400’s back.
What they doing nowadays with Flybe bankrupt? Can't just leave airworthy Q400's that are only a few years old with no service!
The Caynuck Skyworld Aviation was selling 11 of the ex Flybe dash 8’s middle of this month just gone .
Skyworld wants the aircraft sold as a whole but could be and willing to talk about a lease agreement instead.
majestic!
Outstanding camera work! Thank you for this Great video. 😁
hi sir did know friedrich haas
I think I like this plane😍
I always loved working on their engines at P&W Canada, where we manufacture the engines. Great plane!
The Dash 8 is a star and in a class of its own.. I love the dash, never been in one. Can someone tell me what type of fuel this baby uses?
Michael Williams same fuel as jet engines, kerosine, because turboprop (propjet) is technically very like to turbofan (jet). Both engine types are variations of same principle. There is gas turbine, multi stage axial compressor, shaft with reductor transmission gearbox, and only difference is, that reductor is connected to regular propeller with variable blade pitch, instead of big ducted fan on jet (turbofan) engines. Energy of exhaust gas is only minor part of overall thrust, in both cases. Main thrust is from propeller or fan.
I assume it'd just use aviation-grade fuel It is a jet engine with a prop attached.
very nice
verry nice engine
1. Turn on engines
2. Go back slowly
3.go foward slowly
4.stop the plane
5.Pull max speed on plane
6. And pull up!
How did you set up your camera so that the props didn’t look like they had that “shutter effect” about them?
looks like he put higher ISO values
Love the look and ride of 2x turbo props.
great video , loved it !
Super video.
I used to the manufacturing Engineer responsible for the wing to body fairing on this plane
John, the wing to body fairing- is it made of fibre glass..? how is it mounted onto the body..? riveted? is it structural or non..??
@@bahardin3992 It is non Structural. Yes the panels are Glass Fiber reinforced Epoxy with Honeycomb Core.
We only Built the Fairing as a Sub Assembly so I do not know exactly how things were connected.
Cool! I worked on the turboprop engine with P&W Canada and aided with fitting/mounting the engines on the underside of the wing.
Great night take off
Ottimo video!
The jets 737 a320 are flying direct over my house they don't bother me but the freaking turbo props are making noise but I like them.
Question: what is the effect if the two propellers spin in clockwise or away from fuselage
Spectacular footage
How to land
1. Land
2.move slowly
3-.find somewhere to park
4.then power off engines
Love engine sound brrrrrr
i love the dash 8
Gear retraction speed on a Dash 8 is quite something.
Jmm,0
Wouldn't want to be that close to those spinning salami slicers LOL
I like planes
I love the Q400 I flew on these a lot from Birmingham to Düsseldorf
Drew Bradbury as long the gears extend, lock properly
awesome
With both the engines running at high speed, wonder why the ground personnel working in such proximity doesn't get sucked into it.
Because it doesn't suck that hard.
Lol now that I'm reading it I'm kinda laughing at myself
Is it bad that I chuckle under my breath every time I check the suction gauge on the instrument panel in my plane
@@TheXcaliber223 "it doesn't suck that hard" that definitely is chuckle-inducing!
I imagine it's different than jet engines as jet engines are funneled and have a cowling. Turboprops are essentially gigantic fans spinning on an axis that can feather, but without a cowling, that won't be as "sucky" for better lack of words.
I always prefer the Dash 8 over the ATR 72-500 in terms of sound
Engine power and rate of climb is much greater.
Hey mechanic! It looks like the 13th little window on your side is open. Could you just mosey on over there and check it out???
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I have flight radar and I like this aircraft. They are very loud!
Beautiful take off
Perfect
Are they the same engines as used on the ATR 72?
what is that green cord that one handler has when plugging/unplugging? Is that a ground or a killswitch?
op0614 headset plug to talk with the pilot
Some aircrafts have kill switches to the APU's on the Nose GPU panel. Also a kill switch in the Aft electronics bay
Like the CRJ 200 to name one