Shorts Skyvan and Sherpa

[Daryl J.]

Remove a section fore and aft the main wing to make an UltraShort Skyvan!


Daryl J.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Remove a section fore and aft the main wing to make an UltraShort Skyvan!

Use the sections removed on the second Skyvan along with the engines to make a stretched four engine Skyvan.  The Skyvan reminds me of a Volkswagen van with wings

[Captain Canada]

Funny, I thought the Skyvan was just a wee bird...but it's actually got more power than a Twootter !

And stupid me ( read: drunk ) forgot to add the flaps and alerons when noticing how skint the wings were.......

 

[Roger the Cabin Boy Again]

Skyvan as support utility ac for Red Arrows anyone?  With RATO pack in the style of the Blue Angels Herc.  

Course, the Dead Sparrows here in WIF land are flying Tucanos.  An oft-reported real recurring dream for those stony hearted MOD beancounters.

:ar:  

[rallymodeller]

Todd -- your Twotter/Skyvan cross is acually pretty realistic -- Shorts and DHC are both owned by Bombardier...

Man, I have SO got to get me one of these little things!  Boxy utility always has been one of my weaknesses -- hell, I drive a Volvo 242!  

[elmayerle]

Perhaps an upgraded Skyvan with the engines and nacelles from a pair of Shorts Tucanos/  AFter all, they both use TPE331's, albeit rather different versions.

[Captain Canada]

Todd -- your Twotter/Skyvan cross is acually pretty realistic -- Shorts and DHC are both owned by Bombardier...

It'll be made by Canadairs, but the thing is already big and powerful enough, so it's not worth chopping up the Twotter.

Unless I add the tail and the whole nine yards, make a box-fuselage Twotter.

[lancer]

Replace the turbo props with modern turbofans, sweep the wing a bit and hey presto, a Jet version of the skyvan for the 21st century..      

[The Rat]

Some really nice suggestions in here.

Baz, Iffen I wuz you I would definitely go with the hull rather than floats, flying boats are waaaaaaay nicer than floatplanes.  ^_^

And howzabout one of us does a 'retro' version with radial engines?    

[Geoff_B]

Not sure about easyjet, as think of it more as a flying Transit Van.

How about fitting one with Foulton gear and have it as a Search and Rescue aircraft, with rescue party, & search sensors aboard. Parachute rescue party in and use fulton gear to recover if no land strip space available close by ?. Maybe even carry a supercat atv in the back.

G B)  

[Hobbes]

Not sure about easyjet, as think of it more as a flying Transit Van.

That's it! Paint it white, dirty it up (adding touches like finger-writing 'tosser' in the grime on the back), ding it in a few places, and add two of the biggest turbofans you can find (dunno, RR Trents maybe).    

[Roger the Cabin Boy Again]

White Vans are the fastest road vehicles of all, it's true.   But why not go more upmarket and do a Formula 1 Racing Team Skyvan to carry a racing car from Grand Prix to Grand Prix. A nice red Ferrari one maybe?   (No need for transatlantic range though, as the Americans still want their money back from last time)

Or as it's very square and utility like.... maybe a Horsebox version to get your three legged wheezing nag trotting in both the 1.30 at Newmarket and 3.30 at York?

:ar:  

[elmayerle]

Perhaps the flying equivalent of the VW vanagon that was "massaged" by Porsche to get their execs to vanpool to meetings at corporate headquarters?  I understand it handled and performed rather better than what one could buy from the dealer.

[Leigh]

That's it! Paint it white, dirty it up (adding touches like finger-writing 'tosser' in the grime on the back), ding it in a few places, and add two of the biggest turbofans you can find (dunno, RR Trents maybe). 

Add some ladders on top, a few garden hoses, a wheelbarrow and paint "Murphy and Son Builders" on the side?

Dominos Pizza delivery Skyvan?

[Spellbinder99]

Got it!

Paint it grimy yellow, fill the back with dodgy VCR's and expired cans of dogfood and write "Trotters Independent Traders" on the side.

Its got three wheeels and all the speed of a Reliant Robin anyway.....

Cheers

Tony