I've gone back to Milton & team's great Beech 18 and it's various different variations, such as on ski's, floats, AT-11 Kansan & Volpar trike versions.
Looking up on Wiki, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18 I was pleasantly surprised that there were a lot more models, such as the Dumod Liner, which was similar to the Volpar, with a forward fuselage stretched by 6 feet.
There was the Rausch Star 250Built as C-45F 44-47231, this aircraft was re-manufactured at Wichita by Beech in 1952, to become TC-45G 51-11544. From 1959 Rausch Engineering Inc. of South San Francisco, California, converted N8186H to tricycle undercarriage, using forward retracting main gear from a P-51 and rearward-retracting nose-leg from a T-28, adding a 3 ft (0.91 m) nose extension, 4 ft (1.22 m) rear fuselage extension, re-roofed fuselage for increased headroom and enlarged cabin windows.
In one case, the aircraft was modified to a triple tail, trigear, humpbacked configuration and appeared similar to a miniature Lockheed Constellation. Another distinctive conversion was carried out by Pacific Airmotive as the PacAero Tradewind. This featured a lengthened nose to accommodate the tricycle nosewheel, and the Model 18's twin tailfins were replaced by a single fin.
There were also quite a few that were converted with Garrett, Turbomeca as well as various Pratt & Whitney PT6's.
All in all, a great aircraft that has been brought to life for FS2004.
Looking up on Wiki, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18 I was pleasantly surprised that there were a lot more models, such as the Dumod Liner, which was similar to the Volpar, with a forward fuselage stretched by 6 feet.
There was the Rausch Star 250Built as C-45F 44-47231, this aircraft was re-manufactured at Wichita by Beech in 1952, to become TC-45G 51-11544. From 1959 Rausch Engineering Inc. of South San Francisco, California, converted N8186H to tricycle undercarriage, using forward retracting main gear from a P-51 and rearward-retracting nose-leg from a T-28, adding a 3 ft (0.91 m) nose extension, 4 ft (1.22 m) rear fuselage extension, re-roofed fuselage for increased headroom and enlarged cabin windows.
In one case, the aircraft was modified to a triple tail, trigear, humpbacked configuration and appeared similar to a miniature Lockheed Constellation. Another distinctive conversion was carried out by Pacific Airmotive as the PacAero Tradewind. This featured a lengthened nose to accommodate the tricycle nosewheel, and the Model 18's twin tailfins were replaced by a single fin.
There were also quite a few that were converted with Garrett, Turbomeca as well as various Pratt & Whitney PT6's.
All in all, a great aircraft that has been brought to life for FS2004.
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