Short SC.7 Skyvan

Name: Short SC.7 Skyvan
Brand: Microsoft / iniBuilds
Price: 14.99 USD
Rating: 4.3 (191 reviews)

Microsoft / iniBuilds

AIRCRAFTTURBOPROPSKYVAN

4.3/5 (191)

USD 14.99

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Added: May 28, 2024
Updated: July 25, 2024

The Short SC.7 Skyvan comes with sixteen total liveries across four themes:

Airliner Theme: Blue, Grey & Blue, Orange, Pink, Red & Blue, Space, White, and Yellow.

Military Theme: Green, Green Camouflage, and Grey.

Skydive Theme: Clownfish, Pink, and White.

Surveyor Theme: Red and White.

The SC.7 Skyvan is a twin-engine, high-wing, STOL (short take-off and landing) cargo airplane produced by Short Brothers of the United Kingdom. The all-metal, turboprop-powered aircraft took its maiden flight on January 17, 1963 and production ran from 1963 to 1986. Short Brothers produced a total of 149 Skyvans, and the airframe saw extensive use by both civil carriers and the militaries of several nations. Many remain in service to this day, a testament to the aircraft’s design and rugged built.

The SC.7 is one of aviation’s most distinctive aircraft. It features a prominently boxy fuselage, the rear of which incorporates a large cargo door for loading and unloading freight. It has a high-mounted, strut-braced, high-aspect-ratio main wing and an empennage composed of a single horizontal stabilizer and two vertical stabilizers, one on each end of the horizontal stabilizer. Crewed by one or two, it can carry up to 19 passengers, 5,157 pounds of cargo, or some combination.

The SC.7 measures 40 feet, 1 inch in length, stands 15 feet, 1 inch tall, and has a wingspan of 64 feet, 11 inches. It is powered by two Garrett AiResearch TPE-331-2-201A turboprop engines that each produce up to 715 horsepower. Each powerplant turns a Hartzell 3-blade, variable-pitch propeller. The Skyvan has a range of 693 miles, a service ceiling of 20,000 feet above sea level, and it climbs at 1,640 feet per minute. It requires 1,581 feet for take-off and it can land in 1,860 feet. It cruises at 173 mph, has a stall speed of 69 mph, and has a top speed of 201 mph.