Something only a mother or a hard core aviation enthusiasts would love
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Having flown the Trislander for a few years, the following points may be of interest. It was not as noisy for the driver, you were further ahead of the propellor arc. The number of doors was very good for short haul work when most of your Pax were familiar with the aircraft, very quick turnarounds. The centre engine took a bit of getting used to, if it failed on take off, something that never happened for real to me, but when training for type ratings, if the centre engine was failed during take/off took a little while to sink in to the trainees, just a lack of performance but no swing into the dead engine. All in all, a very good aircraft for what it was designed for.
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The rear prop looks like it was behind where the pax would sit. Is that correct? (I canât imagine sitting underneath that thing!)
Affirmative, from memory, was a long time ago!
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Technically still producing A/C, but Iâm not sure how many theyâve actually built recently - seem to do a good line in refurbishing & reselling though ( I guess thereâs no fatigue life on an Islander? ). Managing to saturate your market sounds quite an accomplishment.
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Mixture are the bulbs at the top, prop pitch is the blue levers, hand is on the throttles.
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I thought you might like to see these shots âŠ
W I P But getting a lot closer now, and more functionality than ever before!
More to come soon⊠With feature list
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External model looks really good. I still find the dashboard on these planes to be low poly looking but maybe that is how it looks IRL? Only thing that catches my eye is the sharp angles on the dashboard. I still kind of want an Islander though and with your continued support I am glad to see them flying. I love unique planes. I donât think Iâve ever seen a prop on the tail before. Hope it sounds as gnarly as it looks.
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Thanks yes we think all the modelling is the best we have produced âŠ
However if you consider the 650,000 Polygons used so far on the Internal model alone as âLow Polyâ then I donât know what we can do to please you 
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the aircraft in all iterations has those angles on the dash over the panelâŠit is not rounded off or in any way different to the BBS model.
If you want more of a used appearance thatâs a different subject - but I think texture artists could render that look as a free downloadâŠ
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If you look at the real aircraft, youâll see that the âsharp anglesâ of the glare shield/dashboard are there too. I guess real life is low poly sometimes 
Come to papa. She is looking good
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Graham, looks great! Also, I am in the minority - I donât think the aircraft is all that ugly! Itâs QUIRKY! The inner hipster in me enjoys that.
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Only just noticed, but why three blade props for the wing engines & a two blade on the rear?
I have no recollection of where I heard this, but I believe Aurigny started using three blades on the wing props first. With that said, I found this on a forum which reads - âTrislander uses 3 bladers on the wing engines as they are a smaller diameter. This allows them to run at full chat without the tips of the props going supersonic which causes inefficiency and a terrible mashing noise in the cabin. The tail engineâs noise doesnât penetrate the cabin (as much) and doesnât justify the extra cost of the 3 blade prop.â
Another suggestion is it increased the maximum take off weight? But Iâm not entirely sure what the original reasoning is. Hope this helps!
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as far as my information tells me, Aurigny decided that 3 bladed props on the wings would reduce noise in the cabin as the slightly smaller diameter would mean less speed and noise generated at the tips ⊠the Big ol 2 blader was left on the tail as it was too high to get the spanners to reach
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Yeah, I understood the reasons for 3-bladers ( supersonic blade tips in turbofans arenât any quieter! ) but the wierdness of not using the same prop everywhere got me. I guess if youâve only got a small fleet thereâs no real saving in maintenance anyway.
Aurigny should just have hired taller mechanics!
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Graham
Would it be possible that you will produce 2 bladed engines 1&3 as well, to match specific colour schemes appropriately?