De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver - Variants

Variants

Beaver I

Single-engined STOL utility transport aircraft.

Beaver AL Mk 1

STOL utility transport aircraft for the British Army.

C-127

original designation for DHC-2 aircraft used by the U.S. military, redesignated L-20.

YL-20

Test and evaluation aircraft for the US military.

L-20A Beaver

STOL utility transport aircraft for the U.S. Army, later redesignated U-6A in 1962, 968 built.

L-20B Beaver

Basically similar to the L-20A, but with minor equipment changes. Six were sold to the US Army. Later redesignated U-6B in 1962.

U-6A

US Army L-20A aircraft re-designated

U-6B

US Army L-20B aircraft re-designated

Beaver II

One aircraft was fitted with an Alvis Leonides radial piston engine.

Wipaire Boss Turbo-Beaver

Turbo conversion fitted with PT-6 but retaining the original lower curved fin shape

Turbo-Beaver III

Powered by a 431 kW (578 ehp) Pratt & Whitney PT6A-6 or -20 turboprop engine.

DHC-2/PZL-3S

After-market conversion by Airtech Canada in the 1980s, using current-production PZL-3S radial engines of 600 hp (450 kW)

Volpar Model 4000

Was a 1970s conversion by Volpar, first flown in April 1972 with a modified nose fitted with a AiResearch TPE331-2U-203 turboprop with a three-bladed propeller. Other changes included a new fin and rudder.

DHC-2T Turbo Beaver

Remanufactured Beavers by Viking Air, upgraded with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 680 hp (507 kW) turboprop engine.