As a 25-year-old person who has spent 16 years of his life as an aviation fan, I describe the ATR-72 as the worst airplane still flying. The dhc-8 q400 is countless times more successful than this faulty aircraft. I don't understand why people like the atr-42/72 series. Fokker 50, which has been out of production for 30 years, is many times better than this plane. On the other hand, Soviet aviation spent more effort on turboprop aircraft. The fruits of this labor reached their peak with province-18. Although they could not hold on to the market after the collapse of the Soviets, they were able to produce beautiful machines such as Ilyushin IL-114 and Antonov An-140. In addition to the DHC-8 Q400 and Fokker 50 that I have mentioned before, the designs of western aircraft designers such as Saab 2000 and Bae Atp are all more reliable and robust machines. I fly as a passenger on all the models I mentioned above, but I do not fly on ATR-42/72 series aircraft. I don't believe these planes are safe either. It's even hard to believe that engineers designed these machines. If I didn't know better, I would say that this plane was designed by turners and welders. In my opinion, these models full of design errors should have been a bigger crisis than the Boeing 737MAX, but when the number of deaths was low in accordance with the passenger capacity of the plane, no one even cared. The last one, I don't know how many accidents have occurred due to similar reasons, yet why do they still allow them to fly? This plane is dangerous even for people on the ground. The life of anyone who buys a plane ticket cannot be entrusted to primitive, inflatable rubber icebreakers, which are proven to have insufficient surface area on the wing and horizontal stabilizer surfaces of this flying bolt box, and which, even with the improvements made, cannot reach the sufficient surface area stated by the FAA in its report. Sorry ATR fans, but theese are unpleasant facts.
'In addition to the DHC-8 Q400 and Fokker 50 that I have mentioned before, the designs of western aircraft designers such as Saab 2000 and Bae Atp are all more reliable and robust machines.' If they're so much better, why aren't they being manufactured any more? The total number of SAAB 340, 2000, BAe ATP, F50 and 60, and all Dash 8 model together add up to 2126 units. Total ATR 42 and 72 production stands at 1700 units. And they're still being built. Budda Air recently decommisioned their oldest ATR 42-300. Twenty nine years old and 70.000 cycles. I'll let you do the math. 'cannot be entrusted to primitive, inflatable rubber icebreakers,' Every plane I have just mentioned uses them.
I'm living in Papua New Guinea, which has, despite its rugged terrain, a very good aviation safety record, and my son is a captain with Air Nuigini, the national carrier, flying the Dash 8 at the moment. Air Nuigini's domestic rival, PNG Air, flies some ATR planes. Some time ago, way before this ATR crash that has just now happened in Brazil, I had asked him for his opinion about the ATR planes and I remember him answering that it is said to have an icing problem.
Don't blame the plane, blame the pilots. Smaller aircraft tend to have pilots with less experience and from airlines/regions with subpar safety practices.
The Dash 8 is probably the fastest propeller-driven airliner on sale now, but there have been faster ones in the past such as the SAAB 2000 and the fastest of all the Tupolev 114.
ATR cant carry 90 passengers, even 80 passengers can accommodate is in high density configuration with less legrooms . But it is best and affordable aircraft for small regional routes . Dash Q400 have better performance then ATR with more seats but also expensive than ATR but have more range. Engine is quite powerful of Q400. Dash 8 speed goes above 600km/hrs.
What I see especially in Italy and Spain, now also France, is that the 1000 to 1500 km ranges are being taken over by high speed or night trains. A much better option in the long run. City to city, so no long congested transfers, much less noise, pollution, more comfort and room, and if high subsidies on fuel prices for aircraft are no longer maintained, at competitive prices. The only thing that keeps many airlines in the air is the subsidy at the cost of taxpayers on the ground.
Today (August, 7th, 2024) there is the Dash 7 available on external markets, although I did not take the time to watch any review yet. But I personally love to 'fly' the ATR 42-600 and 72-600 within MSFS! They are my definitely favourite turboprops of all times since forever (even when I was 'flying' in X-Plane 10, some 10 years ago back in 2014 - and previously X-Plane 9, and 8 and so on, back to when I 'started' in early 2000s with X-Plane v7. But in those earlier versions there wasn't an ATR available for what I can remember; not as a payware Add-on anyway. In X-Plane 10 though a developer releasead a very nice version of the aircraft, but I cannot recall their name). Cheers. Happy landings. 💪🏼
In the past, there was for me only one turboprop along with DASH8 and that one was the Fokker 50. For me, both airplanes Fokker 50 and DASH 8 or Q400 are the same but with slight differences. Honestly, ATR is a cheap airplane but has no chances against Fokker 50 or Dehavilland DASH8. Believe me, if Fokker 50 is back in business, ATR will be blown away from scenario.
I agree with you, the F50 was a great turboprop, but its seat capacity (50 passengers if I remember well) was much less than the newer aircraft that replaced it.
The only reason the ATR sells well is that it is cheaper that the dash 8 family. In all other respects it is inferior.The first crash of an ATR owing to icing was American Eagle flight 4184 in 1994. ATR said at the time they would fix the icing problem. We're still waiting....
The ATR aircraft has had too many fatal crashes especially in ice and I would not fly in it. Remains to be seen what will happen to the ATR after the Brazil Fatal. DHC8-400 far better aircraft
I love DASH, short long. The long Q400 is nice to fly, the Q200 a bit bouncy but takes you everywher (almost) in Canada. I never fly ATR 72 so I don't know but I heard of many crash with them.
ATR has a couple neat features but the Dash 8 is a much better aircraft IMHO. Dash 8 handling is excellent, and it copes very well in moderate icing conditions. The Q400 is a beast, can maintain up to 19,000 feet on one engine versus 11,000 for the ATR. Can go straight to 25,000 at max weight. A very good friend is now an ATR Captain, and previously flew the Dash. He calls it scary and underpowered, and says you don't want to be near icing in it. But the ATR is well marketed with good product support, so captured a lot of the market. Bombardier (previous Dash owner) left a lot to be desired in product support. Viking (DHC Canada) is looking to change that positively nowadays.
I'd say that the DHC-8-400 is more of a competitor for the CRJ's on regional routes despite being a bit slower
Nah, the ERJs are a competitor for the CRJs, not the q400
Rc's are competitive.
Thank you very much for this impressive video
Salute from Egypt 🇪🇬 with love and respect.
Dash-8 all day! Nothing wrong with the ATR , I’m just a Dash-8 fan. Was lucky enough to fly them for a short time
That Q400 is a hotrod.
The Dash 8-400 has a range of 2500 KM, not 2400 KM. Also the cruise speed is 667 KM/H instead of 530 KM/H.
Ryan, 530 Kph is speed for ATR.
@@charliebowman785 video is wrong, not Ryan
You really felt it necessary to correct the difference in 100KM? Do you feel relief?
@@kendallevans4079Aviation all must be very precise !
@@mikeflyer2059 This is a UA-cam video, not "aviation". No one is going to be late, injured, or worse because of this video. "Must"?? lol
From a maintenance stand point, I much prefer working on the ATR.
As a 25-year-old person who has spent 16 years of his life as an aviation fan, I describe the ATR-72 as the worst airplane still flying. The dhc-8 q400 is countless times more successful than this faulty aircraft. I don't understand why people like the atr-42/72 series. Fokker 50, which has been out of production for 30 years, is many times better than this plane. On the other hand, Soviet aviation spent more effort on turboprop aircraft. The fruits of this labor reached their peak with province-18. Although they could not hold on to the market after the collapse of the Soviets, they were able to produce beautiful machines such as Ilyushin IL-114 and Antonov An-140. In addition to the DHC-8 Q400 and Fokker 50 that I have mentioned before, the designs of western aircraft designers such as Saab 2000 and Bae Atp are all more reliable and robust machines. I fly as a passenger on all the models I mentioned above, but I do not fly on ATR-42/72 series aircraft. I don't believe these planes are safe either. It's even hard to believe that engineers designed these machines. If I didn't know better, I would say that this plane was designed by turners and welders. In my opinion, these models full of design errors should have been a bigger crisis than the Boeing 737MAX, but when the number of deaths was low in accordance with the passenger capacity of the plane, no one even cared. The last one, I don't know how many accidents have occurred due to similar reasons, yet why do they still allow them to fly? This plane is dangerous even for people on the ground. The life of anyone who buys a plane ticket cannot be entrusted to primitive, inflatable rubber icebreakers, which are proven to have insufficient surface area on the wing and horizontal stabilizer surfaces of this flying bolt box, and which, even with the improvements made, cannot reach the sufficient surface area stated by the FAA in its report.
Sorry ATR fans, but theese are unpleasant facts.
'In addition to the DHC-8 Q400 and Fokker 50 that I have mentioned before, the designs of western aircraft designers such as Saab 2000 and Bae Atp are all more reliable and robust machines.'
If they're so much better, why aren't they being manufactured any more?
The total number of SAAB 340, 2000, BAe ATP, F50 and 60, and all Dash 8 model together add up to 2126 units.
Total ATR 42 and 72 production stands at 1700 units. And they're still being built.
Budda Air recently decommisioned their oldest ATR 42-300.
Twenty nine years old and 70.000 cycles. I'll let you do the math.
'cannot be entrusted to primitive, inflatable rubber icebreakers,'
Every plane I have just mentioned uses them.
The atr 72 has less accidents and incidents than the dash 8
The ATR has had a bad accident history compared to the Dash 8.
Yeah.... 😳
It just got worse
I'm living in Papua New Guinea, which has, despite its rugged terrain, a very good aviation safety record, and my son is a captain with Air Nuigini, the national carrier, flying the Dash 8 at the moment. Air Nuigini's domestic rival, PNG Air, flies some ATR planes. Some time ago, way before this ATR crash that has just now happened in Brazil, I had asked him for his opinion about the ATR planes and I remember him answering that it is said to have an icing problem.
Most of the crashes were pilot error. Do your research.
Don't blame the plane, blame the pilots. Smaller aircraft tend to have pilots with less experience and from airlines/regions with subpar safety practices.
2:05 just your average dash 8 landing
ngl but SATA air açores just butters them, owning 6 q400s and 2 q200s
2:05 best ryanair landing be like:
Canada love 💕 from India
The Dash 8 is probably the fastest propeller-driven airliner on sale now, but there have been faster ones in the past such as the SAAB 2000 and the fastest of all the Tupolev 114.
Dash 8 production ceased in 2021.
ATR cant carry 90 passengers, even 80 passengers can accommodate is in high density configuration with less legrooms . But it is best and affordable aircraft for small regional routes . Dash Q400 have better performance then ATR with more seats but also expensive than ATR but have more range. Engine is quite powerful of Q400. Dash 8 speed goes above 600km/hrs.
I have flown the -400 to Timmins and Thunder Bay many times. Sometimes at -20 C and no problem.
For the Canadian weather, the -400 is a better option.
What I see especially in Italy and Spain, now also France, is that the 1000 to 1500 km ranges are being taken over by high speed or night trains. A much better option in the long run. City to city, so no long congested transfers, much less noise, pollution, more comfort and room, and if high subsidies on fuel prices for aircraft are no longer maintained, at competitive prices. The only thing that keeps many airlines in the air is the subsidy at the cost of taxpayers on the ground.
That’s true
@@JetlineMarvel
Hitch-hiking's an alternative, or even the hobo life.
They both are good in my opinion, I'd choose both.
I flew on both in the Canadian Arctic for 10 years...both are great....but...I ''De hav'' my favourite.
ATR or dash 8 ?
I like both
and since there's still no dash-8 on msfs I have to use the ATR-72
Today (August, 7th, 2024) there is the Dash 7 available on external markets, although I did not take the time to watch any review yet. But I personally love to 'fly' the ATR 42-600 and 72-600 within MSFS! They are my definitely favourite turboprops of all times since forever (even when I was 'flying' in X-Plane 10, some 10 years ago back in 2014 - and previously X-Plane 9, and 8 and so on, back to when I 'started' in early 2000s with X-Plane v7. But in those earlier versions there wasn't an ATR available for what I can remember; not as a payware Add-on anyway. In X-Plane 10 though a developer releasead a very nice version of the aircraft, but I cannot recall their name).
Cheers.
Happy landings. 💪🏼
Yuh butt can fart at home. Can't doo that on an airplane. You would affect the airspeed due to the bernoulli effect.
As an aviator? No doubt the DHC-8-400.
Yeah
ATR is designed to be the bare minimum regional turboprop aircraft.
ATR 72 variant was chosen as Canada search and rescue plane.
Not the ATR 72. The RCAF SAR aircraft is the Airbus C-295 Kingfisher.
I like DASH8 Q400 aircraft from Bangladesh
In the past, there was for me only one turboprop along with DASH8 and that one was the Fokker 50. For me, both airplanes Fokker 50 and DASH 8 or Q400 are the same but with slight differences. Honestly, ATR is a cheap airplane but has no chances against Fokker 50 or Dehavilland DASH8. Believe me, if Fokker 50 is back in business, ATR will be blown away from scenario.
Biased
I agree with you, the F50 was a great turboprop, but its seat capacity (50 passengers if I remember well) was much less than the newer aircraft that replaced it.
@@michelbeauloye4269
Plenty more room on the wings.
I think the main concern about the atr is the icing. It has severe problems with that.
Past tense
Q400 is designed in Canada so no wonder it's better with snow and ice lol
Yes, another one might have gone down due to icing. Ive been on a few they aren't bad but would never fly one that isn't in tropical area.
The only reason the ATR sells well is that it is cheaper that the dash 8 family. In all other respects it is inferior.The first crash of an ATR owing to icing was American Eagle flight 4184 in 1994. ATR said at the time they would fix the icing problem. We're still waiting....
It's inferior in all other respects, yet has been in uninterrupted production for almost 40 years.🤔
Já andei em ambos e não vi diferença alguma, ambos são ótimos avioes
Prefer ATR
I had flown both. Indeed Q400 is more comfortable and smother when landing. **Sorry my profile photo was ATR72**
ATR is way superior and economical
Good👍
ATR Too many fatals. DHC have very good back ground
ATR no bajckground presently cheap at expense of safetyl
Q400 is better
Facts
ATR unsafe. Accidents due to loss of control in ice . ATRs should be grounded
The ATR aircraft has had too many fatal crashes especially in ice and I would not fly in it.
Remains to be seen what will happen to the ATR after the Brazil Fatal.
DHC8-400 far better aircraft
I love DASH, short long. The long Q400 is nice to fly, the Q200 a bit bouncy but takes you everywher (almost) in Canada. I never fly ATR 72 so I don't know but I heard of many crash with them.
The EU flag does not represent Europe. There are still many of us that are not members.
I didnt know
ATR is just better in every way. lol
stopped watching at 1.40 who are you kidding ?
canada
👍😊🇦🇺🥳
2:45 wtf
RIP Q400
How bs comparison is that video….
That landing at 2:10 by the Q400 is so aweful it looks done bby a drunk chinese woman
Thumbs down. It is pronounced "bom-bar-dee-yay," not "bom-ba-deer."
Saab 340 better
What?😂
P
I swear dash 8 and atr 72 are similar
They only differ on the landing gear configuration 😊😊
Really? Dash 8 has nearly double the horsepower of the ATR. ATR has problems flying over mountains on one engine.
@@Adscam I doubt! Can you sustain this information?
ATR is superior
Cap
@@Themapleleaforever is the q400 still in production?
@@BlockOfNeon Yes is in production and next year they want to upgrade the engines . If you are out of informations don't post!
ATR has a couple neat features but the Dash 8 is a much better aircraft IMHO. Dash 8 handling is excellent, and it copes very well in moderate icing conditions. The Q400 is a beast, can maintain up to 19,000 feet on one engine versus 11,000 for the ATR. Can go straight to 25,000 at max weight. A very good friend is now an ATR Captain, and previously flew the Dash. He calls it scary and underpowered, and says you don't want to be near icing in it. But the ATR is well marketed with good product support, so captured a lot of the market. Bombardier (previous Dash owner) left a lot to be desired in product support. Viking (DHC Canada) is looking to change that positively nowadays.
@@managed9348
No, Q400 production ceased in 2021.