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Re: Nice Beaver (of the DH kind!)
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 01:30
by Tonks
Hi all...
Just did 20 mins but it was great, really did enjoy it. No, didn't get a go, but was quite happy watching. I have always wanted to go in one and it was such a lovely day I had to go for it...
The weather today has been much worse, so a good choice yesterday!
Tonks
Re: Nice Beaver (of the DH kind!)
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 11:36
by Tomb
Just in case you were wondering why thier are 3 levers on the throttle box
in the time before widespread use of GPS, the more astute will be able to guess where i am and what i am navigating by
i was lucky, flew from taxi out to taxi in, had about an hour,
brilliant brilliant fun
Re: Nice Beaver (of the DH kind!)
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 14:28
by DaveB
Nice one Bob
Is it me or are the throttle and pitch in a different position to the one Tonks flew in?
ATB
DaveB
Re: Nice Beaver (of the DH kind!)
Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 20:34
by Tomb
Dave, your right, throttle in the middle on my one.
the beaver i flew was duel control, wondering if the one Tonks flew is, does not look like it perhaps thats why he missed out on a clutch ?
perhaps that why the throttle is in the middle in my case and on the left in his.
i am no beaver expert and that was my one and only aqueous aviation experiance, the rest involve dry land
Re: Nice Beaver (of the DH kind!)
Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 21:23
by TobyV
Having tried a flight off snow earlier this year, a flight off hydrogen dioxide in the liquid phase has to be on the agenda for me too I think, when and if the opportunity arises
Was slightly amused to scroll to the bottom of Tonk's pictures in his post and read "It's not real!", because that is real, very real, and quite rudimentary from the looks of it! Just the little GPS spoiling it
looks like great fun
Re: Nice Beaver (of the DH kind!)
Posted: 01 Mar 2011, 01:13
by Tonks
Re: Nice Beaver (of the DH kind!)
Posted: 01 Mar 2011, 07:15
by austerdriver
Thanks for sharing your pics of the Beavers. Looks like the weather is good over there.
Re: Nice Beaver (of the DH kind!)
Posted: 01 Mar 2011, 08:11
by Garry Russell
Thnaks for all these pics Tonks
So nice to see aviation goping on quetly in the background of everyday life
I thinks that's as many or more Beavers than I've seen in my whole life
I notice the Turbo Beavers are on a separate jetty to the standard with no mixing...is that for fueling reasons?
I'm just thinking of the risks if they were mixed.
Could of course be a co ncidence of for another reason
Re: Nice Beaver (of the DH kind!)
Posted: 01 Mar 2011, 10:08
by Tomb
having had a quick surf on the net, it looks like throttle on the left is unusual IE the one Tonks went for a ride in
different engine maybe ?
im curious now why the difference in throttle position...
damm them beavers is breeding
Re: Nice Beaver (of the DH kind!)
Posted: 01 Mar 2011, 10:12
by DaveB
damm them beavers is breeding
And breeding mutants too by the looks of things Bob
TBH.. I'm always used to seeing throttle/pitch/fuel in that order in most if not all aircraft that use them. Perhaps yours was modded to hold the charts?
EDIT.. Bob, there's a shot on Airliners of VH-IDQ, a DHC-2 Mk1 which has the levers in the same position as in your shot mate.. no charts resting between the prop and mixture levers though
EDIT#2.. The answer is out there Bob but I can't find it
Having Googled my way through many pages of Beaver pics, some have the throttle on the left, some have it in the middle and on a turbo, it was on the right with the fuel in the middle
Guess DHC are a happy-go-lucky lot
ATB
DaveB