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Old 28th Dec 2011, 08:21   #1 (permalink)
 
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Nothing like a good Beaver
Turn up the sound and enjoy a good ballad.

Now that was not what you expected to read next was it

Heck this should get a 'sticky' for a while
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Old 28th Dec 2011, 08:32   #2 (permalink)
 
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Love it.

But remember the Chipmunk was the DHC-1.
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Old 28th Dec 2011, 09:29   #3 (permalink)
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In Australia they threw fertiliser out the back door
No wonder they fitted in so well!
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Old 28th Dec 2011, 12:10   #4 (permalink)
 
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HI 'Jaba'......

REUR - Heck this should get a 'sticky' for a while.....

As one who has flown the mighty Beaver, and who owns both a 'Tiger' and a 'Chippy',..... I thoroughly agree!!!

LUVLY!!

On the 'other hand' there is a company in NZ called
'Beaver Liquors'.....Look it up!
Only the Kiwis could name a company after a
'sport'.....


(The 'sport' of drinking that is....)
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Old 28th Dec 2011, 18:06   #5 (permalink)
 
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LIKE, LIKE, LIKE!
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Old 28th Dec 2011, 19:05   #6 (permalink)
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Ghastly vocals... yuk
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Old 28th Dec 2011, 23:17   #7 (permalink)
 
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Yep.......
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Old 29th Dec 2011, 02:15   #8 (permalink)
 
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Rather partial to beaver myself........
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Old 29th Dec 2011, 18:57   #9 (permalink)
 
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Brings a tear to my eye!
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Old 30th Dec 2011, 00:45   #10 (permalink)
 
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Tinpis (silly old git) loved the vocals .... You just Been troppo to long!
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Old 30th Dec 2011, 00:56   #11 (permalink)
 
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Absolute Classic
many a long hour spent in these classic machines ... Thanks for sharing BR
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Old 30th Dec 2011, 02:11   #12 (permalink)
 
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busted beaver...
the broken one in stills/song clip has a youtube clip of its own showing how it ended up like that.
Terrific...smashing result.!!
Well worth hunting up to see what NOT to do.!
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Old 30th Dec 2011, 04:20   #13 (permalink)
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Harrison likes Beaver
No dumb soundtrack
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Old 30th Dec 2011, 05:23   #14 (permalink)
 
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N28S is a nice aircraft, just needs a set of floats
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Old 30th Dec 2011, 05:27   #15 (permalink)
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Ha ! likes his comments "I've been lucky never having had to work for a living"
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Old 30th Dec 2011, 14:00   #16 (permalink)
 
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What is the lift of a Beaver ?
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Old 31st Dec 2011, 10:49   #17 (permalink)
 
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the broken one in stills/song clip has a youtube clip of its own showing how it ended up like that.
Terrific...smashing result.!!
Well worth hunting up to see what NOT to do.!
Whats the link?

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whats the lift?
Performance data:

Crew: 1
Capacity: 6 passengers, 2,100 lb (953 kg) useful payload
Length: 30 ft 3 in (9.22 m)
Wingspan: 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
Height: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Wing area: 250 ft2 (23.2 m2)
Empty weight: 3,000 lb (1,361 kg)
Gross weight: 5,100 lb (2,313 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Jr. radial engine, 450 hp (336 kW) each

Performance
Maximum speed: 158 mph (255 km/h)
Cruise speed: 143 mph (230 km/h)
Range: 455 miles (732 km)
Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (4,586 m)
Rate of climb: 1,020 ft/min (5.2 m/s)

DHC-2T (Viking)
Payload 1111kg
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Old 1st Jan 2012, 00:55   #18 (permalink)
 
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this one got split...
In you tube search for.. de havilland beaver crash at Lake Hood.

Looks like the "pilot" made no attempt to get it up on the step to fly off but kept pulling back, (increasing the drag) and was hoping Messers Pratt and Whitney's brute force might just get him up and away like superman.
Alas...
Some rather expensive crumpling noises going on there for a while.!
Good result for the occupants...no fire,NO fatalities. Pity about the a/c.
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Old 1st Jan 2012, 01:04   #19 (permalink)
 
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Provided the base machine is fairly light, and has the 5600lb MTOW increase then you can carry quite a bit of load. A machine on straight floats is around 1600kgs empty and with the mod can takeoff just under 2500kgs.

For amphibs you are looking at another 260kgs (minimum) to your empty weight over the straight floats.

Not to sure what the aircraft is without floats...anyone have any idea?

On another note, Happy New Year too all!
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Old 1st Jan 2012, 02:12   #20 (permalink)
 
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In you tube search for.. de havilland beaver crash at Lake Hood.
With that take off seems like he was doing a reduced power take off. Don't know if it's standard proceedure for floats or not. A Beaver at take off power should have a good noise resonating off everything, that one just seems to drone past. A Beaver at takeoffpower that close as he went past the camera should have you holding your ears.
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