Nothing like a good Beaver

[Jabawocky]

Turn up the sound and enjoy a good ballad.:ok:

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

Heck this should get a 'sticky' for a while

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[Frank Arouet]

Love it.

But remember the Chipmunk was the DHC-1.

[Howard Hughes]

In Australia they threw fertiliser out the back door
No wonder they fitted in so well!;)

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

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!! :ok::ok:

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'.....
:D:D

(The 'sport' of drinking that is....)

[WannaBeBiggles]

LIKE, LIKE, LIKE!

[tinpis]

Ghastly vocals... yuk

[Arnold E]

tinpis (http://www.pprune.org/members/118971-tinpis)
Silly Old Git


Yep.......

[bentleg]

Rather partial to beaver myself........:ok:

[Piano Man]

Brings a tear to my eye! :ok:

[Avgas172]

Tinpis (silly old git) loved the vocals .... You just Been troppo to long!:E

[Beavers rule]

many a long hour spent in these classic machines ... Thanks for sharing BR :D

[aroa]

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.! :sad:

[tinpis]

Harrison likes Beaver
No dumb soundtrack

HARRISON FORD: Just Another Pilot - YouTube

[Piano Man]

N28S is a nice aircraft, just needs a set of floats :}

[tinpis]

Ha ! likes his comments "I've been lucky never having had to work for a living"

[outerlimits]

What is the lift of a Beaver ?

[Avgas172]

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?

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

[aroa]

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.

[Piano Man]

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!

[Super Cecil]

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.

[Avgas172]

Jaba was right shoulda been a sticky :E

[Me_3]

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?


Specs say empty weight of 3,000 lb (1,361 kg)

With the upgrade kit with a max weight of 5600lb (2,540kg)

Gives 1179kg without fuel.. Even with 400L (~300kg) fuel onboard, gives a useful load of 879kg..

I'm not sure if the Cleveland wheels change the weight much over the Goodyear when you fit the upgrade kit for wheels, but todays instruments, radios, starters & alternators are all lighter than was factory fitted back when the machines were built, so even with the 'upgrades' i'd imagine the weights would be fairly similar...

Biggest issue is keeping the thing within CoG when using an extended cabin without spending the extra $$ fitting the engine mount extension kit...

[multime]

Nice one Jaba ! A beautifull thing.

[Piano Man]

A little bit of nostalgia :ok::E

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[Super Cecil]

You'd wonder why they had the throttle in different positions, on the left as this one is and in the middle like all the AG one's I've seen. I've heard somewhere that the US military had them on the left. What's the flap thing on the dash, electric over hydrolic? Only ever seenum on the floor, pump handle and upndown.
Makes more sense to have the engine gauges up the top than below like they used to be, I like the old position below. Makes the top of the quadrant a lot cleaner somehow.

[rocket66]

Hydraulic man Hydraulic !!!!!:E

[Super Cecil]

Ahhh so it's hidrolick then.............

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Here's some more Beaver porn for ya! This is "Chuck" - gonna pick me up from the Kitchatna R in Alaska!

I have been told the best bush pilots are called "Chuck"!

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Landing back at Lake Hood.

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Dr :8

[Jabawocky]

All fixed up now hey forkie..... No good having p0rn0 beaver and not being able to see it. :E