Yes we bring the power back to around thirty inches to conserve fuel on long trips..adding more power will not get enough additional airspeed to make up for the fuel burn.

Remember the Cat has a massive high lift wing designed to produce lift at low airspeeds......

And we fly slow enough that as a side line we draw the new maps for Government.

As long as you remember you owe me this one is for free. :ok:

Chuck

Off topic slightly...

Chuck, as you are on Vancouver Island, are the FIFT Martin Mars still earning an honest dollar?

Love to see them fly...

Yes there two Mars that are alive and well.

All the publicity surrounding the loss of over 250 homes in Kelowna B.C. last year from forest fires has assured they will be flying for some time to come.

Great aircraft.

Chuck

Catalina arrives!
 

Plane Sailing's Catalina, C-FNJF (to be G-PBYA) arrived tonight at Duxford following a long ferry flight from Canada.

There are a few pictures of the event here:
http://www.flyvintage.com/

HJC

Well I see by their web site they finally crossed the North Atlantic.

Congradulations.

I am now waiting to talk to them to find out just how they survived the cold. :O

Chuck

This is probably old news but the Catalina arrived at Duxford yesterday evening at around 1800 local. BBC Look East had a feature on it's arrival which was accomplished with one engine feathered due apparently to"a problem we had when trying to re-start after a practice engine failure". There was quite a lot of oil on the outside of the port engine cowling so it may have been a bit too real. Look East do very well for Duxford updates and they gave the Cat a plug for the Lowestoft Airshow later in the year. You can breathe again Chuck!!

Two photos of the Cat with feathered left prop here: Fly Vintage

And thanks for those insights into flying the Cat Chuck! :ok:

Yup, it looks good at Duxford, I have never flown a Cat at that low a temperature and can't even imagine what it would be like without heat in the airplane.

I hope their feathered engine is not an engine problem because the left engine was a zero time when they left Nanaimo.

I quit doing practice engine feathering in flight many years ago due to the risk of not being able to unfeather in flight. These airplanes are very old and have a propensity for electrical problems, especially in the feathering circuit. I have also had two not unfeather, one was a feathering relay and the other was the feathering pump motor.

Anyhow Gary can work on it in Duxford instead of Nanaimo.

The good news is it is where it belongs.

Chuck Ellsworth.

I saw a yellow Cat just after take-off from Shannon (SNN) last week (Tuesday 30th March approx - mid afternoon) .......

must say it looked and sounded great !!!! ......



cheers .....