Grumman Avenger down in Cocoa Beach, Florida
Sycamore, I assume you never flew Stephen Grey's Wildcat? I think the standard method of undercarriage retraction/extension involved a considerable number of turns on a cranking mechanism, with the facility to crack yer knuckles if your hand slipped...
If Lomcevak reads this, he can probably confirm the first bit, hopefully not the second!
If Lomcevak reads this, he can probably confirm the first bit, hopefully not the second!
The Avenger glides like a brick. Heavy aircraft with lots of drag, windmilling prop or partial power. If you start turn the situation get worse quickly says I who just made it back to a runway in mine when the engine quite turning a reasonably tight base. I immediately pulled the gear up and left the flap as it was [about half] and at about 200' over the fence put the gear down and had "jellied" legs....
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You have got to be seriously kidding....... words fail me re recovery.
They`d have done better with a Chinook,or a -53/64....
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So why didn’t they float it with bags position it over a sledge and pull the sledge up the beach, heck even a boat trailer would have been better and simply modified to sit it on.
Probably trying to get it out as quick as possibly to salvage as many parts and components as they can before the salt ruins everything.
I suspect that is the case, given the relative cost of another complete nut and bolt strip and rebuild vs. cost of just buying another already airworthy Avenger?
Probably trying to get it out as quick as possibly to salvage as many parts and components as they can before the salt ruins everything.
Probably trying to get it out as quick as possibly to salvage as many parts and components as they can before the salt ruins everything.
One would have to wonder how many airworthy Avengers there are that are available to purchase.
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This one for starters...
https://www.platinumfighters.com/inv...bm-3e-avenger-
Mind you, I'd prefer the Bearcat they are also advertising but it is a teensy bit more expensive...
https://www.platinumfighters.com/inv...bm-3e-avenger-
Mind you, I'd prefer the Bearcat they are also advertising but it is a teensy bit more expensive...
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you should not have put up that link ! I should have been cutting the grass and was sidetracked to the site. The Waco Cabin Class would be my take home ! Or perhaps the SF 260.
you should not have put up that link ! I should have been cutting the grass and was sidetracked to the site. The Waco Cabin Class would be my take home ! Or perhaps the SF 260.
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Well at least it’s not an SF260W so is a civilian model, bit of a pain getting spares for, the “factory” is geared towards the military.
Looked after one for quite a while, nice to fly in too, but took a lot of slowing down. It took us 6 months to get a nose leg for the one I looked after, getting motor brushes for the gear / flaps etc was a nightmare.
Looked after one for quite a while, nice to fly in too, but took a lot of slowing down. It took us 6 months to get a nose leg for the one I looked after, getting motor brushes for the gear / flaps etc was a nightmare.
Scary stuff.
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Scary indeed, and he's obviously not worried about defamation laws. Can I ask what his reputation is like? I find some people on the web who don't think highly of Dan Gryder, and I have no way to make a judgement.