Hotest Aeroplane...
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Hotest Aeroplane...
Not of so much relevance to the southerners...
We are now entering the Silly Season and well its HOT.
Whats the hotest aircraft you have flown?
Me :- C421C without the aircon (with the aircon a bit better).
Yet another reason to get a Caravan, the aircons great...
We are now entering the Silly Season and well its HOT.
Whats the hotest aircraft you have flown?
Me :- C421C without the aircon (with the aircon a bit better).
Yet another reason to get a Caravan, the aircons great...
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Would have to agree with mainwheel.
The first one to come to mind was the bongo, but at least you can hang your arm out the window like in the ute. But the P68 - a tiny little hole with your hand out side it trying to fan air into it dosen't really work. And no vent fan. It was a godsend when it rained while in the air though - you'd stick your hand out just enough to get the wind and moisture straight onto your face and sweat soaked shirt.
The first one to come to mind was the bongo, but at least you can hang your arm out the window like in the ute. But the P68 - a tiny little hole with your hand out side it trying to fan air into it dosen't really work. And no vent fan. It was a godsend when it rained while in the air though - you'd stick your hand out just enough to get the wind and moisture straight onto your face and sweat soaked shirt.
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C152 doing circuits on a 41 deg day. It had vinyl seats so afterwards you had to peel your self off to get out. To make things worst the tower kept announcing everytime the temp went up.
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Have to agree the part mafia is a hot mongrel thing especialy after the squease and stumble manuver to get in to the seat. Tobago's are hot bastards of things in summer to with or with out the fan.
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BIK.
I STARTED TO SWEAT READING YOUR POST.
Oh how I remember that metro on a hot day.The really funny part is that we still carry thousands around Aus in those darts even today.They must be lovely to fly out of Darwin just about now.....
I STARTED TO SWEAT READING YOUR POST.
Oh how I remember that metro on a hot day.The really funny part is that we still carry thousands around Aus in those darts even today.They must be lovely to fly out of Darwin just about now.....
Aerostar 601P with the electric A/C out of Port Moresby (Jacksons) would have to be the hottest aeroplane I have flown. Couldn't run the A/C on the Ground because the alternators didn't put out enough amps at low power. Once in the air though is was alright.
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Dunno where she is now but had a C421C VH-USH, I think it was, with electric air and big gazillion amp alternators.
Very Cool especially when you hooked the ground cart up for a precool.
Very Cool especially when you hooked the ground cart up for a precool.
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Moderate, Modest & Mild.
The Parthenavia was one of the hotter "lighties" I can remember. But come the end of my G.A. days (back in the late '70's), I figured my days of sitting in sweat boxes (C310's, Navajo's, Twin Commanches, etc) were over.
WRONG!!
My first airline aircraft was the "Mouse" the F27 (200 & 500) - named because of its long nose. Now while today's modern airline transport aircraft have APU's and GPU's, the Mouse had ZILCH, NADA, NIL! Except for a "ground blower" - in other words, a fan that inducted air at ambient temp. and blew it into the cockpit/cabin.
Moree, Coonabarrabran, Gunnedah, Wee Waa, Dubbo and Broken Hill.
Alice Springs, Rockhampton, Gladstone, and Isa!
Real crutch-rot territory in Summer.
But the Mouse had an added bonus for the sauna afficionados - window heat :o
That delightful innovation that had to be turned on (in those days) at least 10 minutes prior to take-off.
Light aircraft on a HOT Summer's Day....
sheer bloody luxury!!
WRONG!!
My first airline aircraft was the "Mouse" the F27 (200 & 500) - named because of its long nose. Now while today's modern airline transport aircraft have APU's and GPU's, the Mouse had ZILCH, NADA, NIL! Except for a "ground blower" - in other words, a fan that inducted air at ambient temp. and blew it into the cockpit/cabin.
Moree, Coonabarrabran, Gunnedah, Wee Waa, Dubbo and Broken Hill.
Alice Springs, Rockhampton, Gladstone, and Isa!
Real crutch-rot territory in Summer.
But the Mouse had an added bonus for the sauna afficionados - window heat :o
That delightful innovation that had to be turned on (in those days) at least 10 minutes prior to take-off.
Light aircraft on a HOT Summer's Day....
sheer bloody luxury!!
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you fellas want to have to bash around at fug all feet all day chasing sheep and cattle in a 172..............it gets hotter as you fly coz your all of twenty feet off the ground and surrounded by glass.
then the cockie decides he wants to clean out the holding paddock after lunch and your aircraft has been sitting on the iron stone strip in the blazing sun for the last four hours..............and you know there aint going to be relief with altitude coz there aint going to be any altitude......god I love my job.
then the cockie decides he wants to clean out the holding paddock after lunch and your aircraft has been sitting on the iron stone strip in the blazing sun for the last four hours..............and you know there aint going to be relief with altitude coz there aint going to be any altitude......god I love my job.
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Bell 47.
The whole damn thing is a perspex sauna. Big fan over head just recycles the hot air (and mixes it with the turbocharger air for added warmth)
..................... but she is an icon and we love her!
The whole damn thing is a perspex sauna. Big fan over head just recycles the hot air (and mixes it with the turbocharger air for added warmth)
..................... but she is an icon and we love her!
Eagle 150, Bubble canopy, no blower of any sort, no shade. Had a lovely feature of a digital temperate readout on the dash, High 40s to low 50s were the norm in summer...just lovely! Was nice and warm in winter tho!
2 perspectives: C90 with u/s aircon that has been sitting on the ground at WDH with OAT+48C for last 4 hours, or Kiowa that has been sitting in the sun in North Aust, then you get in wearing flying suit, gloves, vest, helmet etc and fly around low level to avoid headwinds, doing drum refuellings for the next 6hrs. It was fun in a masochistic sort of way though!. PS: on transits the doors were on!
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Cessna 210 after loading 500kg of freight on a 48 degree C day. The OAT guage was off the top end at 55. Never drunk so much water before in my life!!! Worse still, it was like that constantly for five weeks.