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Offline Ghosth

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Re: If ?
« Reply #60 on: June 12, 2009, 07:07:50 AM »
Right on Rebel!

Imagine fishing lakes that see 1 or 2 fishermen a year instead of thousands.
Or scuba based off some remote key or cay where there are no people to be seen for miles.

I'd think it would be easy to slip a pair of 9' kayaks aboard that girl also. Explore, kayak during the day, come back to your plane/base camp at night. Simply too many possibilities to think about.

Now I just have to win the lottery first!
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Re: If ?
« Reply #61 on: June 12, 2009, 07:10:17 AM »
PBY is nice, but a Duck is small enough that you can land it on ponds, rivers and canals, not just lakes. That much more area opened up to you. Plus its a biplane.  :aok
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Re: If ?
« Reply #62 on: June 12, 2009, 07:40:15 AM »
Yeah, Treize, but what's the range?  Just how big *is* that thing?

PBY's are friggin ginormous.  :D
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Re: If ?
« Reply #63 on: June 12, 2009, 08:39:02 AM »
I think im a sad little piggy, but the one plane I have always wanted to fly, and would definetly buy before even a Spitfire, is a JU87B. I looks evil, It dives like nothing on earth and it can drop a heck of a bomb onto that annoying little old granny down the road! What more do you want! And as was said, the girls just dig those gull wings!  :D
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Re: If ?
« Reply #64 on: June 12, 2009, 12:09:53 PM »
I have to agree with Treize's pick.  I used too love the idea of flying around in a PBY but then I found out you have to have a crew to fly it because the engine management controls are not within reach of the pilot or copilot.  There was a separate control panel that required a flight engineer to operate.

The J2F has enough room for 2 plus gear.  The range is defiantly much shorter <800 miles compared to >3,000 miles for the Cat. You could add a fuel tank to increase the distance but it still wouldn't come close to the Cat's range.  But being forced to fly with a crew really turns me off to the PBY.
 
The engineer's panel is located in the top of the plane where the wing attaches to the fuselage.
   



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Re: If ?
« Reply #65 on: June 12, 2009, 12:28:37 PM »
I would beyond all doubt buy, fly and love to own a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk...



Now, that's a HANSOME bird...
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Re: If ?
« Reply #66 on: June 12, 2009, 01:26:38 PM »
Quote from: kotrenin on June 12, 2009, 12:09:53 PM
I have to agree with Treize's pick.  I used too love the idea of flying around in a PBY but then I found out you have to have a crew to fly it because the engine management controls are not within reach of the pilot or copilot.  There was a separate control panel that required a flight engineer to operate.

The J2F has enough room for 2 plus gear.  The range is defiantly much shorter <800 miles compared to >3,000 miles for the Cat. You could add a fuel tank to increase the distance but it still wouldn't come close to the Cat's range.  But being forced to fly with a crew really turns me off to the PBY.
 
The engineer's panel is located in the top of the plane where the wing attaches to the fuselage.


Bah.  Move it to the cockpit roof.  Done.  :D 

Or....revamp and give it a moern engine control system, with everything in the cockpit (you've got room, man.)

Then outfit it with a killer sound system and throw a microwave in that kitchen, and a big screen tv.... :x :x
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Re: If ?
« Reply #67 on: June 12, 2009, 01:30:34 PM »
Conformal fuel tanks are feasible today.  I don't see why you guys are limiting your dream planes to their historical wartime range.
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Re: If ?
« Reply #68 on: June 12, 2009, 03:53:36 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on June 12, 2009, 07:40:15 AM
Yeah, Treize, but what's the range?  Just how big *is* that thing?

PBY's are friggin ginormous.  :D

I'm not too worried about range, I can reach all my favorite fishing spots and nice quiet Adirondack lakes with it, and its not so friggen big that I have to worry about not having enough room to take off- most of the lakes I'd land on are surrounded by mountains. Plus it would be a lot easier to park at normal boat dock than a PBY.
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Re: If ?
« Reply #69 on: June 12, 2009, 05:04:27 PM »
If you can afford a PBY you can afford a crew that says "Yes Sir!" to your every command.
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« Reply #70 on: June 13, 2009, 09:44:11 AM »
Quote from: Die Hard on June 12, 2009, 05:04:27 PM
If you can afford a PBY you can afford a crew that says "Yes Sir!" to your every command.

A crew who will of course all been featured in Playboy's "The Women of Aviation" spread. :aok
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Re: If ?
« Reply #71 on: June 13, 2009, 03:02:15 PM »
I always really liked the seaplane in Commando, Lake Buccaneer I think. their mil version the Seawolf would be a great toy for a trip to the wilderness - seats 4/6 and luggage plus its got hardpoints :D

doubles as a jetboat too :rock
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Re: If ?
« Reply #72 on: June 15, 2009, 09:40:18 PM »
P-61...  I'd hollow the thing out, put in a little galley, head(latrine), 2 person jacuzzi, bunkbeds, and a theater system with drop down screens like they have in all the mini-vans now..
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Re: If ?
« Reply #73 on: June 16, 2009, 12:40:33 AM »
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Re: If ?
« Reply #74 on: June 16, 2009, 01:05:50 AM »
Nice picture. 
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