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Title: Ahhww shucks OT but my first 30 mins of Turbine time :)
Post by: Duckwing6 on December 27, 2000, 02:17:00 AM
HA had to share this guys ..

I got my first 2 flights i a turboprop this last wekend  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

and the plane was THIS:

 (http://www.pink.at/bilder/fdeclmb7.jpg)

WHAT AN AWESOME NOSEART  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

And this is why they say keep your seatbelts fastened at all times
 (http://www.pink.at/bilder/hdpink22.jpg)
Notice she's got GEAR UP and isn't even retractable  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

DW6
Title: Ahhww shucks OT but my first 30 mins of Turbine time :)
Post by: Nath-BDP on December 27, 2000, 02:25:00 AM
u euro's r weird

kthx.
Title: Ahhww shucks OT but my first 30 mins of Turbine time :)
Post by: Toad on December 27, 2000, 02:50:00 AM
Shorts Skyvan? The one that looks like the box it came in?

 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

Congrats, Duck.
Title: Ahhww shucks OT but my first 30 mins of Turbine time :)
Post by: Duckwing6 on December 27, 2000, 04:26:00 AM
Sure is TOAD  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
 A lot of folks say she's BUT UGGLY ! But i say it's a beuaty !

Was pretty cool flying her actually .. because it's going to be the most doctile "big" airplane i have flown so far .. no comarison to a Piston Twin too...

She rotates at 55 KIAS, then you let her build speed for a few secs and then rotate to a staggering 12-14° Pitch up in the climb at 90 KIAS.. hauls up to drop alt at FL160 in 11 mins (with a 1 min delay due to clearance required by ATC..
In the climb you're on instruments only because view ahead is nil, zapp, nada  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) just to the side you have a bit of view.. which is pretty wild climbing out of a mountain valley with 8000 feet peaks around  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

Then after th drop it's flight idle and a 170 KIAS all the way down to final , that's a 15° nose down, which looks like straight down from the cockpit  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Having some thousand tow landings the approach from "unusual position" wasn't all to dificult and i nailed the final jsut perfect .. and she rewarded me with a really nice and soft landing (just to throw you into the sholder straps, when you pull the powerlevers into Beta range)

Easy to fly, super doctile, nimble as a i never thought of an airplane of that size ..
PURE FUN to fly  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

DW6
Title: Ahhww shucks OT but my first 30 mins of Turbine time :)
Post by: HABICHT on December 27, 2000, 06:01:00 AM
WTG duckwing!!!!

but what a ugly plane!..with a very funny
paintscheme :-)

does it fly like it looks like?

"guten rutsch ins neue jahr phillip!"

habicht
Title: Ahhww shucks OT but my first 30 mins of Turbine time :)
Post by: Vermillion on December 27, 2000, 07:47:00 AM
 
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A lot of folks say she's BUT UGGLY !

Duck, that does NOT even come close to describing what a visual horror that aircraft is !!!!  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)



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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure
Title: Ahhww shucks OT but my first 30 mins of Turbine time :)
Post by: StSanta on December 27, 2000, 09:30:00 AM
duck, does this mean you drop skydivers?

Do I get discount?  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)



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StSanta
9./JG 54 "Grünherz"
(http://www.geocities.com/nirfurian/stSanta.jpg)
Title: Ahhww shucks OT but my first 30 mins of Turbine time :)
Post by: Westy on December 27, 2000, 09:34:00 AM
 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) WOW!  I've always wanted to try that (fly and also parachute). No longer have the nads to try the parachuting though.

-Westy

Is that a FW??  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Title: Ahhww shucks OT but my first 30 mins of Turbine time :)
Post by: LePaul on December 27, 2000, 10:49:00 AM
You might consider having the hangar folks hire security guards so the other aircraft do not get vandalized as well   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

Paul