Rupert Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Seeing Bob's Scottish canal flight reminded me of a great boat ride we took through the Falkirk Wheel two years ago. So I decided to hitch a ride over to Scotland and make some money flying tourists on photo shoot trips in a friend's Maule. If I'm successful I may soon be able to buy the fuel to get the King Air Jan loaned me home again. Two canals, one running East to West and one North to South in Scotland came close together. But you couldn't go by boat from one to the other because of a 75' or so altitude difference. So they built a "Wheel" where you floated your boat into a cassion full of water, then the wheel rotated counterclockwise to the next canal level. There are two cassions on the wheel, each full of water. So since water displaces and equalizes, whether one or both cassions is carrying a boat, the weight of each is still equal. They claim it rotates 180* in under five minutes and the motor uses less the same amount of energy per rotation as what it takes to heat eight (8) kettles of tea!! Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgarland Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Wonderful pics . . . . I recently watched a tv program of that amazing machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Very nice set of pics! :pilot: Senior Rookie Bragware: FSX Gold - Acceleration | HP Omen Obelisk Desktop | Intel Core i7 3.2 Ghz |16GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 1TB HD | 256 GB SSD (Gaming Computer) REX Worldwide Airports HD AS16 + ASCA ORBX Global BASE ORBX Freeware Airports ORBX HD Trees [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJohnJohn Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Very nice set of pics Rupert! :) Thermaltake Ryzen Gen 9 3900x 12 cores, 4.6 ghz 32 gig of Ram, Liquid Cooled Everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Wonderful pics . . . . I recently watched a tv program of that amazing machine. Yes it is!! Molly and I both loved that trip. We also took a narrowboat across the Ponteysyllte Aqueduct built by Thomas Telford in the 1,800s. In it's day, that was every bit as fantastic an achievement! I did a screenshot series on that a few years back. Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Thanks all! I enjoyed finding it in the sim! Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Fine shot of the Wheel Michael. It's very nicely represented in that scenery. :cool: :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Well done Michael, I learn something everyday from you guys. :) Well, now that I think of it, not everybody. :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 That is quite an elaborate canal system, excellent shots of it. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 That is quite an elaborate canal system, excellent shots of it. It is! They have a huge. still operating canal system all over the country in the UK including in and through London, York, Chester, etc. I only wish I'd gotten interested in it years ago when we could have explored more of it by canal boat!! We've done a little narrowboating but frankly at our age we're now limited to passenger trips like through the Aquaduct and over the Wheel. What's that they say "Too soon old and too late smart!" :o:o Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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