Rupert

31 minutes ago, PhrogPhlyer said:

Allows for smooth power application, and nice easy cyclic.

As well as any I've found as well.

Nice job of continuing on Kit.  I used knew some great bars in those islands decades ago.  Some of them even sold the occasional legal product!!  

On 3/5/2024 at 1:53 PM, ViperPilot2 said:

Many Thanks for the Tutorial, TPD! I'll try this with the Boomerang and see how it goes.

 

2,700 nm in a Saratoga... that is one mean feat. Props to you (and yer Bladder!) 

Or to his Pilot Relief Tube.

16 hours ago, PhrogPhlyer said:

Sirrus, having thought I had every available CH-46 in FSX, this paint scheme is a new one to me. Who's is it?

This old H-46 driver who flew 46/s  both in the US and in the Vietnam conflict with HMM 164 and HMM 165 has never seen that paint scheme on a H-46 or H-34 either.  

As bright and easy to target as that seems, I'd sure not want to fly with that paint in combat!!    Give me the older dull and non-shiny faded green or even gray any day!

Nice flight Kit!  Though I agree, there doesn't seem to be much detail in the landscape.  I guess they didn't think there would be a lot of traffic using it there.

Michael

On 3/3/2024 at 1:00 PM, TomPenDragon said:

My Esteemed PhrogPhlyer,

 

In your helicopter collage, a certain manufacturer seems to be rather over-represented (the background's probably Bell's Beach, too), here is a small attempt at balancing the scales:

 

SWEET!!  Though I personally prefer wheeled gear on choppers.  And I'm pretty partial to Boeing Vertol products as well as the older Boeing fixed wings

Having said that, if it's a 737, I ain't going!

14 hours ago, ViperPilot2 said:

Looks like it's a pretty even mix so far...

 

FS2002 - 1

FS2004 (FS9) - 4

FSX - 3

 

No one using XP or 2020 (Melo says he uses 2020 occasionally). I was just curious; if I recall correctly, we have Repaint and Scenery creation capability to some degree amongst us which came in very handy this last event.

FSX

P3D. 

Great event!!  Even though I didn't have the time to formally compete I've enjoyed all these posts and yes, flown the whole route as well.

I hope life is near enough to normal to compete in the next one!  And yes, I can't imagine there won't be a next one!! (Western Europe?)  Lots of great sites and tons of great scenery there.

Michael

15 hours ago, taoftedal said:

 

Very cool PP ... didn't know you were a Swiftie too!  Congrats on all that prize money ... might even get you a couple tickets to a concert ... ?

 

You'll probably see her more often at any KC Chiefs event than you'll ever see her on stage.

At least till/if it happens that she and Kelce split up or marry.  Or the celeb normal, marry then split up. 

10 hours ago, Sampa said:

So, finally got her airborne.  She seems to fly very well.  Working to learn how to use the gyropilot, but she is a good plane for sure!

Hey learning is what it's all about.  As I've told many a newbie, flying is 95% mental. 

18 hours ago, PhrogPhlyer said:

 

A couple past pics in FSX.

 

 

Nice,

We had an occasional visitor at MCAF Santa Ana,  One of the 60's era Goodyear blimps would float in from time to time.  And yes, they were a fun ride and we all tried to snag a ride on one, especially over the beaches when the beauties were out sunning.  Choppers and a ton of GA craft got reported for getting too low and close to the beaches.  But the blimp was always welcomed there.

On 2/23/2024 at 5:31 PM, PhrogPhlyer said:

I have this book in my library and this oversight makes me question the level of research for the whole book!

I've attached the simplest and detailed overview I've found for Marine Helicopters in Vietnam.

Mobility War - Marine Helicopter Operation Vietnam.pdf 6.12 MB · 3 downloads

That's certainly a great link.  And from what I've read of it to date. it seems very accurate.

My point is, it hugely hacks me off that someone going to all the trouble of publishing a several pound coffee table book about aviation history would ignore such an important part of Vietnam War or even Marine Corps chopper history as the 46 obviously is!   And no H-47s and H-46's are not the same aircraft. In fact the H-46 was the first of that type, not the 47.

It would be dishonest to ignore Omaha Beach or B-27s in a history of WWII in Europe and it is dishonest to ignore the importance of H-46s in Vietnam.  Especially when you consider what such a hefty tome must cost to buy!  

I'm upset my library tax money went into a book that obviously inaccurate!  And as wrong as that book is on something as simple as ignoring a hugely important chopper, without having been there and done that who's to say anything else in the entire book is remotely accurate either?? 

I consider that book as having printed lying or at best inaccurate history.  It's not as ignorant as calling any US veteran serving or who served in Vietnam a Baby Killer of course, but it is still inaccurate! 

While in the Corps I enjoyed most of my time flying H-34s. and was petrified of mechanical failure during my unwanted time as a passenger in a HH-37,  But my point is there were way too many H-46 combat hours flown by Marines in Vietnam and in other hot spots around the world for them to be ignored by such a major publication altogether!! 

On 1/27/2024 at 6:31 PM, Mike80 said:

As far as I know it is the only true production version of the DC-3 other than the old FS9 / FSX MS default model   It is far superior to those. Unfortunately the Jahn version is a modified cargo / C-47 with the cargo door.

 

I have the AH P3D4 version and like it very much.

+1!  And it's a great deal at twice the no cost price.

On 2/26/2024 at 12:42 PM, wobbie said:

I'm using Edge in Windows 11 & it always happens to me as well. I just 'Keep' it & carry on. It's really a 'non issue'!

That's true of about every site, Until it is an issue!  There are those out there all over the world finding new ways into our sites and onto our computers every day!  I try to stay very vigilant and do every update I hear about,  But even then from time to time one slips under the rug. 

Do us all a favor.  Spend time doing scans on a hugely frequent basis! 

5 hours ago, PhrogPhlyer said:

They also were designed for water landing and taxiing. Of course with all the seals and drain plugs tight. Seeing into the water through the chin bubble was quite a sight. 

Good point!  I should have mentioned that.  It was rather a strange feeling to be traveling in water like a motor boat in a 46.  We did that more than once while offloading Green Berets and Montyards into rivers in places were we never went while under the cover of the over hanging trees.  We'd turn around in the river and motorboat back to where the overhanging trees weren't prevalent, and take off to fly back to our refuel point.  Then after a few days we'd return to that same river where we never went and motorboat along with a long knotted line hung out the back.  The troops we had dropped off days before would grab the line and pull themselves back into the cabin.  If they missed the line on the way in, they hoped to catch it on the the return trip out.

Having said that, your comment about seals and drain plugs was spot on.  Every 46 I made a water landing or cruise in did tend to seep water.  I'd not want to have to spend much time in the water without the rotors turning!

On another topic.  I just checked out and read a library book called FLIGHT 100 YEARS OF AVIATION. This book probably weighs 10 pounds or so and goes back to early balloons.  They even found one (1) page to mention "HELICOPTERS IN VIETNAM." That single pages lists seven(7) different choppers.  The H-46 was not even listed there or in the index.  They mentioned and had pictures of the H-34, OH-6A, H-47, etc.  But the H-46 didn't make the cut.  They had pages and pages about hot air balloons etc. but only one page on Vietnam choppers from all our armed forces.

2 hours ago, Bossspecops said:

 

If you flew CH-46s didn't you have to land on ships at some time?

Actually they were designed so we could choose to land on ships.  In fact they're also called Sea Knights.  They follow the tradition of the H-34 Sea Stallions, etc. that were also designed to land and take off from ships.

Like Phrog, they bring me a lot of great memories as well.  But I'm happy to also be able to say, I've already been there and done more than enough of that!!

23 hours ago, PhrogPhlyer said:

Looks like I forgot to post the first leg, I'll correct that with todays run. Of course it's NOT age related.

No, me neither.  I'm sure I meant to do that, whatever that was. 

2 hours ago, PhrogPhlyer said:

If one uses the Turtle Pac, you don't have to remove any seats.

I used this on the 206 here for the B&H legs.

https://www.turtlepac.com/photo-gallery/aircraft-ferry-tanks/

 

I sure hope we'rE talking about NON-SMOKING PILOTS!

On 2/19/2024 at 4:36 PM, jgf said:

 

I wouldn't be surprised.  In reading about my Beech I found that several owners, frequently needing longer range, would remove the rear seats and mount a fifty gallon tank back there.  This gave the plane about 1600 mile range ... eight to nine flight hours.

Yes,

I've seen that done more than once.  I'm not sure I'd be real comfortable flying that way, but it happens.

8 hours ago, jgf said:

 

https://theaviationist.com/2020/08/10/take-a-look-at-these-incredible-shots-of-the-russias-sole-completed-lun-class-ekranoplan/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan

 

There is a model for FS2004 from Alphasim/Virtavia, now freeware.

Thanks so much for that link!  I have to admit that isn't the first Russian piece of equipment I've found to have a strange appearance. 

Having said that, Howard Hughes would probably have thought that thing looked normal. 

13 hours ago, ViperPilot2 said:

 

I'm a Senior Citizen, if that answers your question.

 

And I apologize if I offended you; it seems as if I did.

I certainly accept your apology.  And I'm truly sorry to be so touchy.  I'm sure nothing negative was intended.  And these forums are for fun and enjoyment.  However I've had to struggle to read what I wrote down myself since I was a kid.  In rural Kentucky schools during the early 1950's, writing or printing with your left hand was simply not allowed.

My resultant poor penmanship caused me to buy an old typewriter at a yard/garage sale with my pay as a golf caddie as a teenager.   I always needed to type my lecture notes while they were still new enough for me to understand them myself.   And that's still an issue for me even with things as simple as shopping lists today.     

On 2/16/2024 at 8:53 PM, ViperPilot2 said:

 

They recognized I was left handed, and allowed me to continue with my individuality intact. 

Lucky you!  And I'm guessing your what 30-40 years younger than me?  And probably not enrolled in a one room 1-6 grade school room.

On 2/16/2024 at 8:53 PM, ViperPilot2 said:

 

They recognized I was left handed, and allowed me to continue with my individuality intact. 

Lucky you!  And I'm guessing your what 30-40 years younger than me?  And probably not enrolled in a one room 1-6 grade school room.

On 2/17/2024 at 6:35 PM, PhrogPhlyer said:

Oh yes, the  Lun-class ekranoplan. It was operationally deployed as a warship. Technically not an aircraft (does not leave ground effect) these are very interesting aerodynamically!

IS THAT ANYTHING REAL?? 

2 hours ago, ViperPilot2 said:

 

It's why I swore off Semi Autos. Always was, and always will be, a Wheel Gun guy.

 

And... Regardless of Gender, if that Schoolmaster tried to rap my knuckles because I'm a Southpaw, they would be flat on the floor, with Acute cases of "Sum'r Teeth".

I WAS SIX OR MAYBE EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN THAT FIRST HAPPENED!  HOW BIG AND STRONG WERE YOU AT THAT AGE????