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Vanguard:

--- Quote from: Level42 on April 27, 2010, 01:07:05 pm ---Think the stability of a sailplane is caused by it's comparatively huge wing-span ?

Since your handle is Vanguard, which one do you like better, the Centuri or the Zaccaria version ?

(totally off topic of course :))

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Centuri.  I use to ride my bike a mile to a pizza place to play one.   My other favorite game they had was Phoenix which I believe was Centuri also.

Malenko:

--- Quote from: Level42 on April 27, 2010, 01:40:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Malenko on April 27, 2010, 01:12:55 pm ---Ive jumped out of a few Cessnas if that counts for anything. 

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Not if they're not up in the air though....

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How exactly do you skydive then? its not much fun if the planes on the ground, but at least I guess you wouldnt have to repack the chute?

Vanguard:

--- Quote from: Level42 on April 27, 2010, 01:07:05 pm ---Think the stability of a sailplane is caused by it's comparatively huge wing-span ?

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I think the flexibility of the wing helps too.   On a plane like censna , the rigid wing translates any sudden gain or drop in left directly to the aircraft.

The sailplanes long and very flexible wings act to buffer a lot of the sudden changes.

ark_ader:
Wasn't the DC3 still being made in South America until the early 70s?

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: Level42 on April 27, 2010, 10:56:08 am ---I think all parts need certification. I'm not an expert though.

If you watched the video, you can see that they replaced the (about) the complete instruments set with modern day stuff. I guess it's probably a regulation to get a license to operate the plane again.

Here's an old pic of a DC3 cockpit:


and here's the cockpit of the "Doornroosje" (=sleeping beauty) that I saw:


Apart from safety, could it also be that the relatively young pilots of today are simply not capable of flying an original DC3 set-up anymore ? Think about it: would a train driver of today with all the electric and electronic stuff still be able to run a steam-train ? I doubt it. Maybe the difference is a bit bigger but not really THAT much bigger....

The conny had to be flown to Holland by a (quite aged) American pilot who had flown connies back in the day.

It's almost like in our hobby with the CRT technology: people who can work on them will become old and finally non existing anymore....it will become an ancient art ! :D

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It actually doesn't matter. The DC3 is a relatively modern aircraft. Most mono wing aircraft from about the 1930's on fly the same. For any type of aircraft you want to fly, you need to be certified in it by a qualified pilot. So whatever the setup of the aircraft, that's what you are going to learn in. There is nothing very complicated about those instruments in the original DC3 pic, OR the modern console. I'd say they used newer instruments purely because they were relatively available. Plus updated radios.

They still tell the same story- direction, attitude, altitude, engine RPM, manifold pressure, vacuum, inches of mercury for the constant speed props (can't think what that is called, never needed to know), etc etc...

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