"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
03/06/2020 at 15:50 • Filed to: None
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"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
03/06/2020 at 15:50 • Filed to: None | 4
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pretty neat
the fun is at ~8.5min, but the whole video is intersting
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> MonkeePuzzle
03/06/2020 at 15:55 |
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It’s weird seeing a DC3 in a contemporary livery. My brain refuses to think of them being anything other than silver or drab.
For Sweden
> MonkeePuzzle
03/06/2020 at 15:59 |
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Huh,
There’s still a DC-3 that hasn’t been converted to turboprops
WilliamsSW
> For Sweden
03/06/2020 at 16:08 |
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Go to Oshkosh, where all the DC-3s you’ll see still have round engines. Despite Basler Turbo Conversions being RIGHT THERE.
HammerheadFistpunch
> MonkeePuzzle
03/06/2020 at 16:10 |
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yeah I got recommend that video the other night too. Not sure why but it was cool.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> For Sweden
03/06/2020 at 16:10 |
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I guess there are a lot. Turns out its crazy spensive to convert because you have to stretch the fuselage behind the cockpit.
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For Sweden
> HammerheadFistpunch
03/06/2020 at 16:13 |
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Gotta spend money if you want a big pointy boi
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HammerheadFistpunch
> For Sweden
03/06/2020 at 16:14 |
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is that what I’ve been doing wrong?
AlfaCorse
> For Sweden
03/06/2020 at 16:16 |
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It looks like its a C-117D from the tail, so it might not fit under the certification for the BT-67 conversion maybe? The C-117D has some significant differences from a DC-3
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For Sweden
> HammerheadFistpunch
03/06/2020 at 16:17 |
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Yes
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WilliamsSW
> HammerheadFistpunch
03/06/2020 at 16:17 |
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The Basler BT-67 is virtually a brand new airplane. The interweb says they’re $6.5m. That’s a lot of money for a 200kt airplane.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> For Sweden
03/06/2020 at 16:18 |
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Im perfectly happy with the length and function of my antenna thank you very much.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> WilliamsSW
03/06/2020 at 16:19 |
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Yup. It’ s like a diesel conversion land cruiser. Sure you could get 20% better fuel economy...but 20 grand sure buys a lot of fuel.
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WilliamsSW
> HammerheadFistpunch
03/06/2020 at 16:25 |
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Yes, but it doesn’t actually get better fuel economy. It’s a little worse even . But I think Jet-A is cheaper, and you get huge gains in reliability and presumably maintenance costs (along with more speed).
PartyPooper2012
> MonkeePuzzle
03/06/2020 at 16:39 |
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Co-pilot to pilot. Are your pants wet? My pants are WET!!!
ranwhenparked
> For Sweden
03/06/2020 at 16:41 |
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Basler's only done like 66, that's a miniscule fraction of the DC-3s still in service
Just Jeepin'
> MonkeePuzzle
03/06/2020 at 17:01 |
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See also:
ClassicDatsunDebate
> For Sweden
03/06/2020 at 17:25 |
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Lots in Northern Canada still
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ClassicDatsunDebate
> MonkeePuzzle
03/06/2020 at 17:29 |
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The feeling you get when you’re full back on the elevator and your tail wheel is bouncing
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ranwhenparked
> MonkeePuzzle
03/06/2020 at 19:24 |
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Its amazing that these flew barely 30 years after the Wright brothers, and will in all likelihood keep on flying in commercial use well beyond the middle of this century. I like it when an idea is nailed so perfectly that it just works.
GrundleJuice
> WilliamsSW
03/06/2020 at 20:11 |
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Jet-A is definitely not cheaper unless you count “ not available” as expensive. In Many places outside of North A merica and much of Europe aviation gasoline (100LL) is hard to find.
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> WilliamsSW
03/06/2020 at 20:19 |
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There was a video on YT that I watched the other day about freight operations in Northern Canada by Mikey McBryan. The problem that they’re encountering with their fleet (Buffalo Airways) is that a lot of places that they fly to no longer have avgas, only jet A, thus limiting which aircraft can be used on various routes. A Basler conversion is out of their price range, as is buying something like a Hercules/L-100, so apparently they lease those aircraft from other carriers when necessary. They have DC-4s, DC-3s and C-46s, but due to the fuel problem they can’t be used on their furthest routes.
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WilliamsSW
> GrundleJuice
03/06/2020 at 20:30 |
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Around here it is a little cheaper, but the difference isn't huge (.50-$1 per gallon), but it makes sense that it would vary widely. 100LL is slowly dying.
Nauraushaun
> For Sweden
03/07/2020 at 02:28 |
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There is one in Melbourne too. It's called the Gooney Bird and I've been in it!
Jetstreamer
> MonkeePuzzle
03/07/2020 at 06:07 |
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ttyymmnn
> MonkeePuzzle
03/30/2020 at 13:27 |
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Finally got around to watching this. Great video. What a beast of a plane. That particular one was manufactured in 1952 (assuming I read the registration, N2TN, correctly) , though I didn’t think Douglas was still building them after the war. It was also originally built as an R4D, which was the Navy’s designation for the C-47.
