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Jul 18^th, 2011 at 7:10pm

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Pacific Fjords scenery by ORBX
Carenado Cessna 185 Skywagon tundra model (repaint by our own "Patchz" and available here at SimV)

Thanks 4 looking

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #1 - Jul 18^th, 2011 at 7:36pm

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Great shots Chuck.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #2 - Jul 18^th, 2011 at 7:42pm

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patchz wrote on Jul 18^th, 2011 at 7:36pm:

Great shots Chuck.

Thanks Larry

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #3 - Jul 18^th, 2011 at 8:17pm

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Hard to pick a fave, they're all awesome. Shocked

The mind is like a parachute...it only works when it's open.

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Reply #4 - Jul 18^th, 2011 at 8:33pm

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Fantastic shots and paint on that 185 Chuck. Cool

Adam

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Reply #5 - Jul 18^th, 2011 at 9:16pm

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Thanks guys

The repaint is by Patchz and available here: PATCHZ

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #6 - Jul 18^th, 2011 at 11:24pm

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Wonderful shots Chuck...well done... Wink

Hope you don't mind me adding a little something here.

Your last shot...well done...

I notice you have 3/4 or full flaps...that is fine but let me bring something to your attention.

---flying in valleys and landing at a strip in a valley
especially with water at both approaches an
aviator will encounter various wind conditions depending
on time of day...
that wind will toss you around like a cork on final...
keep up your airspeed...
when you know you have the field made...
adjust approach angle with your flaps...
but keep airspeed up within flap settings and above
the stall...

---I have seen aircraft that were blown into the side of a hill
and they were not even on final...sightseeing, flying
just above the stall and way too close to the side of
the hills...

---going from being over water to land or land to water
can also cause problems at low airspeeds especially
midday

---going from flying over a forest to flat farm land or over
a city the aviator will find the aircraft will give them a
different ride depending on time of day...
large cities actually create their own weather...

---so in the last shot...you have your touchdown point
picked out and it is close to the end of the strip nearest
you...
you have field made
you are well above the stall with whatever flaps you used

---touchdown
power off
flaps up...get the weight on the wheels or in the case
of float flying...onto the floats
that is the one nice thing about manual flaps...you can
drop or raise them real quick...

There are lots of good courses out there to take with regards to mountain/valley/short field flying and lots of info on the internet/books.
Once you develop a good technique then stay with it and
practice...practice...practice

Here is an excellent read/Link...

http://www.mountainflying.com/Pages/mountain-flying/do_dont.html

Again well done on the shots and sorry to get so dang long winded... Grin

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #7 - Jul 19^th, 2011 at 7:23am

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Thanks Doug....and thanks for the info

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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