Nice Beaver!

[silky fox]

I admire a bloke who appreciates metal birds...after 30 years of visiting and 5 years of living in London I still look up at the sky everytime an A380 flies overhead:)

[Stubby]

Ah yes! Good spot. It was difficult trawling through 1037 pictures!

 

Also is there any difference between the twin blade prop and the tri blade prop in the first and second pics ? and do you know what engine they use ?

[Stubby]

Looked it up . Original power plant was Pratt and Whitney 450hp ex military engine .

[rovers90]

A few different types for you Stubby. The single engined plane is a De Havilland DHC3 Turbine single Otter and the other is a twin Otter. Harbour Air operates out of Vancouver and Victoria and is the worlds largest all-seaplane company with over 50 aircraft.

 

We did a site seeing flight and the plane is amazingly smooth on the water. Great fun!

[shavey]

I think he means it leaves oil everywhere, makes a lot of noise but still is slow, and should be kept off the road for the sake of all others

 

 

 

trees, waves and cakes!!:-)

 

nice one i like it :lol:

[shavey]

A few different types for you Stubby. The single engined plane is a De Havilland DHC3 Turbine single Otter and the other is a twin Otter. Harbour Air operates out of Vancouver and Victoria and is the worlds largest all-seaplane company with over 50 aircraft.

 

We did a site seeing flight and the plane is amazingly smooth on the water. Great fun!

 

i was wondering how long a stretch of water do they need for take off and landing

[JonnyVine]

The top and last pic are rotary engined ( I presume the Beaver ) but the middle one is a Cessna ?

 

Thats radial engine Stubby, rotary engines had the cramk fixed to the fus and the whole engine rotated with the prop, this method was superceded by the radial just after WW1.

Your spot on with the seccond pic, its a 172.

[Stubby]

Thats radial engine Stubby, rotary engines had the cramk fixed to the fus and the whole engine rotated with the prop, this method was superceded by the radial just after WW1.

Your spot on with the seccond pic, its a 172.

 

Yea sorry meant radial Doh !

[rovers90]

i was wondering how long a stretch of water do they need for take off and landing

 

Apparently it all depends on the wind speed, wind direction, temperature, humidity, altitude, weight of the plane, etc but a Beaver should be able to take off within 8oo feet.

 

My uncle was fishing on a lake one day and watched as four guys came down the jetty loaded with gear for a hunting trip, loaded it in to the Beaver, then two large cool boxes of beer went on, then a fifth guy akin to John Candy is size and weight appeared and squeezed in to the plane. The Beaver started to taxi, and taxi, and taxied out a bit further before turning round and heading back to the dock where John Candy and the two cool boxes were ejected! The plane was then able to take off.