Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

Bush Man · Post by **Bush Man** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:18 pm

This has turned out to be a pretty sweet thread RudderBug!

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:19 pm

Cat Driver wrote:
These pictures are great motivators!
You want motivation you should see some of our porn collection.

Unfortunatly.. sharing that will get you banned or at the very least suspended..

Maybe this'll help ya out Cat!!

I think I'll just wait here for a while..

No more "bush" for me now

For a min. of a year.. But I do get to see some pretttttyy neat places in the middle of the frozen nowhere

JBL · Post by **JBL** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:28 am

That looks like a really stock Beaver. Is it?

tiny · Post by **tiny** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:00 am

Looks to me like its got a desert scoop and bubble windows.

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:29 am

tiny wrote:Looks to me like its got a desert scoop and bubble windows.

and tip tanks, winter exhaust and the bigger floats.

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:25 pm

Almost everyones right.. cept those are the smaller 4530's

Don't forget the finlets instead of the dock knocker.. It also had a *gasp* electric boost pump in place of the wobble. AND canoe racks (not visible from that side)

Still had the original generator and battery in the back. Not to mention the original backseat (most have been swapped to the split)

Was the desert scoop optional on civi. models? and standard on the L-20's? I'm pretty sure this one was a civi. that had been a cobble of other machines..

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:00 pm

I allus thought the scoop meant the engine had a downdraft carburetor??

Rowdy I've flown this one http://www.dhc-2.com/id313.htm and this one http://www.dhc-2.com/id852.htm. They were never L-20's and they both had the top mounted carb air scoop.

tiny · Post by **tiny** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:43 am

Same carb regardless of scoop position. Just with a desert scoop there is a long duct or pipe that runs down the right side of the engine and around underneath to the bottom of the carb. The carb heat is in basically the same position as well. The idea was to keep sand out the intake I think, but it really gets in the way when your trying to work on the right side of the engine.

tiny · Post by **tiny** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:45 am

Now lets return to pictures

AntiNakedMan · Post by **AntiNakedMan** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:30 am

Raybanman · Post by **Raybanman** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:36 am

Meecka wrote:Ok... I decided to contribute... the Pics are Baaaad... sorry folks!!

There is no such thing as a bad pic of a DC-3!!!

PP

sigmet77 · Post by **sigmet77** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:02 pm

AntiNakedMan, That wouldn't be GPPP on the right would it?

lucky37 · Post by **lucky37** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:17 pm

Sometimes you need a boost

Early evening over the arctic

Great flying weather

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:05 pm

Heya .... I think I've finally beat ya for most northern. Haha not like thats a good thing anyways

The freedom jet south..

-31 in cambridge that day.. and back off into the dark we go. Hard to take pictures in the pitch black...

AntiNakedMan · Post by **AntiNakedMan** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:08 pm

sigmet77 wrote:AntiNakedMan, That wouldn't be GPPP on the right would it?

Nope, but Villers did have it at one time. The ground is a little flat in that picture for Northern BC

Over the Horn · Post by **Over the Horn** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:24 pm

Last I heard PPP was almost done its re-built By the BN2 Guru Dave H.

sigmet77 · Post by **sigmet77** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:44 am

Thanks for the info. Viller's had PPP when I was up North, it is amazing what you can put in those things.

tiny · Post by **tiny** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:51 am

ya rumour is tripple pop should be back on line shortly and I think its for sale.
Is it just me or is the left engine not running on that islander in the flare?

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:50 am

tiny wrote:ya rumour is tripple pop should be back on line shortly and I think its for sale.
Is it just me or is the left engine not running on that islander in the flare?

I thought my eyes were doing crazy things too.. IS it shutdown?

AntiNakedMan · Post by **AntiNakedMan** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:54 am

Upon closer inspection it looks that way, but no. I usually don't take off with an engine out.

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:56 pm

Ok, ONE airplane picture..... Vietnam Airlines 777 in Da Nang.

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:14 pm

I thought my eyes were doing crazy things too.. IS it shutdown

Looks like the aileron mass balance from the other airplane is positioned just right to make it seem the prop is feathered on the landing aircraft.

Rudder Bug · Post by **Rudder Bug** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:00 pm

Yeah that's right, it's just another "illusion created by pilot"!

AntiNakedMan · Post by **AntiNakedMan** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:16 pm

Good eye Siddley, except the aircraft is lifting off not landing. Landing flap on an Islander (56 degrees) is considerably more prominant than the 25 degrees in that photo.

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:52 am

Igloolik around noon