Twin Otter Video

shrack · Post by **shrack** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:15 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4HCxM2hhzg

bigpinky · Post by **bigpinky** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:38 am

Where the heck is Crooked Cock Yukon? Pretty nice place. Keep it Borek!

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:09 am

Is it just the camera or do all of these approaches look to be very low? I drove a Dash 7 for a while, and all our short-field stuff was very steep. Is that a -6 technique to drag it in with power?

just curious · Post by **just curious** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:04 pm

Where no significant obstacle exists, yes, we approach flatter in ground effect and drag in with power, so that we use as much of the available strip as possible.

shrack · Post by **shrack** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:37 pm

I believe that is an Arctic Sunwest Twin Otter

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:18 pm

If you add power to the -7 with full flaps, they will automatically bleed up to the next higher notch, (I'm sure it wouldn't fly level with max flaps, even if the a/c would allow you to!) so the shortest landing is a steep approach on the AOA indicator with power back. Did some great spot landing contests in Northern Alta. with barrel hauls! A lot of fun to fly is you aren't just doing airport stuff.

Current -7 guys - feel free to correct me if my recollections are rusty.

tincanflyer · Post by **tincanflyer** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:33 pm

nothing special about that video?

just curious · Post by **just curious** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:12 pm

If you've flown an otter, or flown in the Yukon, perhaps not. But scenery's nice, and not everyone gets to land on gravel these days. Even doing both, I liked it.

FlyYukon · Post by **FlyYukon** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:13 pm

The actual name of that airstrip is 'Howards Pass' or 'XY Strip', one of two strips on the Yukon/NWT border that are about 14 miles apart. The other one is called 'Anniversary' That would be an Arctic Sunwest bird. You can see the camp to the right of the video.

FY

FlyYukon · Post by **FlyYukon** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:21 pm

As well, if you are interested: Howards Pass (XY): 62°27'24.27"N 129°12'10.66"W (not too hard to see, the dark 1500 or so' long line to the west of the co-ords on Google Earth)

Anniversry: 62°34'21.77"N 129°33'30.07"W (difficult to see on Google Earth, but its the short lighter line just south of that black dot near the co-ords.)

FY

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:29 pm

What I would like to see is a video of breaking out of cloud on Banks Island in real crap ceiling and vis at night and landing on a frozen lake with fuel oil soaked toilet paper in cans on fire for runway lighting...and just as the wheels touch and reverse thrust gets into the act watching the whole fuc.in world go white....

...Yup that is the video I want to see.

So make us one J.

C.

Cat

FlyYukon · Post by **FlyYukon** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:39 pm

now THAT would be an awesome video

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:51 pm

FlyYukon, yep it would be.

I can see it as plain as day in my mind...what's left of it...

But a video would be superb.

Right you guys up there in the High Arctic?

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:16 pm

Hey Cat,

How about one in a 212 or S61 landing in winter at night when it all goes white 10 feet up....

STL

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:26 pm

Yeh, that will do the trick...fu.k eve a little R22 on floats can get exciting trying to hover on water.

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:37 pm

Man... I'd love to see some of that crazy helo stuff! Or high arctic type nonsense!

ettw · Post by **ettw** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:28 pm

Well then come on up!!!

Lurch · Post by **Lurch** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:38 pm

You know your a flying geek when that kind of talk makes you excited

Keep it in your pants boys until the video comes out

Lurch

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:44 pm

You know your a flying geek when that kind of talk makes you excited

DAMN RIGHTS! My last boss told me I was just Plane Crazy!

just curious · Post by **just curious** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:08 pm

What I would like to see is a video of breaking out of cloud on Banks Island in real crap ceiling and vis at night and landing on a frozen lake with fuel oil soaked toilet paper in cans on fire for runway lighting...and just as the wheels touch and reverse thrust gets into the act watching the whole fuc.in world go white....

...Yup that is the video I want to see.

So make us one J. C.

Happy to oblige, but:
A) It'll be Victoria Island in the early spring, using coffee cans filled with sand and jet B. Same world diappring stuff though.
B) It'll have to wait till spring... I'm headed to the other end of the world right now.

Cheers,
JC

rigpiggy · Post by **rigpiggy** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:11 pm

Enjoy the Penguins, JC

goldeneagle · Post by **goldeneagle** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:21 pm

just curious wrote:
What I would like to see is a video of breaking out of cloud on Banks Island in real crap ceiling and vis at night and landing on a frozen lake with fuel oil soaked toilet paper in cans on fire for runway lighting...and just as the wheels touch and reverse thrust gets into the act watching the whole fuc.in world go white....

...Yup that is the video I want to see.

So make us one J. C.
Happy to oblige, but:
A) It'll be Victoria Island in the early spring, using coffee cans filled with sand and jet B. Same world diappring stuff though.
B) It'll have to wait till spring... I'm headed to the other end of the world right now.

Cheers,
JC

I'd like to see some shots from the ski ops. Gotta be some fun stuff happening down there on the bottom of the world. If there wasn't, they wouldn't be calling you folks to do it in the first place, anybody could do it, and somebody would surely lowball it all.

oates76 · Post by **oates76** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:11 pm

I'd like to see some shots from the ski ops. Gotta be some fun stuff happening down there on the bottom of the world. If there wasn't, they wouldn't be calling you folks to do it in the first place, anybody could do it, and somebody would surely lowball it all.

Here's a couple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h6AKl6fMHo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IzSQbpIYjE