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The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:35 am
by glideric
Look at this video I made of myself going from a float to another on the DHC-2 Beaver...I learned it from a old bush pilot...
If you wanna try, make sure the prop hub is clear of oil and water...
Have fun !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwO2HLBnnkg
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:56 am
by MUSICMAAN
uh..... that's not the governor.
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:03 pm
by duCapo
Personally I would make sure the prop hub was free and clear of oil and water:-)
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:18 pm
by glideric
Sorry MUSICMAAN, I change it...for hub...thanks
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:52 pm
by cubonfloats
did you ever fall in the water practising?
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:16 am
by pointyendforward
Nice Moves!!!! Do you actually use this other than when you are at the dock? i can't imagine attempting a tough offside docking while full of passengers... pull the mixture, mags off, steer it as best you can, out the door to the front of the float and........ SPLASH!!!!! Pilot in the drink and Beaver shooting past the dock and into the trees... So, is this something you actually use or just a way to show off your moves on you tube?
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:56 am
by niss
I do that during my walk around to get to the other side of the cowl.
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:16 am
by iflyforpie
Will that work on these ones
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Harbour- ... &sok=WHERE__(aircraft_generic_%3D_%27De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver_(L-20ESCSLASHU-6)%27)_&sort=_order_by_photo_id_DESC_&prev_id=1387216&next_id=1385003
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:54 pm
by cubonfloats
i wish.. itd save a lot of time...might be hard to hold onto the window cleaner while doing it, though.
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:44 am
by Rudder Bug
Nice stunt but I prefer my good old cable in the front!
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:20 am
by glideric
I never use it on a move, but in the morning when you want to oull out water of floats,,,you gain time. The pilot how teach me that says that it use it almost all time...you got to be tall for working good on this...
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:22 am
by glideric
No chance,..no grip, some hubs are bigger than this one, but they are harder to do to...the smaller the better...(not always it life)...
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:23 am
by glideric
No chance,..no grip, some hubs are bigger than this one, but they are harder to do to...the smaller the better...(not always in life)...
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:52 am
by Chuck Ellsworth
That is a prop dome not a hub...
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:03 pm
by D-Iced
There is an even more secure way to do it, though not quite as quick (can be with practice), and it works with a 3 blade. The bottom of the cowling is secured directly to the cylinder heads, very secure. You start with yer left hand on bottom of cowling (if this was rock climbing it would be a "bomber mega pocket", solid), left foot out as far as possible on forward horizontal float strut, layback position. Right hand over left in a crossover move, a quicktime shuffle of the feet, and an easy pull up on the fwd diagonal strut on the offside with your left hand. Voila! The prop should be straight down on a 3, same for a 2.
Not saying I have used this for offside docks, but you could for shore.
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:48 am
by iflyforpie
Don't have a lot of experience with Beavers but isn't the bottom cowl just resting in a couple of grooves on the bottom cylinders just like the top cowl? And the two halves secured with four 1/4" T-bolts in quick releases held in some light gauge tin?
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:17 am
by glideric
D-Iced wrote:There is an even more secure way to do it, though not quite as quick (can be with practice), and it works with a 3 blade. The bottom of the cowling is secured directly to the cylinder heads, very secure. You start with yer left hand on bottom of cowling (if this was rock climbing it would be a "bomber mega pocket", solid), left foot out as far as possible on forward horizontal float strut, layback position. Right hand over left in a crossover move, a quicktime shuffle of the feet, and an easy pull up on the fwd diagonal strut on the offside with your left hand. Voila! The prop should be straight down on a 3, same for a 2.
Not saying I have used this for offside docks, but you could for shore.
Can you make a movie doing it ??? Please...
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:32 am
by North Shore
Methinks a good start-of-season practical joke (you know, just after the ice has gone, and the water's nice and cold!) would be to put a thin coating of lightweight oil on the prop dome of glideric's machine! Just make sure the camera's running!
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:51 pm
by Rudder Bug
And a banana peel on the other float so we can't miss!
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:51 am
by Matthew
why not just go through the doors
...and learn to dock downwind when you can't
The hub is certainly strong enough for that kind of manouver, but the cowl as iflyforpie already mentioned is only attached to the other cowl........and for the price of them I don't think it's a good idea to hang off them (at least when the owner is looking).
Matt.
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:24 pm
by D-Iced
Matthew wrote:why not just go through the doors
...and learn to dock downwind when you can't
The hub is certainly strong enough for that kind of manouver, but the cowl as iflyforpie already mentioned is only attached to the other cowl........and for the price of them I don't think it's a good idea to hang off them (at least when the owner is looking).
Matt.
I beg to differ. The bottom of the cowl is tied right into the jugs. Check it out (unless older Beavs are diffferent)
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:57 am
by xsbank
If you go swinging on the cowl of my beav I think I would just shoot you.
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:28 am
by Cat Driver
Xsbank, isn't it natural for a monkey to want to swing on things?
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:52 am
by ThatGuyYouKnow
So that's how dents get on the inside of floats...lol. Not exactly what I would do, the front cable makes more sense to me. Too many things to go wrong.
Re: The quickest way to go from a float to another on a Beaver
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:24 pm
by sammy
why didn"t someone tell us that the motor should be stopped before doing this ? Anybody who found an arm and an ear ....reward is offered at Dumb Dumb Airlines.