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by **emfrat** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:29 pm

Found this on Avsim this morning. An interesting machine. I think it needs a bit of fixing - the pitch trim wheel seems to be working backwards - but then again, I'm not at all sure I have the thing pointing the right way, either

by **Yob** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:07 pm

Cool plane, too bad it never was made in RW

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:38 pm

Yob wrote:
QUOTE (Yob @ Jun 20 2013,4:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Cool plane, too bad it never was made in RW

Never got there , so many toys played with during the late 1930s ... come to think they never really stopped did they

by **Splitpin** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:05 pm

Bloody hell .... and i havent had a wine yet

emfrat, your a great guy .... but mate, that is one ugly thing

by **dbcunnz** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:35 pm

No No its not an Airtruk its an airwing

by **Splitpin** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:50 pm

dbcunnz wrote:
QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Jun 20 2013,5:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No No its not an Airtruk its an airwing

.... hey big D , better hang on tight , this storm is heading your way

dont go outside big guy ..... you will end up in wellington

by **FlyingKiwi** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:38 pm

I can't imagine the sort of aerodynamic problems they would have faced trying to make that fly properly in 1939 if they'd ever actually built it! Still an impressive looking design though.

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:03 pm

FlyingKiwi wrote:
QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Jun 20 2013,7:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I can't imagine the sort of aerodynamic problems they would have faced trying to make that fly properly in 1939 if they'd ever actually built it! Still an impressive looking design though.

actually many aircraft using this plan-form were flying pre and well before 1939 .. it was applying the power that caused the problem .. go the other way and they worked fine ...

by **emfrat** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:38 pm

Even in 1913!

by **Splitpin** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:49 pm

Where do you find this stuff ?

by **emfrat** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:52 pm

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jun 20 2013,7:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Where do you find this stuff ?

The Dunne 8 is one of Ted Cook's. In my old VFR UK I had all Chris Brown's Stately Homes, Castles and Halls, and as a fun project I setup an airshow on the lawn of Hardwick House using all the old flying machines I could find. There are plenty for FS2004, but only some of them came through to FSX.That said, the pic above was taken in my FSX - I just put the assembled plane into FS10/Aircraft, not FS10/Sim Objects/Airplanes. NB "assembled" - some developers use an exe which does not create the overall aircraft folder. Ted wasn't the only one. It is a lot safer to create a Dunne 8 folder of your own and and point the installer at that.
The original search meant a lot of digging around in Avsim and flightsim, but once I found someone who did these types, I found the others he had done. Once I assembled a good set, I had to convert them for AI. Of course those models weren't mine to distribute, and although the AFCAD and flightplans were mine, they didn't make much sense without the planes, so I just kept the thing for myself...

Cheers

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:52 pm

Super serious chuckles there Mike

.. not the best to fly .. you have reminded me .. I must get that movie "Those Magnificent Men and there Flying Machines" .. has to be a must for any true aviator .. Spent the evening watching WWI s "Flyboys" .... arrrrr so soooothing

by **emfrat** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:33 am

Yes, TMM, a great movie with some classic lines - not least those of Sarah Miles

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