Seems that your 'puter is scrambling up my posts here so that you can't read them... or it's scrambling what you type so that we can't read them here. Well.... It's kind of strange to hear the story about the ventral fin on the bottom of the fuse near the tail. lolOriginally Posted by nigel richards
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"El gato que camina como hombre" -- The cat that walks like a man
There...see?
Spitfire...beautiful...but highly limited. Had to carry their refinments in a keg under the wing. Just like a girl in high-heels and a mini-skirt.
Dangerous...? Certainly.
But hand her a chainsaw, she breaks a nail.....looses a heel on her shoe...
Bush pilots get to carry octane booster in the floats, and in the cabin, and do so with enough volume to generate a profit and/or a party. Then you get to impress all the pretty girls with a wonderful, graceful swan-like flairing final as you run her twenty-three feet up onto a sandy beach. ( Take that St.Maartin...)
Tear open the crate of shot glasses and hand them out as you power up the designer float pump.....so cool....the beach girls will be phoning you up for dates without end.
Huh.
Floatplanes Rock.
Try that in a Spitfire.
And Greece.
Greece...!!!
It's just like British Columbia and Alaska, only better.
Heaven.
All mountains, tight valleys, ocean, and islands.
The better part...smells like sweet sage, rather than pulp mills....stays warm...and food that not only tastes heavenly, but is actually good for your health. And since the plane don't need much deicing....that stuff is saved for the pilot.
...AND........:mixedsmi:.....many of the islands have airports built like aircraft carriers....!@!!!
...I mean...have the girl watch out the window as you skim along the runway, and as you cross over the cliff and ground effect is lost, the old Avia drops five hundred feet before thundering up into a half-immelman....she'll have her arms around you so tight....
....Can't do that in British Columbia.
.....Except maybe at Lillouette....
i really should record my runway checks and landing, less graceful... more "Hit the Deck! thats Matts Aircraft... SCATTER!" known for 1ft wingtip clearance in a bank ed break to land
i get mine by pulling G's, and if that fails, i leave the co-pilot in Charge... Nigel refuses to fly with me as i get up, fasten my chute and jump out without telling anyone
LoL....I'll bet you don't even setup the autopilot before you bail......
Nigel graced the Av-51 with another beautiful scheme, the "Olympic Flame".
I also had to check out the muddy waters of the Amazon in the 56.
....and you'd be right
one of these days i'll throw my vipers up to escort an Avia
Sounds like you guys are enjoying this :-)
For now, I am back on the Avia 57. I am eager to get this one through the production line. She is sweet, powerful, accommodating, and a pleasure to fly even though the flight model is still a WIP.
Nice photo Milton. The airplane is looking very good. Still flappin'?)
That muddy Amazon water is quite evocative, Milton. The plane looks right at home. Hard to believe it's all just zeros and ones suspended in electric ether....plus a glimmer in your eye. Just amazing.
The '57 is a most interesting machine, quite advanced for 1935. I'm keen to see it in person. I find these well done renderings go a long way to evoke the spirit and the feel of the original. Something that was impossible to even imagine when I was a kid. This thoroughly exceeds anything that I could have visualized in the future.
...And here it is.
Thanks to all you creators and worksmiths for your imagination, hard work, and generosity.
It's a real privelidge to enjoy this.
Will you just look at the photos Milton has uncovered for the '57. (you certainly have a knack of uncovering reference material Sir, heck how did you manage to get such a clean print?)
'least it'll make things easier further down the production line.
Milton, Sir - you sure know how to set-up one heck of a fishin' party!
Double Frappocino (but Guinness is also good for you)
Now...in reply to some of the dandiest sim talk I've ever had the pleasure of reading;
Magoo has straightened out the canoe-paddle tail theory beautifully, so you all must have a clearer idea on floatplane tech.
Man, here's is one fine Gentleman welcome around my fireside!
Just to add my five beans worth - that piece of metal also counteracts the 'tail blanket' effect when the angle of the stab is preventing an adequate flow of air over the vertical fin surface. The ideal 'T' tail would create more structural change than is practical hence the 'canoe paddle.'
Looks like these birds are going to get us yacking around a fair few late-night fishing camp fires, and I can think of no finer way of spending a late summer night than listening to all you fine Gentlemen.
So Matt, top 'em up, chuck another log on the fire and double rations for these fine Gentlemen.
Bravo Bravo...you got hickups?...
Bugger!
Here come our New Zealanders!...
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Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
Campfires in bush country.
...The image makes me remember.....
....Remember....never leave the plane....
Nigel... is it necessarily wise to trust me with a camp fire
guess i'll have to go lay claim to a lakeside on the Canadian/Alaskan Border....
No mate... I don't have the 'hickups'.... (hic).... just admiring that fine paint on the '51' and fixin' to toss another lot of fish on the fire. You just gotta love those New Zealanders. Now be a good bloke and pour me another gulper.
Milton, Sir - you sure know how to set-up one heck of a fishin' party!
So Matt, top 'em up, chuck another log on the fire and double rations for these fine Gentlemen.
Bravo Bravo...you got hickups?...
Bugger!
Here come our New Zealanders!...
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"El gato que camina como hombre" -- The cat that walks like a man
Hey Nigel, that's one cool Kiwi paint for the Avia 51
Now if I could just find one for real life ops.
Thanks
Pete.
Yeah!Hey Nigel, that's one cool Kiwi paint for the Avia 51
But never fear, in NZ simland, we have just the place for this one.
Cheers matey
You just earned yerself a double gulper Bravo-Bravo; Greek style fish over charcoal, doused with olive oil and lemon juice - who could resist such fine fare...
Cheers Pete!Hey Nigel, that's one cool Kiwi paint for the Avia 51
Now if I could just find one for real life ops.
Thanks
Pete.
Try this;
Load up your computer in the ute, head for your bank, plonk your set-up on that idiot bank manager's desk, set up the flight and DEMAND;
"I've spent a year doing the homework, now pull YOUR finger out from where you've been hiding it, and darn well put me in business!"
Yeah!
But never fear, in NZ simland, we have just the place for this one.
Cheers matey
Bugger!
Any more screenshots like that, Wing and I'm going Maori!
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
I need the coordinates for that lake in FS. Must see what it looks like with better rendering. :-)
Well, here is what FTX did to that location. Bit of a stormy afternoon. It's Milford Sound on the New Zealand southern island. Can't wait for that Avia 51 paint to be uploaded!
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Beautiful! Must check that out. Should make a great fishing spot! Thanks for the location. :-)
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I suspect there is an interloper in here, running Some Other Microsoft Product.
That would be ORBX NZSI, then? Good mesh.
Just to explain: In the lower shot, the floating cigar-shaped object is only visible at certain times of the year, when there is a Hobbit in residence on Mitre Peak.
Well yes, that "other" software. Too bad those FS9 sims from Milton and gang work so well that other land. ;-) Hobbit? Hobbit's are tough and have stringy meat. Don't taste good at all.
Holy Cats! What scenery program is that, and will that scenery program do that for any scenery anywhere or is it peculiar to NZ?
ORBX is ultra detailed add-on scenery pay ware. And as the X in the name implies designed for that other FS version. I don't know if it is cool to post a link to their page...so just do a google search.
Stefan
It is nice looking for sure.
Meanwhile back in the shop, the heavy lifting continues on the Av-57, working inside now on the cockpit and cabin.
Just getting started so she's a bit austere.
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