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Old January 16th 08, 08:21 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Default Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone

"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Probably the ones that are furthest away form Reality are the WW1
airplanes. MSFS used to come with a Camel which was the easist to fly
of all the airplanes in the pack.
Bwawahwahwhahwahwhahwhahwhahwhahwhahwh!


I remember the Camel from the 80s versions of MSFS (with wire-frame
scenery) It really was the easiest to fly. No gyroscopic effect
from the engine
spinning around on the nose. It was quite docile.

About 15 yrs. later, a guy showed up with a real Camel F.1 at an
Antique
Aircraft Assoc. fly-in. I remember being impressed that he had to
land in the grass between the runway and the taxiway (tail skid).
After discussing the flight characteristics with him for a few
minutes, it became clear why he only flew it to a few shows a year.
The chances of turning the plane into a ball of sticks and cloth were
pretty good in anything other than perfect conditions.



Love to try one.
Even Cole Palen lost them on landing fairly regularly, though, and there
couldnt have been many, if any, who knew more about flying rotaries than he
did.

Bertie
 




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