BeechTalk - BT - Nice Short Field landing in a DC-6

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Oct 2016, 07:41

Nice Short Field landing in a DC-6. Some decent piloting skills.

[youtube]https://youtu.be/A8tqCrMWCQE[/youtube]

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Oct 2016, 10:00

Above average flying with his energy management on final. :pilot:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Oct 2016, 10:41

Love the guy sitting in the front loader bucket for a view. Got to love 3rd world countries - they do it their way

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Oct 2016, 11:17

I had no idea that those big old birds had reversible props? can you say dirt ingestion?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Oct 2016, 11:43

Username Protected wrote:

I had no idea that those big old birds had reversible props? can you say dirt ingestion?

Me, neither. Didn't know there was ANY piston with a reversing prop. Learn something new. :thumbup:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Oct 2016, 13:08

Looks to me like he shuts down all four engines once the aircraft has slowed to taxi speed. That might be to prevent further dirt ingestion or simply because that spot on the airport was as good as any other to park it.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Oct 2016, 13:53

Username Protected wrote:

Looks to me like he shuts down all four engines once the aircraft has slowed to taxi speed. That might be to prevent further dirt ingestion or simply because that spot on the airport was as good as any other to park it.

I think that's just an artifact of the camera shutter. Notice the 1 & 2 engines appear to stop, then go about two blades forward again just as the camera goes off.

The #4 IS a mystery to me though, it apparently goes to feather. I know of no way that would happen, except deliberately.

Man, do I feel old :sad:

, with these whippersnappers :liar:

saying they did not know of any reversing props on transport piston engines! I can't think of any that did not have them, once the nose-wheels came to the game.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Oct 2016, 14:01

Username Protected wrote:

Looks to me like he shuts down all four engines once the aircraft has slowed to taxi speed. That might be to prevent further dirt ingestion or simply because that spot on the airport was as good as any other to park it.

I think that's just an artifact of the camera shutter. Notice the 1 & 2 engines appear to stop, then go about two blades forward again just as the camera goes off.

The #4 IS a mystery to me though, it apparently goes to feather. I know of no way that would happen, except deliberately.

Man, do I feel old :sad:

, with these whippersnappers :liar:

saying they did not know of any reversing props on transport piston engines! I can't think of any that did not have them, once the nose-wheels came to the game.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Oct 2016, 14:05

Username Protected wrote:

Baron being one. I've never had the need for an expensive reversible prop, but can see some advantages.

What the what? Really? Was it just a prop change?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 20 Oct 2016, 12:26

MT makes some reversible props for piston jobs too. I guess the Seaplane guys find it useful :shrug:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 20 Oct 2016, 12:48

Username Protected wrote:

Baron being one. I've never had the need for an expensive reversible prop, but can see some advantages.

What the what? Really? Was it just a prop change?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 20 Oct 2016, 18:45

I fly with a guy who has a lot of time in the -6. He said that when you reverse the props, its not unusual for one or more to go into feather instead of reverse, but totally manageable.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 22 Oct 2016, 05:57

Username Protected wrote:

Did you fly the 6? Seems like a neat plane.

As for reverse, there's a few GA plane with it too, as you know. Baron being one. I've never had the need for an expensive reversible prop, but can see some advantages.

Never did.

Also the old Republic Seabee has "back up." First time I ever saw one, the pilot (a good friend) followed my parking signals perfectly, except he let it roll about ten feet more, while I waved frantically to stop. He grinned, then backed into place. I was amazed. I was maybe 14, in about 1954.

Neat airplane, love it on the water.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 28 Oct 2016, 15:10

Username Protected wrote:

The #4 IS a mystery to me though, it apparently goes to feather. I know of no way that would happen, except deliberately.

In the full version youtube video, he appears to restart #4 later to finish his taxi off the runway.

Unless it's one of those camera tricks that happens when running props look static.