August 2, 200916 yr Hey Guys, How are you all doing this Summer/Winter (July/August) ? I just got back from EAA in KOSH and thought i share a few pics of the birds we flew during the race. Here's the one that kicked my rear-end.. The DH.88 Comet. The replica was built by the late Bill Turner in 1993 and owned by Tom Wathen based at the Flabob airport in Riverside Ca. The construction was done exactly (sans safety/instruments) as the original although the engines are different, Gypsy Queens (210hp) instead of Gypsy 6s (223hp). There was a rep from DH England who provided all the research for the replica build. I talked him and the pilot about the flying qualitites and ground handling and whether he (pilot) had flown the FS version. He did/couldn't..!!! He said the replica falls like a brick on approach while the FS vers. floats wayyyyy tooooo much! He said to alleviate the problem add 1000 lbs directly at the CG. The replica also has a tailwheel which gets rid of the ground handling problems. The only problem with the replica as with the FS version is the view on approach... None! I know! I know! you cannot modify the race version, but for fun flying the mods will help.Thats me with "Grosvenor House".Here are some more ---I also seen the Piaggio Avanti II there, talked to the pilot about overspeeding on descent... He said ( and I laughed ) "If you donot overspeed on descent the you're doing something wrong." !!!The following pics are a bit blurry, sorry, This was one of the first planes I seen in the early morning and the coffee was still flowin heavily through the veins LOL! A bit shaky.Well I hope you guys are doing well, I haven't sparked up FS in a while, although the last time I did it Froze the whole 'puter. I gotta fix that so when I have a bad WX day I can get back into flyin FS.Roman FS RTWR SHRS F-111 JoinFS Little Navmap
August 5, 200916 yr Good stuff Roman. Is it only me who can't see the pics?I can't either. Gerry Howard
August 7, 200916 yr Author I can't either.Either can I..... They where there,,,,,, once.in order hope so....Roman FS RTWR SHRS F-111 JoinFS Little Navmap
August 8, 200916 yr Nice pics. I need to get up there one of these days.We get an Avanti overhead here 1 mile north of KBJC every so often. They make a very distinctive sound! KBJC AMD 3900 / RTX 2060 Pro
August 13, 200916 yr Author Here are more shots from EAA - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2854...mp;l=7497b834f6 FS RTWR SHRS F-111 JoinFS Little Navmap
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