A cool relaxing afternoon flight

[dbcunnz]

A cool relaxing afternoon flight from Fox Glacier up to the Fox Basin and back
Ceranado C185 Skywagon, Markus Hellwig Mount Cook repaint, ORBX NZSI
Airbourne Fox Glacier


Climbing up over the Fox Glacier


On the snow at the head of the Fox Glacier




too cold here for me so off back to the Fox





Back at the Fox

[Ian Warren]

Ya really having some fun Cooling off in your GA plane , some wicked screens showing some of those specific landmarks .. amazing screens

[dbcunnz]

Last time I was up there was way back in the 1950s it was a Mt Cook C172 with a hand leaver to lower the skis went up a few times with Don Middleton looking for snow landing places

[zk2704]

Nice pics Doug, one question here, are you a real life GA pilot back then?

[dbcunnz]

QUOTE (zk2704 @ Dec 22 2013,8:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice pics Doug, one question here, are you a real life GA pilot back then?

Yes I was flying real Aircraft back in the 1950s we didn't have computers or flight sim back in those days so the only way could fly then was to hop into a real plane.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Dec 22 2013,7:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Last time I was up there was way back in the 1950s it was a Mt Cook C172 with a hand leaver to lower the skis went up a few times with Don Middleton looking for snow landing places

Hmm Mr Middleton , now i wonder if he was related to the late Tom ?

[dbcunnz]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 22 2013,8:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hmm Mr Middleton , now i wonder if he was related to the late Tom ?

Yes Ian he was uncle Don to Tom

[Splitpin]

Great shots Big D

[Ian Warren]

I knew Tom many years ago when as airline pilot then changed his job flying Tim's fighter planes , never got a chance to fly with him but was one hell off a nice guy and really could fly.

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 22 2013,8:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I knew Tom many years ago when as airline pilot then changed his job flying Tim's fighter planes , never got a chance to fly with him but was one hell off a nice guy and really could fly.

I remember Tom ... a real gentleman , his father flew Corsairs in the war.

[scaber]

Good screens Doug. I can see that you are enjoying this as much as I enjoy mine. There's a tweak you might want that improves the ground handling a lot. Sorry I don't know who the originator of this is to acknowledge their efforts.

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To improve turning on the ground:
C185F Ground Turning Tweak:

Change the steer angle of the tailwheel in the aircraft.cfg file.
Find this:
tailwheel_lock=1point.0 = 1, -21.8, 0, -0.78, 1650, 0, 0.42, 45.0, 0.1312, 1.8293, 0.7, 0.0, 0.0, 0
Change it to this:
tailwheel_lock=1point.0 = 1, -21.8, 0, -0.78, 1650, 0, 0.42, 60, 0.1312, 1.8293, 0.7, 0.0, 0.0, 0

[dbcunnz]

QUOTE (scaber @ Dec 22 2013,9:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good screens Doug. I can see that you are enjoying this as much as I enjoy mine. There's a tweak you might want that improves the ground handling a lot. Sorry I don't know who the originator of this is to acknowledge their efforts.

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To improve turning on the ground:
C185F Ground Turning Tweak:

Change the steer angle of the tailwheel in the aircraft.cfg file.
Find this:
tailwheel_lock=1point.0 = 1, -21.8, 0, -0.78, 1650, 0, 0.42, 45.0, 0.1312, 1.8293, 0.7, 0.0, 0.0, 0
Change it to this:
tailwheel_lock=1point.0 = 1, -21.8, 0, -0.78, 1650, 0, 0.42, 60, 0.1312, 1.8293, 0.7, 0.0, 0.0, 0

Thanks Greg I will try that out save me backing up to turn without going through the fence