DC-2X Amsterdam Schipol - Lelystad Aviodrome Screenshots

[SADT]

Here are some screenshots of a recent flight I made in the Uiver Team X DC-2, from Amsterdam to the Aviodrome, using the modern PH-AJU Uiver and Jorrit van Drommelen's Aviodrome scenery for FS9 and FSX. These screenshots are not meant to be a show of my flying technique so please forgive me if the way I fly is not "by the book".

Part One:

Part 2 Follows in next post

 

[SADT]

Part 2: Landing

I hope you enjoy watching my little trip as much as I enjoyed flying it. I used real weather at the time - It was quite turbulent - and the DC-2 bounces around alot in turbulence, more so than its bigger brother the DC-3.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Great shots Craig! Glad you enjoy the old lady!

The early DC-2's had a smaller rudder and a nasty tendency to swap ends in bad weather. The original Uiver crashed only a few months after the MacRobertson race and was found in a desert pointing the opposite direction of the flight path.
The museum's DC-2 still has the original smaller fin, but a wider fin was rivetted over the original to enlarge the surface. This was only recently discovered during an intensive renovation of the control surfaces.

 

[PRB]

Cools shots! That DC-2 is one of the most fun planes in the hangar. You have to fly her properly, or she'll bite you. Very cool.

 

[Daube]

Ouch !
You should upload screenshots in JPEG format, not PNG. PNG is way too heavy and takes forever to load :/

 

[ryanbatc]

Ouch !
You should upload screenshots in JPEG format, not PNG. PNG is way too heavy and takes forever to load :/

Oooh you beat me to it lol! 2MB files each hahah yikes!

Nice shots

 

[SADT]

Great shots Craig! Glad you enjoy the old lady!

The early DC-2's had a smaller rudder and a nasty tendency to swap ends in bad weather. The original Uiver crashed only a few months after the MacRobertson race and was found in a desert pointing the opposite direction of the flight path.
The museum's DC-2 still has the original smaller fin, but a wider fin was rivetted over the original to enlarge the surface. This was only recently discovered during an intensive renovation of the control surfaces.

Ouch! I didnt swap ends, though it was getting quite hairy in-between Amsterdam and Lelystad. Thankfully the weather was better when I came to land at Lelystad; IMO it was my best DC-2 landing yet! I find it quite hard to round out without ballooning; thats why you need to plan your approach i guess, also another limiting factor is that if you begin the approach too far out, the engines will overheat and catch fire Havent had that happen to me yet though

 

[SADT]

Oooh you beat me to it lol! 2MB files each hahah yikes!

Nice shots

I use Imageshack. How do you do this? Is it an option when you upload?

 

[ryanbatc]

Normally you edit pics before uploading them...

It depends how you capture the image. I use fsscreen and when i hit print screen it saves a bitmap. I then use (freeware) GIMP to convert to jpg and resize to a suitable resolution.

If you use the "V" key (fsx default) I think you may just have to convert to jpg with software of your choice.

 

[Ferry_vO]

I find it quite hard to round out without ballooning; thats why you need to plan your approach i guess

Looking at your screenshots your speed was over 70 kts on short final; the DC-2 can land much slower than that. With a light load 45 kts on touchdown is plenty. Even with a full load 60 kts is enough.

 

[robcap]

Nice set of pics ;-)

 

[SADT]

Looking at your screenshots your speed was over 70 kts on short final; the DC-2 can land much slower than that. With a light load 45 kts on touchdown is plenty. Even with a full load 60 kts is enough.

I did some tests a KNUW on Sunday, and I discovered that you can land the DC-2 at roughly 45 ktas no problem, just need some up elevator trim perhaps, because I was running out of elevator travel! :salute: