I envy your real life experience sir! I badly want to fly a DC-3 for real. I’ve tried to start in idle cut off and then go to auto Rich but unfortunately on this simulation of the 3 it doesn’t work out correctly. There also isn’t a great model of a free castering tailwheel but i do attempt to use differential power and such while taxiing. If you have any other DC-3 tips or stories I’d love to hear them.

@@Fly-to-the-past I steped out of a DH82 Tiger Moth biplane (I flew Cessnas & Pipers as well) into a DC3 having never flown twins, Constant Speed Props, Retractable gear plus only flown 10 hours at night in the Circuit! We prayed the Captain wouldn't drop dead for the first year but after that he was fair game. On one flight we did 240 kts one way & 45 kts back in strong winds. On another flight with an old WW2 Captain I was flying in poring rain & it was as rough as hell & I was busy while he was twiddling his thumbs & he said "Heavy Due". :o) There a handfull on the ground but a docile heavy Cessna in the air. ------ Pre Start (as we did it) Battery on Left Right ( fuel tank selector) Quantity Belt & Smoking on. Fire Hatch open. "Clear Two" (All DC3s in Australia had fixed Cowl flaps) ---- Take-off Take-off power (Airbourne) METO Power ( Maximum Except To) 500 ft Climb Power --- (Check list) Gear up Temps & Pressures Fire Hatch closed.

Thank you for sharing these stories, nice to have input from someone with actual time in these airplanes. That was quite a jump in aircraft type! I myself am only flying Cessnas, a cub, and occasionally a Luscombe in the real world and would no doubt feel the same making that change. That old captain probably had seen a lot worse and thought “eh, he’s got it” and he was right it seems. Regarding the start, you mention the fire hatch. I assume that is referring to the extinguisher handles in the floor? I also was not aware that any had fixed cowl flaps. We’re they fixed in full open or in the trail position? Thank again for the feedback, I thoroughly enjoy stories relating to the DC3 as it is one of my favorites.

@@Fly-to-the-past the Cowl Flaps were in a slight trail position on both the R1820 9 cylinder Cyclones as used in the T28 & B17's (1,600 hours for me & R1830 Pratts 14 Cylinder (24 hours) - nearly the same to operate. The fire handle in the floor Hatch operated a Co2 bottle behind the Fo's seat for engine 1 or 2 - the overhead panel had Methyl Bromide ( Great for your health) switches for each engine. If you look up VH - ANR an historic aircraft (I flew 1,000 hours in it) Queensland Air Museum there are photos provided by me ( I am the one with his arm out the window pointing).

Thanks for the clarification Bill. Not many of the Wright powered DC3s left anymore. Was there a noticeable difference in performance between the two engines? I was familiar with the CO2 system but had not heard of the Methyl Bromide set up. That seems like some lovely stuff to be exposed to. I will be adding the fire hatch bit to my pre start checklist in any future DC3 flights, I think it will add a touch of realism to it. VH-ANR is a good looking plane, I did not come across the one with your arm in it though.

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. I have other videos planned, if there’s a historic flight or aircraft you’d like to see let me know.

Thank you! I couldn’t agree more. Douglas did it right when they created the DC-3. The fact that there are still so many flying nearly 90 years later is a testament to its design. It’s one of my favorites to fly. Glad you enjoyed the video!

@@Fly-to-the-past Indeed. I think at this point there is no question that it will get to the 100 years flying, now the thing is... Will it get to the 200 years flying?... 🤣🤣🤣

It will for sure make it to 100. 200 is a stretch but if they keep upgrading them to turboprops and rebuilding them it’s not a terribly difficult task. I’m more of a fan of radial power plants but if the turbo conversions keep the old girl alive then I’ll allow it.

@TMBpilots4994 you’re welcome! Always striving to showcase vintage aircraft as realistically as possible.

Thank you. You know I may have accidentally edited it out. I’ll have to go back and look. I do recall flying directly over it when I did the flight. You get the bonus points just for reading the description though.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you!

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback.

@@Fly-to-the-past I gave you a sub, keep it coming ❤️

Thank you so much. I intend to keep the content coming. If you have something you’d like to see or learn about please let me know. I’m mainly focusing on vintage aircraft, hence the channel name.

@@Fly-to-the-past I will do that, I am an old piston pusher who loves radial engines. Dc-3 and the Caribou are my go to aircraft

@FlightSimVRDad I’m the same way. Love the DC-3 and fly it quite often in the sim. The caribou is an awesome and very capable aircraft. I’ll have to do some bush flying videos with it at some point.

One of the best sounds in my opinion. Any radial is good but those double row wasp engines are the best. Thanks for the comment!

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it.

Correct. The R-1820 being a single row 9 cylinder as opposed to a double row 14 cylinder. Virtually the same horsepower output though. I’ve heard that pilots preferred the Wright powered planes but haven’t really been able to confirm why that’s the case.

Hello, I can try to help. What are you trying to download? The Delta paint?