im learning this just in case a catastrophic pandemic zombie apocalypse occur and so happen i come across a stray DC-3 which is my only escape for survival...yall know what i mean.
looks like a cool transporter, big enough to transport a good band of musicians for their gig. i can found a band and fly to my own gigs in such a bird.
Yall Make it look easy. But what about the Mag check? What is the 8 count? Is it to prim it with fuel? Yall make it look like it is as easy to start a jet with a apu.
simbo- i'm glad you're just joking around- people who use contaminated containers or the wrong type of fuel for cars, planes, and trains get others hurt and/or killed with their ignorance. i don't think using jet fuel in a reciprocating engine is going to work out for you unless the engine has lots of compression. hmmm- you've got me wondering what would happen if jet fuel were used in a diesel.... anyone out there know???
The first plane I ever flew in was a Gooney Bird, and I've had a soft spot for this top all rounder ever since. However. I've often wondered why it was never fitted out with the Packard Merlin?
@johnpetermalcolm Because, John, that would have made it just way too awesome. So amazing, in fact, that it would likely distract other pilots and even birds that happened to be flying at the same time. So they decided against it.
I see from your site that you know of the P51, but wasn't the P51D fitted with the V-1650-7 Packard Merlin made under licence from Rolls Royce?
Somewhere at home I have a DVD of the Supermarine Spitfire, and I fairly sure that it states that even some MK VIII or MK IX Spitfires were fitted with the same engine.
I'm the first to admit that I'm no expert on aircraft; just an enthusiast, who at times ask questions that might seem stupid to those with a better knowledge.
Think so many people dont see the difference between piston engins with turbo or double turbo or turboprop or jet engine with fan. Here the turbo is same as charging of the engine with overperessurized air. Turbodiesel is not so modern as many carbuilders claims, for as an example, Zeppelin Hindenburg was equipped with four Mercedes Benz turbodiesel engines. Four valve pistonengines with charging were common on fighterplanes during WW2.
@hAhan17 Piston engines on planes are generally larger in diameter. Turbo Props are narrow and long. Turbo props are basically jet engines with a shaft driving the prop.
great vid, my dad was in the RAF in Iceland in ww2, and told me the old run up procedure for the c47 / dc3, do you still do the "mag drop test" were you start on battery power then watch for an rpm drop when you switch over to magneto only, or do the electrics not work that way any more. and I start all sorts of engines in my house - is that why im single?
@schlusselmensch Thanks for your reply on the inertia hand starter. Interesting stuff. The flywheel must have been heavily counter weighted in order to turn such a large engine over. And it makes sense that it would apply to the early Curtis Wright radials. I would like to see one in action some time. Thanks again!
For real enroute fun, you could get at the elevator cables in the '3 without any trouble at all. Then you put a cable block on the down cable and very gradually started to bring the nose down. Of course the hapless pilot would reel in some up trim (usually the cojoe; captain would be asleep). You'd keep doing that gradually until you were really struggling to pull any more. Took forever, but when you let go the block the pilot would shit himself. Best to be sitting down as well. Hilarious.
Very good and informative video! A question for you: Are you using an internal APU to generate the start as I didn't notice one on the ground. Also, I've heard that "some" DC-3's came with a crank-type starting system(hand-crank to preload a spring tensioner I suppose). It was only fitted to one engine. Does yours have this? Have you ever heard of this type of hand start system on a DC-3? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
@goesfastandfar The Wright R-1820 could be fitted with a hand cranked inertia starter, as I recall. So perhaps very early models of the '3 could have had such a feature. It was not a spring you were winding up, it was a small dense flywheel.
As a kid in the 50s I would lie in bed at night 1/4 mile from Ringway's (Manchester) runway and identify aircraft by their sound. The DC3 has always been my favourite orchestra, went up the steps of many at air shows but never got to fly in one. Thanks for the vid..many regrets, should have been a pilot not a piss head.
@RattledRivets - Indeed, bless the ol' girl. There be nary a plane who has her sound, her feel or smell. I took off in a DC-3 17 times back in the day but untill this day I have never landed in one.
Fantastic vid... Ive probably commented before, but I have watched this vid several times over the last few months.. mostly for that typical low-gurgling sound you only seem to get from radial engines at low revs... I bloody love it. Well done.
I ignored your warning of not trying it at home, and now I wished I'd listened, a large percentage of my living room was destroyed by spinning propeller blades, my pet hamster died from carbon monoxide poisoning and trying to get the smell of jet fuel out of the cushions has been a nightmare. As a result we now only start our DC-3 in the back garden. I strongly urge anyone else to listen to the advice on the video before attempting any indoor start-up procedures of their own.
@fly4fun That poor hamster would have never died, if he just used 115/130 octane instead of jet fuel! I haven't seen that in many years, but I think it's colored purple. Kent, I have an old DC-3 story to tell, but it was before video cameras were around. Give me a shout, if you want to hear about N711Y.
@SantaTheHo The engine on a DC-3 is a radial engine and it has 9 cylinders, usually the blade rotates through all 9 unless the engine is already warm takes to start and the pilot knows how many times the blades goes through. Also on a radial engone you might notice when the pilot shuts and engine down he/she will get out of the plane and then rotate the prop through about 3 or 4 times so Hydrolic lock does not happen and that could distroy an engine fast
There is a firm in Oshkosh which modifies DC-3s, replacing the piston engines with turboprops...which I thought interesting....also, there is an SF Bay Area biz jet leasing firm, where the owner has a personal DC-3 that he takes clients for rides in, around the Bay Area.... much more room than a Lear... for the money, @ $ 1.5M, about the cost of a Cessna Caravan, a turboprop DC-3 would be good value for short / medium range flights...
They are such beautiful planes when fully restored... one day, one day... How do I get in the left hand seat of one of those, or even the right? I've got a CPL on the way, but I've only seen 3 in Australia, kind of slim pickings.
How is it that most 70's jetliners are in the scrapyard but DC3's are still flying? Doesn't the airframe wear out after x number of take offs and landings?
@areolaman the DC3 was an unpressurized craft. the jetliners experience metal fatigue and cracking after soo many countless pressurization cycles. also the douglas company built the DC3 with a very robust airframe. also parts are still available for them because of the countless spare parts made during WW2.
@locke11216 thanks. I wonder if a modernized turbine DC3 will be brought back into production like the deHavilland twin otter is currently. Now the Viking Air twin otter is awaiting certification.
This is the easy way to start a DC-3. I've seen DC-3s at O'Hare Airport in the late 50s start by explosive charge. The pilot placed the charge into a container similar to the way a shotgun is loaded. Sometimes it would take six or seven charges to get the engines running. Other times, one or two charges. That's real sound and smoke!
I saw this Jimmy Stewart movie where he starts an airplane engine with what looks like shotgun shells. Can anyone explain that to me and to everyone else?
@KKolchak you talking about the oil collecting in the bottom cylinders due to gravity, thus causing the smoke when started, is what I thought. Many horizontal cylinder engines have that problem because the oil seaps through the valve guilds and into the cylinders. I wish I could do this for real, never mind just at home.
@birddoggarten Not really, but the extra wing tanks sure help with the range. The nose was left over from a radar modification, but it will be brought back to original when it's restored.
@fly4fun are you going to keep modern avionics. i think its a good idea to keep the modern stuff, that way the aircraft is prepared for all kinds of poor visiblity flying if nessary.
Post WWII, there were a lot of them as airliners in Australia, as they were all over the world. My uncle remembered hitching a ride on the mail plane. DC-3s earned their stripes because they can land in places only smaller planes could attempt to. Northern Australia has a lot of wide open spaces, so dropping off anything by air was never a problem for these old workhorses
Dude,I'd like to do that at home every day...As a kid,nothing fascinated me more then a DC-3 and a 747...the looks and the noise of this aircraft is just awesome. It changes a "bit" from the ol' Cessna 172 OMIGOD... One day I'll do the same and send you the link dude...have a nice day.
im learning this just in case a catastrophic pandemic zombie apocalypse occur and so happen i come across a stray DC-3 which is my only escape for survival...yall know what i mean.
xKalphax 1 day ago
wow! nice plane, and a nice video to! but i have only one question: how can you see the runway when you are taxiing with this plane?
AlanAirplane 1 week ago
does the dc 3 use the same gas as modern planes?
tippman2k01 3 weeks ago
looks like a cool transporter, big enough to transport a good band of musicians for their gig. i can found a band and fly to my own gigs in such a bird.
markuslebt 1 month ago
Happy 76th birthday to the DC-3!
fs10inator 1 month ago
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fs10inator 1 month ago
i hope not at home coz a dc 3 wont fit in my house
komododragon2007 1 month ago
it took 17 dummies to start one DC-3 engine and failed ^-^
jbrian80 2 months ago
dont do this at home? i usually fly dc-3 at home, with just a 10 inch display :)
YvesWonGhz17 2 months ago
nice .... nice ....
eloyex 2 months ago
Yall Make it look easy. But what about the Mag check? What is the 8 count? Is it to prim it with fuel? Yall make it look like it is as easy to start a jet with a apu.
ximenoworks 4 months ago
my instructor is in his 60s i believe. he did all of his multi engine training in a dc3. lucky bastard lol
taterfamine 4 months ago
hmm, my Toyota Prius has much easiest start procedure :)
AndrewK1975 5 months ago
Always something satisfying about the ker-chunk of a piston engine.
oracle2world 6 months ago
Beautiful planes...very well built. So well that they're upgraded to turbo props and used today....search "Basler BT-67".
And the web address in the info box should have an "a" in transcon.
Thanks for posting, Mr. Wien
PercussivePercussion 6 months ago
Do you own this beautiful bird?
alexancia5279 6 months ago
I usually press CTRL + E
Tubewaytorpedo 6 months ago 34
@Tubewaytorpedo LOL! I prefer to do the manual start-up in FSX. :P
NCONiall 5 months ago
@Tubewaytorpedo that's for noobs :P
prdaca 5 months ago
@Tubewaytorpedo LOL. Me too! Hugs from the Brazil.
Chienqfume 2 months ago
dionna70dotsquarespacedotcom actual dots where it says dot plz tks tell friends oh and luv vid
shined70 6 months ago
what's with the pointed nose?
juddromano 6 months ago
half the fun of flying ANY plane is starting it.
jmillski1 6 months ago
Sounds like a 57 chevy i use to have...lol
antidiz 8 months ago
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what did they do with the nose:(
marchovens 8 months ago
simbo- i'm glad you're just joking around- people who use contaminated containers or the wrong type of fuel for cars, planes, and trains get others hurt and/or killed with their ignorance. i don't think using jet fuel in a reciprocating engine is going to work out for you unless the engine has lots of compression. hmmm- you've got me wondering what would happen if jet fuel were used in a diesel.... anyone out there know???
swimmerB0B 8 months ago
Do this at home...on Flight Simulator.
SenorSpode 8 months ago
HOW TO CRASH A DC-3...
nachjagger33 8 months ago
dude! dont learn it to terrorists
Norwaysommer 8 months ago
The DC-3 holds a special place in my heart from a child to a adult.
richardthered 8 months ago
Wheres the button for the chemtrails? LOL
honchoryanc 8 months ago
Pshhh I wish I could do this at home.
spikesonthebrain 9 months ago
"Don't try this at home."
Translation: Do it at a friend's house instead, his parents aren't home and he has the camera to put it on YouTube.
chaosopher23 9 months ago
The nose appears to be extended on this one.
YeagerP51 9 months ago
Don't try this at home thoe xD
crabmaniac1 9 months ago
First flight I have ever taken was when I joined the Navy and flew a DC-3 from Scanton, PA to Detroit, MI.
IngloriusBastard11 9 months ago
I knew a man who served in WW 2 that was the only C-47 pilot to have been credited with a Japaneese Zero kill.
cryrocker 9 months ago
Great video!!!....quite a process just to fire up a radial engine....on a DC3 you get to go thought that twice LOL!!
porsche558 9 months ago
See i always thought you just put the keys in the ignition and off you go
joezetank 10 months ago
That a sweet looking plane. The one I had didnt look that nice. The panel is really nice
58NovemberMovie 10 months ago
Is the engines known as turbo prop???
hAhan17 10 months ago
@hAhan17 No, these are Pratt and Whitney R-1830 piston engines. Some DC-3s were modified to use turboprops years later.
fly4fun 10 months ago 3
@fly4fun
The first plane I ever flew in was a Gooney Bird, and I've had a soft spot for this top all rounder ever since. However. I've often wondered why it was never fitted out with the Packard Merlin?
johnpetermalcolm 9 months ago
@johnpetermalcolm Because, John, that would have made it just way too awesome. So amazing, in fact, that it would likely distract other pilots and even birds that happened to be flying at the same time. So they decided against it.
fly4fun 9 months ago
@johnpetermalcolm Because Pratt & Whitney were air cooled not water like merlin and made more HP.
kennethrobinson11231 9 months ago
@johnpetermalcolm Packard Merlin?? hmmmm is there such a thing?? Packard tried to copy the Merlin and didn't really succeed.
seau2007 9 months ago
@seau2007
I see from your site that you know of the P51, but wasn't the P51D fitted with the V-1650-7 Packard Merlin made under licence from Rolls Royce?
Somewhere at home I have a DVD of the Supermarine Spitfire, and I fairly sure that it states that even some MK VIII or MK IX Spitfires were fitted with the same engine.
I'm the first to admit that I'm no expert on aircraft; just an enthusiast, who at times ask questions that might seem stupid to those with a better knowledge.
johnpetermalcolm 9 months ago
@fly4fun
Think so many people dont see the difference between piston engins with turbo or double turbo or turboprop or jet engine with fan. Here the turbo is same as charging of the engine with overperessurized air. Turbodiesel is not so modern as many carbuilders claims, for as an example, Zeppelin Hindenburg was equipped with four Mercedes Benz turbodiesel engines. Four valve pistonengines with charging were common on fighterplanes during WW2.
IhanNormal 7 months ago
@fly4fun How much horsepower could you get out of these things at full throttle.
twistedyogert 6 months ago
@hAhan17 nope....these are known as radial engines, best sounding engines on any aircraft...lol
blueflame53 10 months ago
@hAhan17 These are radial engines. The poster said "round" engines so he probably does not have his "ticket".
seau2007 9 months ago
@hAhan17 radial engines ;)
ZeCaliph 8 months ago
@hAhan17 Piston engines on planes are generally larger in diameter. Turbo Props are narrow and long. Turbo props are basically jet engines with a shaft driving the prop.
supramanz 8 months ago
I agree with ur description starting radials is alotta fun
Avatar230594 10 months ago
What sort of engines in these?
saradawn6 10 months ago
don't do this at home???
too bad i was looking forward to start my dc3 oh well
taltigolt 10 months ago
Now I know how to steal a DC3, great!
pchris256 10 months ago
Oh, what a majestic plane!
TraustiGeir 10 months ago
Who !
Imagin a DC6, It would take all day to start it !
:o)
Alexvideoclip 10 months ago
Can anyone tell me who was he signaling to on the outside and why?
sinfuldavy0 10 months ago
I can't try it at home, but I'm doing it in my dreams!
magknight 10 months ago
great vid, my dad was in the RAF in Iceland in ww2, and told me the old run up procedure for the c47 / dc3, do you still do the "mag drop test" were you start on battery power then watch for an rpm drop when you switch over to magneto only, or do the electrics not work that way any more. and I start all sorts of engines in my house - is that why im single?
robssk855 10 months ago
why shouldn´t we start a dc-3 at home?
if we´ve got one at home, why not?
:)
gus23a 11 months ago
1:44 Do you really think, I got a private DC-3 in my bedroom...?
Conan1ts 11 months ago
@Conan1ts I do. :)
thedarkone2134 10 months ago
Cool.*****
ned987 1 year ago
Where is the checklist?
Max9507 1 year ago
bravo bravo bravo
vrbas100 1 year ago
Always kool to watch these dc3's my dad flew for Union of Burma Airways back in the 1960's
dinomagic 1 year ago
10-12 blades in cold weather. (or 100 blades if it's really frigid..and bring coffee...HOT coffee)
Make sure you have a full 24 volts available or a power cart standing by.
And go ahead and try it at home...................................
hammerogod 1 year ago
@schlusselmensch Thanks for your reply on the inertia hand starter. Interesting stuff. The flywheel must have been heavily counter weighted in order to turn such a large engine over. And it makes sense that it would apply to the early Curtis Wright radials. I would like to see one in action some time. Thanks again!
goesfastandfar 1 year ago
For real enroute fun, you could get at the elevator cables in the '3 without any trouble at all. Then you put a cable block on the down cable and very gradually started to bring the nose down. Of course the hapless pilot would reel in some up trim (usually the cojoe; captain would be asleep). You'd keep doing that gradually until you were really struggling to pull any more. Took forever, but when you let go the block the pilot would shit himself. Best to be sitting down as well. Hilarious.
schlusselmensch 1 year ago
Very good and informative video! A question for you: Are you using an internal APU to generate the start as I didn't notice one on the ground. Also, I've heard that "some" DC-3's came with a crank-type starting system(hand-crank to preload a spring tensioner I suppose). It was only fitted to one engine. Does yours have this? Have you ever heard of this type of hand start system on a DC-3? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
goesfastandfar 1 year ago
@goesfastandfar The Wright R-1820 could be fitted with a hand cranked inertia starter, as I recall. So perhaps very early models of the '3 could have had such a feature. It was not a spring you were winding up, it was a small dense flywheel.
schlusselmensch 1 year ago
Is it private? if yes you're very lucky
TheWrestlingrobot 1 year ago
Success?!?!?!? Like they were surprised!?!?!? That's scary.
Handiman544 1 year ago
As a kid in the 50s I would lie in bed at night 1/4 mile from Ringway's (Manchester) runway and identify aircraft by their sound. The DC3 has always been my favourite orchestra, went up the steps of many at air shows but never got to fly in one. Thanks for the vid..many regrets, should have been a pilot not a piss head.
beyosoco 1 year ago
@beyosoco Well then you should have been a fighter pilot! You could have flown AND been a piss head.
schlusselmensch 1 year ago
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beyosoco 1 year ago
@beyosoco Good heavens, it was a pisstake on fighter jocks; you sure it wasn't supposed to be "glad I was a bipolar piss head instead" LOL?
schlusselmensch 1 year ago
@schlusselmensch Hmmm, apologies, just a little pissed off having been chemtrailed incessantly for two years now.
beyosoco 1 year ago
Thanks for this video.
CathayGuy 1 year ago
i have fly one in fly simulatorX :D
espido 1 year ago 6
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irrops 1 year ago
for an DC-3 do i need an tail dragger endorsement
stealhty1 1 year ago
@stealhty1 Yeah, and a type rating if you want to fly it as Captain.
fly4fun 1 year ago
Aren't you the guy from DC3 Transcon?
rolfen 1 year ago
@rolfen Yeah, that was the blog post I wrote about this trip.
fly4fun 1 year ago
modified DC-3 :D
9T6Q 1 year ago
I want to fly one of this planes
thetiger630 1 year ago
Bless the ol' girl! Love it - thanks!
RattledRivets 1 year ago
@RattledRivets - Indeed, bless the ol' girl. There be nary a plane who has her sound, her feel or smell. I took off in a DC-3 17 times back in the day but untill this day I have never landed in one.
Jhoxi1972 1 year ago
I would like to heed the warning at the end, but i can´t. I´m opening Flight SimX right now.
EbClectic 1 year ago
Radials are like steam locomotives: they're ALIVE! Great clip.
MrNorthernRed 1 year ago
I haven't been able to jump out of one of these yet. I will, though :-)...
neomuttley 1 year ago
It's a beautiful DC-3. The nose looks a bit odd though. Is that due to a camera angle or was it modified?
sandman19681012 1 year ago
I WANT ONE!!!
jak9200 1 year ago
Fabulous!!!
AKAHowitzer 1 year ago
Fantastic vid... Ive probably commented before, but I have watched this vid several times over the last few months.. mostly for that typical low-gurgling sound you only seem to get from radial engines at low revs... I bloody love it. Well done.
Hanglands 1 year ago
Lovely Plane one of my fav.
Bader88 1 year ago
I ignored your warning of not trying it at home, and now I wished I'd listened, a large percentage of my living room was destroyed by spinning propeller blades, my pet hamster died from carbon monoxide poisoning and trying to get the smell of jet fuel out of the cushions has been a nightmare. As a result we now only start our DC-3 in the back garden. I strongly urge anyone else to listen to the advice on the video before attempting any indoor start-up procedures of their own.
SimboSays 1 year ago 110
@SimboSays Thank you SimboSays for the warning! I just knew SOMEONE would try it!
fly4fun 1 year ago 18
@fly4fun That poor hamster would have never died, if he just used 115/130 octane instead of jet fuel! I haven't seen that in many years, but I think it's colored purple. Kent, I have an old DC-3 story to tell, but it was before video cameras were around. Give me a shout, if you want to hear about N711Y.
KKolchak 10 months ago
@SimboSays I bet it ran a bit rough on Jet A, sorry about the hampster
ka90pb 1 year ago
@SimboSays er , yeah , she dont run on jet, she runs on avgas .....but i am really sorry about ur hamster !
tasman763 1 year ago
@SimboSays Jet fuel LOL no wonder you had problems starting your DC-3...
TBM3EAvenger 1 year ago
@TBM3EAvenger Bah, perhaps thats what killed hammie then...
SimboSays 1 year ago
@SimboSays LOL!!!! well, it seems your first problem was running your DC3 on jet fuel! DC3 engines run on gasoline!
audvidgeek 1 year ago
@SimboSays What are you talking about ? :P
zhred 1 year ago
@SimboSays From now on, i'm only going to land at the kitchen
clifesk2 1 year ago
@clifesk2 :D
DjSzemteXx 1 year ago
@SimboSays Wait, what happens if you happen to live in your DC-3? (C-47, I got 'patio doors' in the back)
Truemouse 1 year ago
@SimboSays Did your wife divorced you after this?
lgarcia258 1 year ago
You parked an airliner in your living room?!
ned987 1 year ago
@SimboSays well, sorry ill have to say no habla ingles, when you say dont try this @ home. , and simbo , why jet fuel?
yamahonkawazuki 11 months ago
@SimboSays The DC-3 does not use Jet Fuel, it uses AVGAS! =)
getous 10 months ago
@SimboSays LMAO!!!!
Nighttrain4ever 6 months ago
I was beginning to think you forgot to turn of boost pump for #1 until you did at the last moment of the vid.
camp69 1 year ago
Thanks
The DC 3 is the commercial plane ever constructed is the best,of the best
this plane is the air mule
please send to me your e.mail
edwinalex19 1 year ago
Never knew Kevin Spacey could fly DC-3s!
dciderable 1 year ago
"Don't do this at home" Haha
ushouldntjudgeme 1 year ago
Could anyone answer me:
What's with the whole "8 blades" thing? Where they count to 8 and then switch. Is that for the blades to turn 8 times before ignition? Or what?
SantaTheHo 1 year ago
@SantaTheHo The engine on a DC-3 is a radial engine and it has 9 cylinders, usually the blade rotates through all 9 unless the engine is already warm takes to start and the pilot knows how many times the blades goes through. Also on a radial engone you might notice when the pilot shuts and engine down he/she will get out of the plane and then rotate the prop through about 3 or 4 times so Hydrolic lock does not happen and that could distroy an engine fast
av8tore71 1 year ago
@av8tore71
Thanks for the response. ;)
SantaTheHo 1 year ago
i want one of these
always have a sick obession of mine if u know why then u know too much
hipshot695 1 year ago
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Dear All,
I have a curious questions:
*What is the fun and enjoyment to fly on a DC-3 comparing with that on 747?
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for your creative ideas and brainstorm!!! :)
applesweeter 1 year ago
@fly4fun your gps is a gpsmap 295 as i can see right?!
TheFireFox2000 1 year ago
@TheFireFox2000 Yes it was. Came in very handy.
fly4fun 1 year ago
@fly4fun Is that ur plane auctually?!
BruceCarbon 1 year ago
@BruceCarbon Oh, no. Not at all. We just ferried it to Seattle from NY. dc3transcon dot come
fly4fun 1 year ago
@fly4fun ok THX ;) I'm jealious - I'll fly that thingy too - I love radial piston engine driven planes.... Lucky you :-)
BruceCarbon 1 year ago
this guy looks like kevin spacey with glasses :D
OMrkithO 1 year ago
well how and the hell CAN i do this at home not bieng rood or anything but sereiosly
ShelbyGT500TT 1 year ago
....couldn't you just put the key in and turn it? lol
AllanVictoriaA 1 year ago
Nice!
skydogz1 1 year ago
Sure looks like a Super DC-3 that had upgraded engines. Am I wrong?
spencnaz 1 year ago
Hiiii Did U Install The GPS Or Did It Come Already Installed
CessnaExpert123 1 year ago
There is a firm in Oshkosh which modifies DC-3s, replacing the piston engines with turboprops...which I thought interesting....also, there is an SF Bay Area biz jet leasing firm, where the owner has a personal DC-3 that he takes clients for rides in, around the Bay Area.... much more room than a Lear... for the money, @ $ 1.5M, about the cost of a Cessna Caravan, a turboprop DC-3 would be good value for short / medium range flights...
xzqzq 1 year ago
@xzqzq you dont want turboprops if you have nice piston engines
djbaze1998 1 year ago
Why do you need to wait 8 secs to start it?
Swrtzjstn12 1 year ago
They are such beautiful planes when fully restored... one day, one day... How do I get in the left hand seat of one of those, or even the right? I've got a CPL on the way, but I've only seen 3 in Australia, kind of slim pickings.
KingOfBanks 1 year ago
Meh... Too much new fancy stuff. I prefer good old hardcore bird's.
Demokrator86 1 year ago
great... when i see one standing at a airport i'm going to steal him becouse i fanally know how to do it now :D
pongboy1100 1 year ago
How is it that most 70's jetliners are in the scrapyard but DC3's are still flying? Doesn't the airframe wear out after x number of take offs and landings?
areolaman 1 year ago
@areolaman the DC3 was an unpressurized craft. the jetliners experience metal fatigue and cracking after soo many countless pressurization cycles. also the douglas company built the DC3 with a very robust airframe. also parts are still available for them because of the countless spare parts made during WW2.
locke11216 1 year ago
@locke11216 thanks. I wonder if a modernized turbine DC3 will be brought back into production like the deHavilland twin otter is currently. Now the Viking Air twin otter is awaiting certification.
areolaman 1 year ago
That was great. Thanks for posting. There's a DC3 at my local airfield. Now I know how to 'borrow' it.
colin5577 1 year ago
I WISH I could do this at home ...
320k 1 year ago
truly amazing! thanks for sharing. Loved the coments too. Frank
frankz2008 1 year ago
Nice, those engines sound terrifically maintained.
thegreatwent2 1 year ago
nah, its much easier in Flight simulator X, ctrl+e
patrickjambo17 1 year ago
I cant do it at home becuz I dont have a DC-3 at home :(
homeslice2387 1 year ago
Wow, this took probably a lot of time to learn to handle this plane. Does it have any autopilot aids? Probably not.
Jordache22222 1 year ago
This is the easy way to start a DC-3. I've seen DC-3s at O'Hare Airport in the late 50s start by explosive charge. The pilot placed the charge into a container similar to the way a shotgun is loaded. Sometimes it would take six or seven charges to get the engines running. Other times, one or two charges. That's real sound and smoke!
FranklinParkIL 1 year ago
thanks now i can steal one hahahahha
huntingfreak901 1 year ago
I saw this Jimmy Stewart movie where he starts an airplane engine with what looks like shotgun shells. Can anyone explain that to me and to everyone else?
zeekwolfe 1 year ago
Dan Grider's?
w5cdt 1 year ago
GOD this looks fun...
sbentjies 1 year ago
@KKolchak you talking about the oil collecting in the bottom cylinders due to gravity, thus causing the smoke when started, is what I thought. Many horizontal cylinder engines have that problem because the oil seaps through the valve guilds and into the cylinders. I wish I could do this for real, never mind just at home.
1100HondaCB 1 year ago
"Don't do this at home..." Lol. Yes, becuase i have a DC-3 parked outside my house. Thanks for the advice. Joking, good video.
matoy77 1 year ago
Awesome. In true pilot pilot fashion, though, I have to hate on you because I don't get to fly a DC-3 so HATE HATE HATE!!! Thanks for posting...
Quillons1 1 year ago
Old planes are awesome....:)
tgardone 1 year ago
It's a Navy R4D.
blumax999 1 year ago
@birddoggarten Not really, but the extra wing tanks sure help with the range. The nose was left over from a radar modification, but it will be brought back to original when it's restored.
fly4fun 1 year ago
@fly4fun are you going to keep modern avionics. i think its a good idea to keep the modern stuff, that way the aircraft is prepared for all kinds of poor visiblity flying if nessary.
ad356 1 year ago
@ad356 It's not mine, but the owner is currently restoring it. I'm sure it will be authentic and also up to date with a few modern additions.
fly4fun 1 year ago
Yes it is the insides been redone
KanataGolf 1 year ago
No key??
rickbar123 1 year ago
Post WWII, there were a lot of them as airliners in Australia, as they were all over the world. My uncle remembered hitching a ride on the mail plane. DC-3s earned their stripes because they can land in places only smaller planes could attempt to. Northern Australia has a lot of wide open spaces, so dropping off anything by air was never a problem for these old workhorses
Mechknight73 1 year ago
nice job, the cockpit is well updated
MarcosBuLLiTT 1 year ago
aaahhh the dc3 is one of the sexiest aircraft for sure!
straighttailpilot 1 year ago
"I belive i can fly........"
etdeskate 1 year ago
@etdeskate 444
blumax999 1 year ago
Dude,I'd like to do that at home every day...As a kid,nothing fascinated me more then a DC-3 and a 747...the looks and the noise of this aircraft is just awesome. It changes a "bit" from the ol' Cessna 172 OMIGOD... One day I'll do the same and send you the link dude...have a nice day.
TESTASPEEDER 1 year ago
@TESTASPEEDER
blumax999 1 year ago
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how the fuck am i supost to do that a home...
like i dont have a airplain under my roof and not in the same roof WTF!
kaverdinho 1 year ago
DO YOU LIVE IN THERE?
TheOneAfter9090909 1 year ago
Didn't use GPU to start it?
lukinhasbu 1 year ago
the best plane in the world is a DC-3
soren517 1 year ago 9
No doubt about that
EuroPiIot 1 year ago
cool vid
WILKO50 1 year ago 3
Amazing Aircraft i love it :D !! i wish i Could Fl