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Post by capflyer on Nov 5, 2017 16:36:32 GMT -5
I think the manual was quite clear about why they chose to omit the left side engines if you guys read the quote above. You can't see the engines from the cockpit and only see the right engines because of the crew door at the back of the cockpit.
This is a common misconception about many aircraft that the pilots can see the wing. This has never been a requirement and even today with many airplanes you have to go back to the cabin to actually see the wing.
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Nov 5, 2017 18:34:21 GMT -5
The side windows open and you can stick your head out and see the wings. Or I assume you can hunch forward and turn around in your seat.
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Post by Stromer on Nov 8, 2017 6:37:51 GMT -5
In the pictures I see the ladders at the plane. But I do not have them. What do I need to do to have them?
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Post by tipwriter on Nov 8, 2017 12:11:04 GMT -5
See page 13 of the FR DC-4 manual, items 3 and 5.
Cheers, Rob
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Post by Stromer on Nov 8, 2017 12:17:52 GMT -5
Very thanks, Rob!
Regards,
Vlad
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2017 7:13:33 GMT -5
I think the manual was quite clear about why they chose to omit the left side engines if you guys read the quote above. You can't see the engines from the cockpit and only see the right engines because of the crew door at the back of the cockpit. This is a common misconception about many aircraft that the pilots can see the wing. This has never been a requirement and even today with many airplanes you have to go back to the cabin to actually see the wing. A correct observation about big aeroplanes and the view from the cockpit. Another is you can see the nose of the aeroplane, even in the DC-3 you basically had to stick your nose into the windshield from the seat to see any of the nose at all. The B727 is a case in point you cannot see the wings at all from the cockpit they are too far back, in the B707 you could see the tips and maybe one outboard engine if you had your head hard up against the back window and on a swivel. It may help to reemphasise a point made when I first started flying a large aeroplane, on the ground you kept that taxyway line dead centre at all times, because you could not see the wings and if you wandered off line you were going to hit something with the wing. All those wing scrapes and minor collisions on airports today are a result of that - straying off taxyway guidance and lines.
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Post by paulus on Jan 6, 2018 18:24:56 GMT -5
In 1972 I made a trip, together with my wife, from Rotterdam to Southend by a BAF Carvair and sitting in the rear right seats. Wonderfull trip. After two weeks of honeymoon also retour to Rotterdam with the same aircraft.
Regards Paul
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