Patrick Scharnowski Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I suppose pretty much no strip is too small for the Hercules. What an aircraft! Parked at Concrete. The runway here is almost luxuriously big compared to Israel's Farm. Taxiing to runway 7 Take Off with reduced fuel load (20%). Flying to WA56. Fly over and preparation for the difficult landing. Turning. The long, white chicken farm buildings are a good reference point to find the airstrip. On Final. Touchdown. A little hard but the landing gear of the C-130 is designed for this kind of abuse. Stopping with quite a bit of room to spare. Parking. The really interesting part will be trying to take off again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 What a great aircraft and such a head turner! You captured these amazing and such a great landing too at Israel's.. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Splended set of shots indeed cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerclaw Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Very nice indeed. Love that plane, wish I could fly something that big I bet the Owner of the farm strip pooped his pants seeing that coming in to land ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Scharnowski Posted July 4, 2010 Author Share Posted July 4, 2010 Thanks, guys! wish I could fly something that big It's not that hard. You just have to allow for the long, wide turns, is all. I bet the Owner of the farm strip pooped his pants seeing that coming in to land ;D Forget about the owner! I almost pooped my pants seeing that little airstrip coming closer and closer at 120 knots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky76 Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Nice one Patrick, yeah i bet the pucker factor was pretty high with that landing eh? Now lets see you do that in the 747!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzer Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Nutter! hehe. Good to see you gave it a try and managed it without too much drama. Just been doing some TNG in the A2A Cub, was having enough trouble with that, but then realised I had a 15 knot cross wind lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Scharnowski Posted July 4, 2010 Author Share Posted July 4, 2010 Just been doing some TNG in the A2A Cub, was having enough trouble with that, but then realised I had a 15 knot cross wind lol. Hehe, sounds like fun. For this landing I reused the weather from the afternoon: about 4 knots from 100°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymar99 Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 You might want to add some flaps for takeoff. Looks like the 3W5 takeoff was with flaps full up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 ..and a spare JATO or two might just reduce the pucker factor a tad! Great set of shots, mate. Would like to see that in real life! Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hey Patrick , Im not sure why but all your recent posts do not show properly . What I get is the image host address but I have a slow d/l and it it takes just too long to read all the post . Caught a couple though and it seems you might have had a nail biting time - nothing ventured nothing gained. I bet the airfield will be inundated with C 130's now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sangsom Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 What Have They Done To WA56,Ma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyxx Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Great fun, great set Patrick, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Great set and amazing challenge ! Good one for sure ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Scharnowski Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 You might want to add some flaps for takeoff. Looks like the 3W5 takeoff was with flaps full up. Yeah, that was on purpose. I knew that the Hercules can take off without flaps fine, even though 50% flaps are recommended for take off, but I was concerned about building enough airspeed and wanted to have as little drag as possible. The idea was to lower the flaps during take off roll if needed, but it turned out that I could build enough speed in time to take off without them. Im not sure why but all your recent posts do not show properly . What I get is the image host address That's odd. Is your ISP blocking Imageshack for some reason? Does anyone else have that problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Wow, great shots! I picked up the C-130 in the sale last week, couldn't imagine trying to land it on such a tiny field just now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Scharnowski Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 couldn't imagine trying to land it on such a tiny field just now And I didn't even use reverse thrust. Brakes and spoilers only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 In that case, Very Well Done indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Scharnowski Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 In that case, Very Well Done indeed That credit belongs to the aircraft. I just landed it like I normally would (just a little steeper, because of some trees) and trusted that the C-130 will take care of the runway length (or lack thereof). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 One of the very best sets of screenshots that I have seen. Congratulations on the pictures and on your flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Hahaha, bananas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Why Smurf? Was a monkey flying, or is there something we don't know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwho Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Superb Shots!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sangsom Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Looking forward to seeing screens of someones great landing of an Airbus A380 at Israel's Farm,not even using reverse thrust. Big and Heavy.That's what WA56 is made for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Why Smurf? Was a monkey flying, or is there something we don't know? Bananas meaning....... crazy, off tap, wickid, you know? slang, as in totally awesome off tap wickid bananas! Or, very pleasurable screen shots to view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Hi Warpspider: Have a go yourself at landing at Israel's. Go ahead, try it. The beauty of flight simulation is that if you crash, just press reset and do it again and again. Enjoy the sim; because it is so good we sometimes treat it as real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 lol we send you the bill for the runway repairs... Great pics of an adventurous flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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