Fokker F.VII:
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Sunday, May 4, 2025
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Control cables running on the outside of the empennage! Also, ferocious toe-in on the landing gear.
ReplyDeleteOpen cockpit, external cable runs to the rudder and elevator, and no flaps. But that barn door wing was a stable and predictable performer. Having said that, I'll bet it was a handful in a crosswind! Thanks for sharing that one!
ReplyDeleteThe perfect noise indeed!
ReplyDeleteI think the Ford Trimotor also had external control cables.
ReplyDeleteIt still does! And engine instruments (oil pressure/temp) on the engines. You have to look out the window. I had the honor of flying one briefly after Oshkosh one year. Very very heavy on the ailerons. Must have been exhausting to fly very long. ( At the time, it was possible to pay a little extra when taking a ride for the RHS seat. So worth it.)
DeleteDon't want to be a pedant but the wheels have a lot of camber which means they lean out at the top. Toe in means the wheels would be like a pigeon toed person with their toes pointed inward. Not unless someone can see more than I can in the video. Toe in would be there only to compensate for the fact that a pair of wheels have a tendency to splay out wayward when traveling forward.
ReplyDeleteAlso having lived on the eastern path to a mid-size airport for almost 48 years have always liked the sound of the radial engines coming or going. Don't hear them much anymore like the DC3's and their like when they were still being used for commercial transport.