DC 3/C 47 Engine Start and Runup - Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth Texas
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2009
- Jim Terry's C47 Engine Start and runup prior to a flight a few days later. Watch how the plane pushes agains the chocks as they throttle her up!
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I only flew in a DC3 one time, in 1967. Of all the many flights I have had since, the DC3 is the most memorable.
I like the sound of those engines better than music.
I'd love to fly in it for hours and inhaling it's gorgeous fumes through opened door. The sound of wind and roar of engines so loud, proud and beautiful at once. A symphony. They don't make such planes anymore. Sturdy simple and slick.
I worked on one last weekend and just had to get a whiff of that avgas.
Turbines have the siren's song, but nothing beats the sound of one these graceful ladies coming to life.
We have still two of those planes flying in holland. Few years ago done a little trip in the skies above the Arnhem region. The sound of those engine's is what i never forget.
You here it miles away. Can you imagine what a few hundred of them must sound like.
Got to fly this Miracle of Aviation w/Jim Terry in the Rt seat coaching me. Priceless experience. Just starting the engines was a thrill. So good I did it twice. My Dad used to fly DC-3's for the FAA many moons ago.
Never fails to amaze me..memories of start up from childhood 👍👍👍
God I love the piston power sound !
Beautiful aircraft
I could listen to the purr of those engines day and night
has to be the best DC3 startup video i've seen,quality sound & video,love the guys comments at the end!!
professional quality video work, thank you
Thanks for the upload :D Absolutely great sound!
+Ben Standen Agreed. Nothing else is an P&W R-1830. Others may try. But imitations fall short. This is the Real Deal. Everything else is a copy..
Great video!
Radial engines are pure music. Ice pilots and Plane SaVVEERRRSS brought me here!
Man, I love this plane!
Music to my ears 💖 🎶🎶🎵🎶 💙 goodnight from America in the Great Midwest 🇺🇸 💜
CUANDO TENÍA CINCO AÑOS, MI PAPÁ ME REGALÓ UNO DE ÉSTOS AVIONES EN MINIATURA....Y CUANDO TENÍA 22 AÑOS VIAJÉ EN UNO DE VERDAD, DE ESTOS MISMOS. QUIZÁS ES POR ESO QUE SIENTO TANTO AMOR POR ESTOS DOUGLAS DC 3.-
Awesome note I need this for an alarmclock ringtone. the sound and the video are perfect. job well done
You'd never wake up!
@64jorthom They were being primed after having been serviced. You prime them until the overflow dumps out the tube at the bottom of the cowling. That's one of the reasons there is a fire guard during startup!
Die C - 47 (Dc - 3 ) zählt für mich mit der Ju - 52 und der An - 2 zu den besten und zuverlässigsten Maschinen der Welt 👍👍👍👍
@tedstriker754 Actually, if you've done maintenance work on round engines you know that the carbs will go dry after a period of time, or when serviced. Procedure is to prime the carbs until the overflow piddles and then prime some more. It's not possible to dump fuel into the cylinders with the prime. Overflow dumps down a tube that exits below the cowling. We will count 6 to 9 blades.The 'locking' you see is the engine attempting to start with tired batteries. We ARE the experts. Come see us!
speaking of battery's were would they be in the plane
So beautiful!! 😿😿😻👏
I flew in Air Atlantique DC3 a few years ago. The safest I ever felt in an aeroplane.
I love the sound of engine
I just rode in this exact plane this morning
Oh Man this Beauty is one of my ALL TIME Favorite Planes!!!!! Love it!!! If only I could see one up close, and sit in it ,and take a flight! its on my bucket list but I doubt I'll ever check those off my list! Thanks for sharing
Rosario W i like the pc 12
Beautiful old beauty
Looove it :-)
I just came here for the eye candy I love these old war birds!
Que belo som.
There must be some redundancy then-are those things not on the MEL?
Aaaah...... Takes me back. I was "FIRE GUARD ON ONE!"
It's a Sony HVR-Z7U professional HD camcorder. This video's original footage is 1080p. This is 720p footage here.
What rpm were the engines run up to?
She's a beauty
About that generator.
What's wrong with it?
Is it motoring, rather than producing?
Is it just not outputting or inputting anything at all?
Is it's accessory segment connected and working?
are those Pratt and Whitney R1830 14 Cylinder Radials or Wright Cyclone 9 Cylinder radials ?
They are the bigger Wrights 1820. 1525hp
Just a curiosity.....been wondering for a while now. Fire extinguiser dude usually behind the engine at start up...WHY? i know being in front is very dangerous obviously...but how well does a fire extinguisher work into a 120 m.p.h. wind?
He's the only authorized person near the aircraft at that time and he's watching for oil leaks and fire in the cowling not visible from the front.
Another DC3 I was in, the pilot turn the engines over for a while w/o mags before actually starting them. Do you know what purpose that serves?
Standard procedure for radials; it pumps oil out of the lower cylinders and into the upper ones so that the engine is properly lubricated before starting. You may have seen footage of people "walking" the props through by hand, which has the same effect, but requires much more muscle power. Indeed, the startup procedures I've seen say to hold the starter switch and count a specific number of prop blades going by before flipping the mags on, to ensure that there's been sufficient oil pumping. (Failure to do so can result in excessive engine wear on the upper cylinders... and, depending on how long it's been sitting and how much oil has pooled, possibly hydro-locking the lower cylinders and bending connecting rods, breaking them, or even blowing cylinder heads off... not good for the engines.)
@@rdfox76 Actually its not totally corect,Exept for what you state its also to prevent bend rods due to hydrolock if there is any oil in one off the lower cilinders, there is always a chance that lube oil or feul is present into one of the lower combustion chambers, giving it 8 props before the mags are switched on prevents blowing up the engine in case of hydrolock (it will kick back on the starter easier then a partly starting engine.).. (in the video you can clearly see that almost going wrong, after the initial start it floodes, running way to rich..,(pilot didnt react right on the mixture leaver, Engine flooded and stalls, The pilot did not switch off the mag and turned it over whitout spark, But leaves it on, hydrolocking it a few times under power! )... Y would have kicked that pilot doing it like this!
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What was all that dripping out of the right engine before startup? Gas? Do you really want to start an engine dripping that much gas?
+Dave M That was gasoline. The carburetors had just been overhauled and 'piddling' is part of standard procedure. The engine does occasionally spark a small fire but those huge blades put it out quite quick. There's also a guy just off camera with a 200lb firebottle in case something goes wrong.
@@hawkeyepoole . Esse Aí é gravado Nos Estados Unidos ou Novo México?
is that fuel leaking out of the engine at 1:09?
It's supposed to do that
How much does an R-1830 consume per hour?
They are actually 1820s in this aircraft. 60 gallons an hour on a low cruise power setting.
IIRC it clears the oil out of the lower cylinders
Oh, so that what it was! I was thinking, "Um guys? I think you've got a serious problem here!"
класс!!!
IK THESE PEOPLE MY GRANDPARENTS ARE FRIENDS WITH ONE OF THE PILOTS HIS NAME IS JIM TERRY OR I THINK THATS HOW YOU SPELL IT I FLOWN IN THAT PLANE BEFORE IT WAS AMAZING I FREAKING MISS.. THE TIMES I FLOWN ON THIS PLANE. HE ALSO OWNED A B-25 MICHELLE 'PACIFIC PROWLER'
Dad went up in these at paratrooper school.
but didnt have to go to europe
1:45 That's not fuel, is it?
Hi, it looks like lot of fuel comes out from engines.
thats from the carb overflow, thats normal.
Wisit us, Your are wellcome/ OH-LCH/Jukka
One still exists at MAPS Air Museum near canton/Akron airport, Ohio but can't fly.
One of the original D Day DC 3 Gooney Birds has recently been found and is in the process of returning to the air for the 75th anniversary of that historic day here:
czcams.com/video/n5clU9Z-z4c/video.html
дуглас!
Too much primining...why is there fuel dripping from...air scoop? what the hell happened to your oil cool bundles?
That's how you prime a newly rebuilt carburetor on the DC-3. The guy outside (off camera) tells the pilot when there is fuel dripping out and he knows the carburetor bowl is full of fuel
And this aircraft has Wrights, not Pratts. Different oil cooling
not very smart to do an engine run with pitot cover still installed
It makes no difference, why would you give somthing the chance to clog it when your not going to fly it??