I flew the Beaver in the Army. Loved that airplane!

@ipwipw9324

3 жыл бұрын

Me too... 1970s

I love the smell of a Beaver in the morning. Thanks for bringing us along. Cheers

My Grandpa flew a Cessna 185 on floats for almost 40 years. I'm lucky to have gotten to ride with him more than a few times. Nerves like ice.

Thanks for the video on the carb ice issue in your Beaver. My son recently aquired a motorcycle drivers license. He took my bike (KTM 640SM with a Dellorto PHM42 carb) to work today. On his way home, o few minutes after start, he described the engine as to behave erratically and finally it died. Wheather was misty and ca +3°C (~37°F). After the engine stopped it started again and worked ok. I told him that this was probably due to carb icing. He would not believe me. So I showed him your video. And the debate was over.Thanks Jim! Yours Janne, from Sweden.

One time my father and I flew into a remote lake in British Columbia in one of these. It was my one and only ride in one and I was blown away by how awesome it was. That engine, the heavy duty nature of everything about the plane, the silky smooth ride, and did I mention the exhaust sound? Just amazing. I admit to being disappointed that the flight out was in a Cessna float plane.

Bring back a lot of memories. I have about 300 hours in a Beaver and that engine sure sounds good. THANKS

Love listening to these engines tick over on cruise

@PeterPan-iz1kk

27 күн бұрын

You mean idle?

Thanks for video. Having been in one of these in Sydney in the 90's, what completely turned me on, was the 9 cylinder engine and the noise it made on startup, taxiing and flying. That plane was somewhat older than this one in the vid. As a car mechanic in the 70's - having trained on vintage cars - I very rarely now, have the radio or music playing when driving, so I can listen to the engine sound. Any tink, clonk or rattle, out of the ordinary, highlights trouble ahead. And, it keeps me aware of the road situation.

Watch the interplay between pitch and power. Beautiful. I used to fly on Beavers from Kenmore to Victoria pretty frequently; a real treat for aviation geeks.

As a guy just beginning to start pilot training, I am very glad I found this. Amazing. There are two reasons I decided to fly: the De Havilland Beaver float, and the Lockheed Electra 10E. I will probably never get to fly either of them, but I can do it vicariously on KZread! Thank you very much for posting this.

@lost-greencan

6 ай бұрын

No idea if you ever got to fly. But put some time in Alaska flying for people and you’ll be in a beaver in a few years

"Anywhere you wanna go! ...within reason..." That was epic, looool

I got to ride in one about 300 miles in Alaska in 1970. It was a beat up wreck. Yours is 🍒. Thank you for the memories. It was a blast to fly in It. Cabin full of people. 😊

Beautiful country Jim. I will fly with you any time... wait! bring your Beaver and ProCam down under and share some southern hemisphere hospitality! More vids if you can manage please.

In 2006 a friend and I paid for a sightseeing flight around the San Francisco Bay area. This was in a float equipped Beaver at Sausalito. I was seated to the right of the pilot. It was a twenty minute flight south over the Golden Gate down the coast, then east and over Candlestick Park (since demolished). Then north with Oakland on the right and downtown on the left, proceeding over Alcatraz, finally landing back on the north end of the bay. We lucked out on the weather, it was clear and sunny, unusual for the bay area! 90 knots @ 1000 feet.

Astonishingly beautiful part of the world. Great movie, thanks for posting it.

Thumpity Thumpity..I just love those Radial Engines!

Enjoyed the ride. Thanks for bringing us along. Thumb up.

My first flight was in a Dehavalin Beaver too ! Into Baker Lake from Greenville Maine with Folsom's Air Service. Great memories off trips on the St.John back in the days when it WAS remote. What an awesome plane they are ! Classic !! thanks for posting

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

Remote is great. I love being in the BOONDOCKS!

awesome - love DeHavilland big engine sound

We had Sea Pane in the Maldives It was just the coolest thing Seeing the pilot and his mate in short and bare foot really added to it Great post

Extraordinaire ce zinc ...👍👍👍 Merci pour ce vol ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍 Magnifique...

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

Gracias 😁👍😁👍😁👍👌

Spectacular looking place.. and awesome aircraft and pilot. Love it. Thanks :)

Thanks for the free ride Jim. Was a thrill from front row seat.

This video is brilliant. Picture quality is second to none. Jim, post more and you MUST link this site to your Twitter account. In fact, I have watched most of your designs and builds. Love the rope work. Link everything to your twitter account. You'll go...stratospheric!!

Nice spot, thxs for sharing

that landing was awesome !!

Nice plane, flying and video, Thank you!

I loved this video!!! Beautiful place to take off from and that landing kinda scared the crap out of me as ( from never being there) it looked like you were trying to line up with that little river beside the runway as you came around to line up with the lake. Had no idea carb ice could get ya in Summer too. Thanks for what you do!

@groggygreg1063

4 жыл бұрын

that landing scared me to, i had forgotten he took off on floats... thought it was an accident video there for a sec.

Smooth flyin' there, man. Good job.

Beautiful, the start looked like something out of Far Cry 5, almost didn't look real. Stunning.

Absolutely beautiful!!

Very cool! Just watched this with my 16-mo-old son who has a toy seaplane. Thanks for uploading.

@johnc.hastie2679

6 жыл бұрын

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@johnc.hastie2679

6 жыл бұрын

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Great video and smooth flying. I love the DeHavilland Beaver

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Intellisis, life is good and you and I are still alive thankfully COVID 19.

What a awesome transition in V1,, I never really saw when it happened it was so seamless, second thought right after your transmission declaring takeoff was " sweet, no ATC . Ha Ha, flying like it was once was the norm."

Thank you for the ride ! love it

@ifoundjim

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Another Outstanding, "wish I was there" video, Jim! Heck, I'm 60 years old and the last time I held a yoke in my hands was when I was 14. My father took me on several of his "practice flights" in a rented 172 and let me hold the plane level a few times, lol. He actually let me take off once but then, the 172 will T/O by itself if you get it going fast enough, lol. I never got a license and was never in a cockpit since the last part of my 14th year. Since 2009, I spent $$$$ and a lot of my spare time, behind my flight-sim yoke and sticks. I learned how to build high-perf computers so I get get the best 3rd party, Flight-sim scenery, mesh, aircraft, etc. ("add-ons") and maintain a solid 36 fps frame rate while flying. (It's a very serious computer and flight-sim system but it is a Home PC). The Dehaviland Beaver DHC-2 and Twin Otter are two planes I fly at least 4 times every week for years, (seriously). Nothing is better than the real thing but money and time are some serious obstacles. I can probably beat the "time" part but the money is something I can't get around. So, as soon as I finish this post, I'm setting up my Yoke system and I'm going to Lake Isabel to fire up my Beaver! It won't be the real thing, but it's as close as I can get! Thanks for the vid, Rich

@ifoundjim

8 жыл бұрын

wow cool... Believe it or not I'm going to Lake Isabel tomorrow fior real. I better get my GoPro charged up and then I'll upload that video too... thanks for posting and seeeee yaaaaa soon

@richpaul8132

8 жыл бұрын

Great! I just remembered, I forgot to click the "Thumbs Up" icon earlier so I just did it now. Have a great flight, (as you seem to always do!). R

@drmckee

7 жыл бұрын

Paul, I did exactly the same thing as you. Watched the takeoff to landing and fired up my Sim (Lockheed P3D). Positioned it on Lake Isabel and flew around that gorgeous Orbx scenery. I do like to replicate flights I see on the KZread. Thanks Jim for the continuous streams of videos from that wonderful, scenic location.

@richpaul8132

7 жыл бұрын

Yep! I bought the Global Base, Global Vector & Global Open LC, (Europe and NA), sometime back, and of course, Mesh, lots of L11 Mesh! Rich

@ifoundjim

7 жыл бұрын

now you're talking thanks for the post!!!!!!!

I've been flying quite some time but I got to admit that is the coolest approach and landing I've ever seen.

@ifoundjim

6 жыл бұрын

it's funky fer sure!

This, Mr.Jim is why you have the best channel on the tube

I recoverd a plane that sunk in this lake several years back...it was 160 ft deep, brought it to the surface and eventually it was hauled out by helicopter...this video brings back memories for sure.

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

Any pics or videos? That would be amazing!

Epic backdrop for an epic plane. I could head there and do this thing all day.

I've flown in a 1948 Beaver a number of times hunting in northern Ontario, Canada out of Rainbow Airbase in Parry Sound. The Pilot even let me fly for about 1/2 hour on the way out last time. A dream come true for me! I have flown in many small and large airplanes but the Beaver is a unique experience for sure

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely 🥺🤗

Beautiful! ! Thanks

@ifoundjim

6 жыл бұрын

cool thanks!

Cool plane, beautiful place

Awsome vid, Looking to get my float rating this comming spring then hopefully trying to get into the world of float flying with low hours!

sweet music at 10:00 Thank You for the flight )

Very beautiful in then narrow tight canyons...!!

I like the Beaver and the scenery is epic!

Carb ice in summer......sure can for sure............ carb heat on!!! luv the vids cheers. thats a really nice lookin spot to be stuck in! Lake Isabel? Tnks for takin me to Lake Washington......nice quiet trip!l

Love it. Ty for the sound too.

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

All good. That was the good ol days. Different now... 🙄

Out the hole and Gold Bar Below!....Jim I remember one time about 20 or so years ago I was in the upper end of the lake camping, I was out on the lake in my raft fishing, I saw one of the NWSP Beavers coming in from the canyon on the upper end, I started to move but whoever was flying was kinda lining up on me so I stayed put! lolol buzzed about 100 foot over me!....lolol

There's no music like the R- 985 on climb out. The old Twin Beech had 2 of them and was a symphony- especially for gearheads like myself. If I recall correctly it had a 5 minute full take off power setting limit and sounded best when throttled back for extended climb out. (Listening from the ground of course). Just call me an old A &P tech from the 70's.

B.E.A. utiful - Been around a Beaver, never in one though. (perhaps not the right thing to say today) - but I loved flying, and started with the Cub. Anyway, found you by accident, and that was a great flight!

✅Nice ride. ... Thanks Jim. 👍

This is by far one of the coolest things I've seen on youtube.

Delightful vid. Thank you.

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqONk7uHc9PQibw.html

Livin' the dream!

Nice Aircraft!! Beautiful Video😍

Hmmmm, I'm looking at the yoke, and it looks like the left & right handles move independently for independent use of right & left ailerons? Or am I just plain nuts? C152 - N6125B - KMWC

I’ve seen this a few times, love your sky Harley 🤙

@ifoundjim

3 жыл бұрын

I always tell people it's like riding on 2 Harley's at once so wear our headsets! IT'S NOISY!

Talk about some beautiful country!

I know the man that flew the very first,Beaver off the assembly line.His book is called They call be Loepy.He live in BC,he signed me book.

I went with some friends to Alaska some years ago. On our last day, we had some time to kill so we hired one of these planes for the day. Took off from Anchorage - it amazed me how fast that thing got airborne. We went out over the Kenai peninsula and touched down on some tiny isolated lake and taxied up to a little sandbar island where we got out and had lunch. That plane ride was one of the coolest memories of the trip. I loved the plane - it was loud, old, tons of vibration, but it felt indestructible.

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

Coooool

Homesick.. great takeoff.. thanks for sharing. Keep the shiny side ^up ^

@ifoundjim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

carb ice ... how does it form any time of the year?

my first powered flight was a commercial jet, however in air cadets we flew in a glider , and otter and a buffalo - loved them all.

Captivating! Keep doing exactly what you are doing. It has a feeling of being very real, as though we are in the right seat along for the ride (Isn't that what ALL aviation enthusiasts yearn for!?) So many youtube aviation videos these days come across as having been made 'for the camera'.

Awesome!!

Ridiculously cool cockpit and view of the nose through the windscreen.

On a seaplane, how does one pull the prop. through prior to cold starting, such as is the procedure with a land-based radial engined plane?

I’ve always loved that the dehaviland beaver was called a bush plane!

Amazing video ..... It was happy flying with you Thanks..

@ifoundjim

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Mr. Howard, my question: what permits are required to start and land on Lake Washington? Would have a dock. However, how about boat traffic, log debris?

Very nice!

I would give just about anything to fly in the seat right next to him like I did with my Dad before he passed away when I was young. 😥 God bless you brother. 👍

@mtlicq

4 жыл бұрын

My French language teacher had the same surname as yours

I had a gal-pal that had a very nice beaver.She loaned it out and it was never the same after that.

@ifoundjim

6 жыл бұрын

ouch

@hawk8403

5 жыл бұрын

Whoever she loaned it out to must have wrecked it. They fly straighter for their first owner and they're far less dependable for every owner thereafter.

Amazing.

what an awesome experience. I would love to do that for a living.

@TurningGuns

4 жыл бұрын

Then do it, its not that hard.

Beautiful take off...I wish I could go for a ride in a floatplane.....hell I wish I could afford flight lessons....I love to fly

What year was that Beaver built?

Perhaps I was always wrong but I never started the R-985 like you do. I was always told that pumping the throttle was the ideal way to set things on fire.

@ifoundjim

8 жыл бұрын

+Jim Foreman I've never had a fire yet... how did you do it by the way... just curious...

@JimForeman

8 жыл бұрын

+Jim Howard Used the primer.

Jim, i was just wondering has your plane wheels too or just floats?

Love the sound of the engine, the beginnings of imminent doom from 2 carb ice or plugged fuel filter, relaxes me.;

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

From carb Ice, carb heat melts ice.

@ianrutherford878

3 жыл бұрын

@@ifoundjim Is that irregular sound coming from the engine? If that was my car I'd say it was misfiring.But something tells me you with your experience are happy with it and I am just asking a polite question and risking all kinds of humiliation.

@bravocharlie639

Жыл бұрын

@@ianrutherford878 The sound on the video will not match the live sound because electronic video devices always have so,even noise canceling. Also, Radial Engines sound different.

Beautiful

I keep imagining your stepping on a gas pedal in the beginning. Lol. Very cool.

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

That Would be different!

just curious why do you move the throttle up an down?

@irishdefense77

4 жыл бұрын

Choke.

Excepcional... Maravilhoso... 👏👏👏 🇧🇷

Just dropping a couple friends off, eh? Could enjoy having a friend like you! Have safe and happy flights! Great vid!

I'm just curious. When you're on step and you give right aileron. Ive seen some other videos where you give Left aileron to pick the pontoon up.. Do you notice one side picks up easier because of prop torque ?

@ifoundjim

8 жыл бұрын

+The Whole Enchilada it's to raise one of the floats just slightly to reduce drag on that float by picking it up out of the water which helps to increase the speed of the aircraft. Kinda of like dragging your hand in the water on the side of a boat and then just dragging one finger. Way less drag right?

@GLG-20DECOY

8 жыл бұрын

I understand the drag reasoning.. I was just wondering if one lifts easier because of prop torque from the engine.. Ive noticed in your videos some times you lift the right pontoon first. And some times you lift the left first. =) Keep up the Cool videos!

@ifoundjim

8 жыл бұрын

+The Whole Enchilada on another note... when taking off in confined places with headwind or quartering headwind you can lift the upwind wing carefully which will raise faster because you have the wind on that side in your favor to help raise the wing faster as apposed to the other side which is the downwind side. Get it? It is more preferable to lift the downwind side though when there is plenty of room as this is actually safer. By lifting the upwind side you are subject to a gust lifting the upwind side rather fast which could possibly become uncontrollable due to the potential speed of the gust. In small ponds and lakes with loads the way we would fly the plane to get off quicker we would lift the upwind side of the float of course depending on the wind speed. There is a lot of variables in this kind of flying for sure.

@ifoundjim

8 жыл бұрын

+The Whole Enchilada on take off to combat the prop torque you are giving the plane full right rudder for sure because the plane wants to go left so in completely calm conditions you may be on the right track that the right wing will be easier to lift due to torque but in essence it is better to lift the left wing because you are combating the torque of the plane wanting to go left.

@ifoundjim

8 жыл бұрын

+Jim Howard typically as I think about it you have full right rudder in on take off so in normal conditions I think it is easier and safer to lift the left wing just slightly to break the right float free of the water just slightly.

I live in Gold Bar and I see you fly over all the time.

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

On the way to and from Chelan and we do Mountain Tours out your way.

Hello, I have a question,, I fly the beaver on my msfs 2023 a lot. What rpm and manifold pressure should I set the prop at once airborne? Thanks. My favorite plane on the simulator. Flies like a dream.

Another great video, Jim, I don't think I heard your harness click, you are wearing it? Just a few little questions and being concerned. God's country, this is such beautiful country. I've got to put this on my bucket list. That was one short take off! Wow! I want a DeHavilland Beaver, lol Your ETA was right on time! Feet wet. lol Thank's again for the ride, I enjoyed it. I'm going to be out there sometime soon.

Thank you! I always wondered what Lake Isabel looked like but never took the time (or sore muscles) to hike it. I own 10 acres above Monroe looking east towards Mt. Stickney and Baring Peak. Eaten many a burger at Zeke’s wondering what the lake looked like.

@irongoatrocky2343

6 жыл бұрын

James...I've been to Isabel many times in my life (used to have an aunt and uncle that lived in Sultan) I've hiked in flown the Beavers and the Otter from Kenmore Air and even a Helicopter out of Reiter Pit. (the view looking down from the top of Wallace Falls from the bubble of the Bell alone was worth that ride!) nice lake, used to Raft fish (Brook Trout & Mackinaws, just dragging a white miller on the surface works well) and as its a DEEP lake (200ft) that drops off sharp from the shore...thus the few places to camp along it, it doglegs to the left along the rear, when the weather comes in it comes up the the small beach where Jim was parked but he back can be clear! nice place!

Jim, I have lived in Alaska the past 37 years ,year round. Funny you mentioned pelican, my grandpa worked at Port Althorp fish cannery outside of Elfin Cove from 1930-1934. Just outside from pelican, you should have taken the job at Kodiak with Andrews Air, flew with Willy who flew treadwell every summer back and forth to Katmai! Check out Island wings air out of Ketchikan web site, a great beaver on floats and great pilot here in Southeast AK.

@ifoundjim

4 жыл бұрын

I'll look it up. You are fortunate Troy to live there. If they ever open up the World again I'm gonna get up your way again! We gotta stay in touch!

Nice flight Jim Thank You

How easy is it to fly fixed wing and how many lessons do you need done helicopters but I reackon I would have to start again for fixed wing

Jim, Love your videos! Just got my seaplane rating and need a good mentor. What do I need to do to come fly with you guys?

@ifoundjim

7 жыл бұрын

Scott Rogerson boy that's a good one... you'd have to call Shane at NW Seaplanes

I think theres a Stinson and a Lake at the bottom of that lake. DHC-2 is the right floatplane for that venture for sure

Thanks for the view.

Perfeito

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