The Junkers JU-52 FS9

This free model by O.Fisher is very nice.

I must say that this old bird is a literal 3 engined Switzer Sailplane
with lousy speedbrakes/flaps! I had forgotten how difficult landing
approaches can be on a/c that refuse to lose altitude...My God!


After considerable bopping around in WW2 warbirds and jets, you would
think something the JU-52 would be nothing....wrong!

These planes must have been real floaters IRL. My landing approaches
were consistently too high and fast. I found that an approach speed
of 100 km (62 miles an hour) was actually too fast and this was with a
full compliment of passengers.

The following shows approach from passengers point of view and cockpit
viewpoint (1:20). I am coming in at a blazing 60mph and that proved
to be a bit hot


http://www.mbm30.org/Mike/JU52.wmv

MM

Guten Tag MM, thanks for the nice JU-52 reminder.
Did you notice the blue-white round shapes on the inner side of port and
starboard engine shroud ?
They were mirrors faced to the center prop.
During these days there existed no RPM synchro gauges.
Crews made use of a stroboscope effect to adjust props. Usual RPM gauges are
not precise enough for this job.
So I've been told by a 'Hackfleisch-Bomber' (?) pilot when I was a young
man.
Günter


"Mad Mike" <mconron RemoveThis @yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> This free model by O.Fisher is very nice.
>
> I must say that this old bird is a literal 3 engined Switzer Sailplane
> with lousy speedbrakes/flaps! I had forgotten how difficult landing
> approaches can be on a/c that refuse to lose altitude...My God!
>
>
> After considerable bopping around in WW2 warbirds and jets, you would
> think something the JU-52 would be nothing....wrong!
>
> These planes must have been real floaters IRL. My landing approaches
> were consistently too high and fast. I found that an approach speed
> of 100 km (62 miles an hour) was actually too fast and this was with a
> full compliment of passengers.
>
> The following shows approach from passengers point of view and cockpit
> viewpoint (1:20). I am coming in at a blazing 60mph and that proved
> to be a bit hot
>
>
> http://www.mbm30.org/Mike/JU52.wmv
>
> MM
>
>