Ideal jumpship

[rmsmith 1]

There is a company out there that will convert a Caribou to turbine power if you have the money.

http://www.penturbo.com/

[beau31duke 0]

I've always thought the TurboLet 410 would make an ideal skydivng airplane. It has a huge door, climbs fast, high tail, holds alot of skydivers but its not legal in the US. Last year you could get one in for under $250,000, you just couldn't use it for commerical operations in the US.

Beau

[billvon 2,991]

>Have you never jumped a single Otter?

Seen a few, never jumped one. With the appropriate engine and new doors it might just do the trick.

[Viking 0]

I am watching Air America right now and was thinking that a Fairchild C-123k Provider
would be a nice jump ship if they replaced the piston motors with turbines

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[pilotdave 0]

Doors add so much difficulty. Gotta get up, get in position, and all that. I'd go with trap doors in the floor. They could be connected to the GPS and just drop everyone right from their seats when the spot is right. Landing gear arrangement (unless its retractible), wing configuration, and the stabilizer wouldnt matter. Seen the show Russian Roulette on the gameshow network? Same idea. Think about it... solves a lot of problems. Center of gravity issues can be managed by having everyone drop in the proper order automatically. Think of all the other uses too! Drug smuggling, 1920's style airmail delivery, propaganda scattering, and more! It's such a great idea I think I better stop now before someone gets too many ideas and copies it. By May I should have a degree in aerospace engineering. I'm gonna design it! Then build it out of macaroni!

I'm taking an aircraft design class now. We have to design a jet transport that'll fly around the world nonstop unrefueled. So boring compared to the ideal jumpship.
Yeah, I'm a little tired.

Dave

[quatorze 1]

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I am watching Air America right now and was thinking that a Fairchild C-123k Provider
would be a nice jump ship if they replaced the piston motors with turbines

You know that "THING" was orriginally designed as a glider right? And those wing pods out board of teh nacelle are JATO engines, yuo can have that POS. There is a reason that the C-130 has been flying as long as it has and the -123 no sits on a hill behind the museum at Ft. Bragg.

I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

[Viking 0]

those aren't JATO's those are jet engines added to the K series to boost performance.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[quatorze 1]

Then why do they have movable doors on the leading edge of each pod to allow them to close during flight?

I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

[weid14 0]

there were like a dozen caribou parked at Cape May airport in NJ, one of them used to be a jump ship, I heard they could be retrofitted with turbine's. that would be a pretty decent jump ship. there's two parked right behind work here, too (along with a DC-3, adn a B-17 during the winter)

[diverdriver 5]

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those aren't JATO's those are jet engines added to the K series to boost performance.

Uh Viking....what do you think JET Assiste TakeOff (JATO) means?

Everyone calls RATOs (Rocket Assisted TakeOff) JATOs and it really is annoying.

Very big difference.

[bbarnhouse 0]

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can we put Big frickin laser guns on top

Bwahhhhhhhhhhh Lummy honey......you can put Lay-z-her on em if ya want!! Bwahhhhhhhhh

[AndyMan 7]

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Bwahhhhhhhhhhh Lummy honey......you can put Lay-z-her on em if ya want!!

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[bbarnhouse 0]

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Betsy... You're weird

Oh why thank-you AndyBandyMan.....that's the nicest thing anyone has said to me all day!

[Viking 0]

ok you got me there. those damn announcers at the air shows have warped my mind. I always thought JATO pods were the rocket bottles that Fat Albert uses for short runway take offs and showing off for the crowd.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[VisionAir 0]

Why not think "out -of-the-box"

How bout Anti-gravity boots...

Or a really tall elevator shaft (no building) for 14k base jumps. You know so you can get that "E" in BASE.

Huh?!? What cloud?!? Oh that!!! That's just Industrial Haze
Alex M.

[billvon 2,991]

>I am watching Air America right now and was thinking that a Fairchild
> C-123k . . .

That's a C123BK actually, a version that has both jet engines and radials. (You have to look hard to find the jet engines, they're hidden in pods.) I've jumped out of those; in fact, I think I jumped out of that one when it was at Eloy. It is one of the loudest and messiest planes in the world. Other than that it's pretty nice - I think the only larger tailgate than that I've ever jumped is the C130.

[bivar 0]

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I've always thought the TurboLet 410 would make an ideal skydivng airplane.

I Agree, but it takes two pilots to fly it.

BI

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[ScottishJohn 25]

most of them do need 2 pilots but you can get a modified LET that only requires 1 pilot.

We have had both types at Hinton and I think the single pilot LET 410 is flying at Cark in the UK at the moment.

I'm not sure of the technical details , maybe some one else knows the difference.

John

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[harro 0]

I love skyvans!!!!

Nice and roomy, Farts get sucked right out the door

Jumpy Jumpy??

[freeflir29 0]

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I love skyvans!!!!

No doubt!!! The TOASTER ROCKS

[Viking 0]

i can't wait to jump the flying milk carton!!!!

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[Kris 0]

Like they say about the Skyvan, "It would be a great airplane...if they would take it out of the box!"

I love that plane.

Kris

Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and
Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

[dkearns 0]

instead of aircraft why not use airostat type balloons (the radar ballons on the coast) with ski resort quad chairs to go to 10 to 13 k and get off at the top?? Just make them bigger.

Just an idea.

[Viking 0]

how long does it take to get to altitude?

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[dkearns 0]

Hell if I know. But they do make engineers to figure out that kind of thing. I would imagine that they could speed it up quite a bit and have some kind of shock absorber mechanaism in the chair assembly that would slow you down until you were up to speed. like the old T-bar ski lifts wit the springs in them. Once your going you could theoredicaly get out at any altitude or ride it back down if you puss out. Then it would be up to the JM to through your ass off the ride.

Just a thought.

D

btw where did the spell check go??