The Mighty de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth (MSFS)

[FrankPilot]

The de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth (UK) was one of the most popular aircraft of the 1930s & 40s. Many have survived to this day as classic aircraft & continue to be popular. Come learn about its history, see it in action in MSFS, & enjoy some real footage at the end. Hope you like. Cheers.

 

 

 

[Red]

Don't pick up MSFS much but I've had a play with Ant's Tiger Moth and its a good un.

Quick heads up you made a typo in your desciption of differential  aileron travel, just a typo for sure but it makes the sentence nonsensical

Thanks for the video

[facthunter]

Haven't watched it yet but spent a lot of time teaching people to fly them.. Not permitted for Initial training after about 1962. , They had lot's of differential aileron, no brakes no electrics. Pretty Basic and underpowered. Used to go X Country plenty of times. Mostly did 3 pointers. Today hardly anyone does. There's over 100 still flying.  78 knots cruise. Automatic slats on upper Mainplanes. Should be "locked" for aeros or on ground.. . My 2nd endorsement.  DH82A. Flown the all wood Gypsy As well. with the motor the valves uppermost and open so you see them..   Nev

[FrankPilot]

Thankyou both for your comments. My wife shouted me to a Tiger Moth flight a few years ago, from Point Cook near Melbourne, and the experience/feeling of an open cockpit (I normally fly a Cessna 172) was tremendous. Cheers.

[rgmwa]

Had a flight in one some years ago too as a passenger before I learned to fly myself. Definitely an experience being in an open cockpit surrounded by wings, struts, wire, wind and noise.

[T510]

My father used to tell the story of going to a Military surplus auction with the intent of buying a Tiger Moth. 

He was put off the idea when he was told he had to take it on the day if he won the auction given he had never flown a plane before and he had no other way to transport it.

 

The auctioneer told him they where really easy to fly and he shouldn't have a problem with it but dad wasn't convinced there was enough room to land it in the paddocks behind his parents house in Ascot Vale.

 

He ended up with a Ferret armoured scout car instead.

 

 

[FrankPilot]

18 hours ago, Red said:

Don't pick up MSFS much but I've had a play with Ant's Tiger Moth and its a good un.

Quick heads up you made a typo in your desciption of differential  aileron travel, just a typo for sure but it makes the sentence nonsensical

Thanks for the video

Thanks. Added a correction note to the video description. Cheers.

[BrendAn]

This plane is magnificent. I thought it was tiger but it's not

 

Edited August 6 by BrendAn
did not have pilots permission to feature him.

[BrendAn]

[Cosmick]

My Uncle trained in them at Lowood Qld (near Watts Bridge Airfield) in the early 40's then they had to fly them to Temora with fuel stops at servos on the roadside so the story goes.

 

[jackc]

We had one land at Nullarbor, at the old roadhouse in ‘76 when I worked there, 2 guys were flying it from Perth to Adelaide, in the heat of summer at Christmas time.

I fueled it from our drums etc, the aviators went for a feed in our restaurant, if you could call it that 🤩 Came out to leave, vigorous hand propping with no result.

lift up engine cover,  smack the Maggies with a shifter, and it roared into life, and departed,   resplendent in its hand painted silver frost paint job 👍

 

 

[kgwilson]

My first ever flight was in a Tiger Moth that a friend of my father bought after the war for a few quid. I was 8 or 9 & got to sit in the front seat of course so I almost thought it was me flying it. It all happened from a farm paddock near Timaru in NZ in the 50s. This got me hooked on flying & I've never looked back.

Edited August 11 by kgwilson

[BrendAn]

On 06/08/2024 at 8:19 PM, BrendAn said:

This is a stompe

[Methusala]

Spelled *Stampe* I  think (damned Frenchies).

Sorry again... Belgies.

Rgds Don 

Edited August 11 by Methusala

[facthunter]

The "silver" was put in the nitrocellulose "Dope". Paint makes them too heavy and also makes the fabric crack from the vibration.. Nev

Edited August 11 by facthunter
typo

[Red]

On 06/08/2024 at 11:19 AM, BrendAn said:

Yea Its quite Odd seeing a Stampe in RAF markings, I wonder if its historically correct?

[jackc]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

The "silver" was put in the nitrocellulose "Dope". Paint makes them too heavy and also makes the fabric crack from the vibration.. Nev

Well, it looked a pretty crappy job to me, with my only knowledge back then was that planes had wings 🤩🤩

[facthunter]

Even better THEY were DOUBLE WINGERS.. A new and tight doping job makes a different sound when flying.   Nev

[facthunter]

I'm one of those who don't consider the DH82, MIGHTY, but I have to be careful where and when I say it. It has endeared itself to many pilots and they won't hear anything AGAINST IT. What % of pilots alive today have flown them?   Nev

[Methusala]

I once had a ride with Dick Nell in his Stampe out of Goulburn. He was once leader of Rothmans aerobatic team. He also owned a Tiger but the Stampe had ailerons on both wings giving a better roll rate. It was a fun flight mostly at low level.

[Roundsounds]

2 hours ago, Methusala said:

I once had a ride with Dick Nell in his Stampe out of Goulburn. He was once leader of Rothmans aerobatic team. He also owned a Tiger but the Stampe had ailerons on both wings giving a better roll rate. It was a fun flight mostly at low level.

Maybe the Stampe was part of the Rothman’s team, but Dick wasn’t. 

 

Here’s a shot of Dick’s old Stampe (VH-BVU) I took in April. 
 

Edited August 11 by Roundsounds

[FrankPilot]

I am fairly new to this Forum and am chuffed to see so much discussion and so many memories flowing from my video. Cheers.

[BrendAn]

On 11/08/2024 at 5:19 PM, Red said:

Yea Its quite Odd seeing a Stampe in RAF markings, I wonder if its historically correct?

it is also powered by a gypsy major. 

[facthunter]

!c  130 HP very popular motor in it's day. Had Bronze heads. You can't use leaded fuel.   Nev

[BrendAn]

15 minutes ago, facthunter said:

!c  130 HP very popular motor in it's day. Had Bronze heads. You can't use leaded fuel.   Nev

It was fitted in place of whatever the original was. He said there is an stc for the conversion.