DC-3, C-47, Dakota, and all license built or copies

[famvburg]

      The cowling and spinner remind me of those on DHC-4 Caribous.

[Martin H]

Found a picture of an interesting Dak ( in a museum in Iran) a little while ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mervbhx/7152128947/

I've done a bit of looking around, but I can't work out what's been done with the engines. Very odd cowlings and spinners, which I haven't seen on a Dak before. Can anyone shed any light?

The landing gear door arrangement looks like it came from an R4D-8 Super Dak, but the engine nacelle has a much larger radius than the standard Dak.

I think a few hybrid conversions were under taken from standard C-47's with the u/c and engines from the R4D-8.

there are more photos of that dak here.

[kitnut617]

Found a picture of an interesting Dak ( in a museum in Iran) a little while ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mervbhx/7152128947/

I've done a bit of looking around, but I can't work out what's been done with the engines. Very odd cowlings and spinners, which I haven't seen on a Dak before. Can anyone shed any light?

It looks to me like an early cowling from a C-119A

[Weaver]

Alley Cat Basler BT-67 conversions:

Straight-forward engine and airframe mods:  http://www.alleycatmodels.co.uk/basler-bt-67-turbo-dakota-conversion-6495-p.asp

All the above plus guns, sensors and windshields to make a Colombian Air Force AC-47T Fantasma gunship: http://www.alleycatmodels.co.uk/basler-ac47t-fantasma-latin-american-af-gunship-bt67-6525-p.asp

South African Turbo-Dak (which is different from the Basler): http://www.alleycatmodels.co.uk/south-africa-c-47tp-turbo-dak-conversion-6530-p.asp

[jcf]

The landing gear doors were available from Douglas as a mod for any DC-3/DC-3A/C-47 etc., several
post-war operators installed them on their aircraft.

[AS.12]

From Flight archives for 1951, Sabena were investigating an underslung Pallas turbojet for boosted take-offs in Congo.

No diagram unfortunately.

They also considered more 'traditional' RATO bottles but those would cost about £50 per take-off, at that time.

[Spey_Phantom]

im amazed the Fokker was developing troop transport and floatplane versions of ther DC-3, long before the US developed the C-47 (which came 3 years later). the bomber variant is very interesting, i have a spare 1/72 DC-3 in the stash, i might have a go at this variant 

nice to see someone from the Ice Pilots NWT cast make a reference to the Secret Projects forum 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3PsacBVxmk