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05-29-2006, 01:28 AM
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| Aircraft Quirks Even some of the best aircraft of WW II had their quirks. The P-38 was either loved or hated by the men who flew it because of the attention it demanded. Even the P-51 had it's flaws after it was modified for long range escort. The 90 gallon fuel tank that helped give the plane such a long range also upset the trim and pilots had to be careful when flying with it full. Bud Anderson described how he swapped ends while yawing a Mustang in one of his first operational flights and felt lucky not to have crashed. He was later instructed that he needed to run the fuselage tank down to 45 gallons before doing any agressive maneouvers. I be interested in hearing about other aircraft with quirks that were otherwise sound machines. |
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05-29-2006, 04:13 AM
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| Whenever you started up a Tempest or a Typhoon it was advisable to have a fire-extinguisher near-by. |
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05-29-2006, 07:19 AM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| That advisable for any aircraft on engine start up.
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05-29-2006, 10:24 AM
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  | Whenever the crew of a 1930's french bomber walked out to their plane, they were blindfolded by the ground crew so that they wouldnt lose all confidence when they saw how ugly and wrong the plane looked... |
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05-29-2006, 10:55 AM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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|  Now that I can believe.
__________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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05-29-2006, 10:57 AM
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| Time for a song: Don't give me a P-38 with props that counter-rotate They'll loop, roll and spin but they'll soon auger in Don't give me a P-38! CHORUS: Just make me Operations Way out on some lonely atoll For I am too young to die I just want to go home.* Don't give me a P-39 with an engine that's mounted behind It will tumble and roll and dig a big hole Don't give me a P-39. Don't give me an old Thunderbolt. It gave many pilots a jolt It looks like a jug and it flies like a tug Don't give me an old Thunderbolt! Don't give me a Peter Four Oh, a hell of an airplane, I know A ground loopin' *******. You're sure to get plastered Don't give me a Peter Four Oh. Don't give me a P-51, it was all right for fighting the hun But with coolant tank dry. you'll run out of sky Don't give me a P-51. Don't give me a P-61, for night flying is no fun They say it's a lark. but I'm scared of the dark Don't give me a P-61. |
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05-29-2006, 11:02 AM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| thats not bad.
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05-30-2006, 11:48 AM
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| Dac- yeah my Dad spent some time in P-51s and mentioned how tough it was to take off and get trimmed with a full fuel load. Very dicey stuff with the stick hauled back into your gut!
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05-30-2006, 01:50 PM
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05-30-2006, 02:04 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| WW2 - the P-38's heating system... Post war stuff; Soviet and East Block aircraft do not have toe brakes - they use a bicycle type hand brake on the stick and use differential braking for steering, aircraft with a nose landing gear have a castering nose gear. The brake systems are pneumatic. I know this system exist on AN-2, Mig-15, 17, 19, and 21 aircraft as well as L-29, 39 and the Iskra. Learing how to use this system could be harder than actually flying the aircraft...
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05-30-2006, 02:41 PM
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| In the PTO and CBI, the P38's heating system was never an issue.
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05-30-2006, 03:14 PM
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05-30-2006, 03:29 PM
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| At lower levels heater would not be factor but at upper levels it certainly would it was known that some aircrew would take water up to altitude let it freeze so they would have ice to cool there beverages or for ice cubes |
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05-30-2006, 05:06 PM
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| It must have been miserable for the ground crews for all the combatants that had to work on their arcraft in the hot climates. Touch a piece of metal and burn your hands!
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05-30-2006, 05:33 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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 Back to subject - the B-24 and it's fuel system... "But the B-24, because of some unfortunate habits and characteristics it had, required somewhat more crew training than most multi-place planes. With its archaic fuel system the B-24 was subject to fuel leaks, and it was a wise "Lib" pilot who flew with this bomb bay door cracked partially open to dissipate the potentially explosive fumes that collected throughout the the airplane. Lin never permitted smoking on his B-24 even though he was a smoker himself. The radio and various electrical motors throughout the bird were potential spark starters, and the pilot of a B-24 was prudent to shut off everything electrical that was possible during fuel transfer operations." http://members.aol.com/dheitm8612/requiem.htm
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