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02-27-2008, 03:55 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Jose, CA
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| And with that huge wing area the P-59 was a good glider, a property appreciated during testing when the fairly unreliable I-A engines would fail (or sometimes the plane would just run out of fuel due to the high fuel consumption) dead stick glide landings were relatively mild in this plane, particularly when you have unlimited hard pan to land on stretching for miles. (Muroc AAF base) It was this feature which largely limited the performance of the a/c as well, the thick airfoil caused shock stall problems above ~48,000 ft, and the high drag of this huge (ironically laminar flow) wing prevented the craft from reaching high speeds, particularly at low altitude. (opposed to the Meteor I which could reach ~420 mph at 10,000 ft) Plus there were aerodynamic problems (most noticeably with the intakes and nacelle/wing-root interaction) which could have been solved had Gen. Arnold (for all the good he did for the advancements of high performance a/c) prevented Bell from testing their design in decent wind tunnels and working with the NACA-- due to secrecy issues... |
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03-22-2008, 10:18 PM
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03-23-2008, 08:13 AM
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| You speack french very well Flyboy2, for Kamikaze it's the same termes in french and in english. |
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03-23-2008, 03:25 PM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| He seems to speak French much better than English!
__________________  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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03-23-2008, 03:56 PM
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 His English is even way worse than mine 
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03-23-2008, 04:13 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Yeah I just realized I got him confused with flyboy!
__________________ 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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03-23-2008, 04:20 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| opps...I pee'd myself!
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03-23-2008, 06:55 PM
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| HAHA! For a second I thought you guys where talking about my English! I didn't think I spoke it that bad!! HAHA |
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03-23-2008, 07:40 PM
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| Yep Adler's got fly boy's hillarious quotes right there.  |
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03-24-2008, 04:48 PM
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| Yeah Adler, when are you going to start that Quote thread?
__________________ " The knack of flying lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." |
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03-24-2008, 05:19 PM
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|  here is a pic of the worst aircraft of ww2. |
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03-24-2008, 05:31 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Probably this weekend. I am going through and finding quotes at the moment. There are a lot of threads to go through my friend...
__________________ 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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03-24-2008, 05:33 PM
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03-24-2008, 08:43 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| Don't forget Triple Ace!
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03-24-2008, 09:02 PM
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