Prang

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 05/29/2015 at 13:44 • Filed to: planelopnik

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Stuck the landing. I doubt this ended well.

ttyymmnn > ttyymmnn 05/29/2015 at 13:47

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 05/29/2015 at 13:48

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Given that article I linked about two weeks ago with the dumped planes underwater, nose-standing appears to be one of the most stable positions for a Corsair.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/29/2015 at 13:49

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I figure that one you posted sank heavy-end down.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 05/29/2015 at 13:53

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I now have the need, *need*I say, to see a Corsair fitted with a Wasp Major. Ten more cylinders would be just too good to pass up.

cornerslide > ttyymmnn 05/29/2015 at 15:31

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Now we know where the term “tripwire” comes from.

f86sabre > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/29/2015 at 15:34

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They tried it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_…

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 05/29/2015 at 15:45

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Found a research project for you. Check out the Republic XF-12.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > f86sabre 05/29/2015 at 15:48

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Testing revealed deficiencies in lateral control and insufficient speed

The lateral control I can definitely imagine due to comedy amounts of rotating mass - the insufficient speed I imagine was down to poorer aero and limits on propeller tech. Doesn’t surprise me that the Bearcat was hard to beat - it’s always seemed to me to be the near perfect recipe piston fighter, at least speed-wise.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 05/29/2015 at 16:07

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Well, I know what I’ll be writing about when I finish my R-40C project. Thanks for the tip. That’s a drop-dead sexy airplane.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 05/29/2015 at 16:09

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I still think that Alexander Kartveli is underappreciated. But then again, most people outside of aviation know who Glen Curtiss was, either.