Have some aero-history for Friday

"Rock Bottom" (rockbottom81) 10/24/2014 at 09:08 • Filed to: planelopnik

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Have some pics of the gritty underbelly of aero-testing from the 1940s through present times. Post some neat aero stuff in the comments! Whatever you got!

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Rock Bottom 10/24/2014 at 09:20

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Valkerie? Is that you?

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Rock Bottom 10/24/2014 at 09:20

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I' air sick just looking at this machine. Whatever happens next can't be good

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Rock Bottom 10/24/2014 at 09:22

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Wallpaper... Thank you

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Rock Bottom 10/24/2014 at 09:22

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Favorite plane. Ever.

Rock Bottom > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 10/24/2014 at 09:34

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Hell yeah!

Rock Bottom > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 10/24/2014 at 09:41

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Ha ha! It's a NASA test rig called the Large Rotor Test Apparatus (LRTA). We used it to test a UH-60 main rotor outside its flight envelope. I liked to describe the LRTA as 72,000 lbs of rotor-testing rage! And yes, we got the hell out before starting the rotor...

Rock Bottom > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 10/24/2014 at 09:44

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If I recall, that's a Douglas XSB2D dive bomber in the NACA 40x80 in 1944.

Rock Bottom > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 10/24/2014 at 09:46

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Slightly less awesome: It was one of the numerous SST programs in the 1960s. I believe this one was the SCAT 15F from 1969.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Rock Bottom 10/24/2014 at 09:49

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Checkmark wings always win

Rock Bottom > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 10/24/2014 at 09:51

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Fun fact: According to Wikipedia, a variant of this plane was developed into the Douglas Skyraider that rained freedom on the good people of Vietnam in the 60s! Huh!