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The Aviation Enthusiasts Thread!

#141
fhm555 said:
Hello fellow plane fans...Help!!

I've got an 8th scale r/c J3 I'm wanting to mod and I can't decide between a bush plane and a crop duster.

I'd like to (kinda sorta) model it after something that actually flew so if you know of any crop dusting j3's, pics or info would be greatly appreciated. As for a bush plane, I'm pretty sure I've got the (scale) tundra tire problem solved and have also picked up a set of fulling functioning scale LG so bouncy, gravel bar type landings will be possible if I go that route.
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I don't know that you'll find many J3's in a bush or cropduster configuration. It's an excellent short field plane but not much hauling capability. Try searching for super cub pics. Similar look, but the engine is completely cowled.

I have seen many J3's on floats that look cool.

Of course, I could be wrong.
 
#143
KillerNeuron said:
Love super cubs!
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Man! If only I were single. And younger. And better looking. And weighed 25 lbs less. And drove a nicer car. And made more money...

On ramp last week. Any idea what it is? It's a homebuilt, but a replica:

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#150
EdHunter said:
Classy shot. I've never been a big fan of the B-17, though. I always thought that for the size and crew of the plane, its capacity was a little on the pathetic side...
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That is true. I remember when I first heard that one single F-16 can carry a heavier bomb load than a single B-17 I was amazed.

They were aerial "tanks", though. They could take a licking and keep on ticking! I've seen pictures of them where they were shredded to bits and still made it back home.
 
#151
Gottaplaybass said:
That is true. I remember when I first heard that one single F-16 can carry a heavier bomb load than a single B-17 I was amazed.

They were aerial "tanks", though. They could take a licking and keep on ticking! I've seen pictures of them where they were shredded to bits and still made it back home.
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An unlikely contender in that dept would be the F-105 from the Viet Nam era. These guys could take massive damage and keep on going. They wee used as a bomber/ground attack aircraft which put them in the action extensively.

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#152
Relic said:
An unlikely contender in that dept would be the F-105 from the Viet Nam era. These guys could take massive damage and keep on going. They wee used as a bomber/ground attack aircraft which put them in the action extensively.

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Yes! :hyper: Another of my favorite planes. I was fortunate to be able to see them fly operationally in Utah in the earliest 1980s. The USAF reserve unit at Hill AFB had them until they transitioned to F-16s. It was neat to compare the turning radius of the F-16 vs. the F-105. The F-16s tail almost turns around the nose in a tight turn, and the F-105 pilots would lay them over on their sides and begin their turn and would circle the base to make their 360 degrees.

I have been told that this was really the first "stealth" fighter, because of the very thin wings and small radar return the the fuselage makes head-on. The little yellow thing on the nose strut in the above picture was installed to give the approach radar a return on landing approach. At least that is what I was told years ago, and it seemed to be backed-up in a picture book that I have on the F-105 where the had 3 tires and a boarding ladder setup and the caption read something like the stealth plane or something like that. (I'm at work or I would look it up.) After work I looked in my books and found where they refered to the device on the nose strut as a RADAR reflector. I also found the stealth photo in my book about the Wild Weasel squadrons, but it had more to do with the paint scheme than the radar return.
 

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