Author Topic: Interesting view of a Lanc Cockpit (Read 1125 times)

SkyLab · « **Reply #15 on:** April 06, 2005, 02:00:05 PM »

Now that is cool Guppy35!

nirvana · « **Reply #16 on:** April 06, 2005, 04:58:41 PM »

Awesome, whats that plate type thing behind the pilot? a really uncomfortable carnival-type head rest? Really awesome view at any rate however.

mars01 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 06, 2005, 05:07:28 PM »

I think that plate is there to keep the back of his head from getting holes in it.

frank3 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2005, 05:29:17 PM »

I didn't expect the armored plating to be that big....and yellow...

Edbert1 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 07, 2005, 08:04:48 AM »

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Originally posted by frank3
I didn't expect the armored plating to be that big....and yellow...

The plate looks a little thin for armor to me, I can see the 7.7mm easily penetrating that, 12.9s would go through it like paper.

Someone needs to draw a smiley on there.

SunKing · « **Reply #20 on:** April 07, 2005, 11:07:26 AM »

That is awesome.. anymore?

steely07 · « **Reply #21 on:** April 07, 2005, 08:36:23 PM »

Very very cool indeed!!!!

DipStick · « **Reply #22 on:** April 08, 2005, 06:20:14 PM »

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Originally posted by frank3
The British were alot stronger than the Americans

Yes they are ALOT stranger.

mars01 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 08, 2005, 06:44:00 PM »

LOL yeah that is a good point Ed hahaha.

SunTracker · « **Reply #24 on:** April 08, 2005, 09:34:56 PM »

There is a website that also has a view like this for B-17 cockpit.

The reason so many bomber crews were lost is due to the centrifugal forces that pinned everyone down.

hubsonfire · « **Reply #25 on:** April 09, 2005, 01:26:15 AM »

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen on the intardnet. Tx Dan!

Also, i'm guessing that jump seat next to the pilot is for the engineer during startup/takeoff/landing. I notice there are quite a lot of switches/levers/buttons that would be damned near impossible to operate from the pilot's seat. Dang, this is cool, but you'd have been hard pressed to get me in that big of a greenhouse with enemies around. That'd have to be terrifying, nothing at all to hide behind, but a thin sheet of perspex. Eeek

Skydancer · « **Reply #26 on:** April 09, 2005, 05:01:26 AM »

Where is the link to that B17 website Sun Tracker?

eilif · « **Reply #27 on:** April 09, 2005, 11:37:20 PM »

sure has good visibility for a bomber.