Caption this picture!

[juzz]

 

[Mathman]

"Transformers:  More than meets the eye!"

[Loyalist]

What would be the advantage?

[Jochen]

With tracks that plane would have lower ground pressure and it could use muddy or otherwise toejamty places as airfield.

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jochen / Gefechtsverband Kowalewski

Units: I. and II./KG 51, II. and III./KG 76, NSGr 1, NSGr 2, NSGr 20.
Planes: Do 17Z, Ju 87D, Ju 88A, He 111H, Ar 234A, Me 410A, Me 262A, Fw 190A, Fw 190F, Fw 190G.

Sieg oder bolschevismus!

[Bodhi]

Keep in mind that that little idea never caught on.  The key concept that they misssed in the design was drag.  Tracks have no where near the capacity of less drag than do wheels.  

[LaVa]

"O my God what happened to my FEET!"

bodhi right..way too much resistence...i would be watermelon hot landing that thing in fear of nosing over.

LaVa

[Sturm]

Someone was on crack when they thought up this contraption

[Fester']

You'd have to use hydrolics to spin em up, and it seems like an awefully small footprint for an effective track.  The resistance would be terrible.  

[Graywolf]

If the ground was that soft you'd probably be better off with skis =)



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Graywolfe <tim@flibble.org>

[Sable]

"A textbook case of Trench Foot"

[Ripsnort]

"Someone get a P40 up from VH and strafe the troops!"