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Title: F4F Flamed by Zero (pic)
Post by: FiLtH on January 23, 2005, 03:04:04 AM

(http://FilthysForum.homestead.com/files/AH_Art_F4f_goin_down.jpg)

Title: F4F Flamed by Zero (pic)
Post by: mechanic on January 23, 2005, 03:22:03 AM

is that fake??

the fire looks much better than AH fire is all.

nice pic tho :aok

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Post by: TBolt A-10 on January 23, 2005, 03:25:22 AM

the fire is actually zeke #1 splattered all over the Wildcat, though.  you can clearly see zeke #2 buggin' out and goin' hooooome.  :D

Title: F4F Flamed by Zero (pic)
Post by: mechanic on January 23, 2005, 03:28:00 AM

people complain about the water....i think it looks great even still captured.

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Post by: FiLtH on January 23, 2005, 03:30:53 AM

Bat look close and you can see the f4f's canopy pulled back and the pilot trying to shield himself from the heat, as he trys to get out.

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Post by: lazs2 on January 23, 2005, 08:43:20 AM

I think he is trying to wipe blood from zeke number one off his windshield so that he can see the fleeing zeke number two.

lazs

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Post by: hawker238 on January 23, 2005, 08:50:17 AM

Question:  When bailing out, how easy was it to avoid striking the tail?  How easy was it to bail out?

Title: F4F Flamed by Zero (pic)
Post by: lazs2 on January 23, 2005, 08:53:31 AM

musta been fairly easy... some germans did it dozens of times.

lazs

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Post by: Siaf__csf on January 23, 2005, 10:51:13 AM

You flipped the plane upside down for bailing -> gravity did the job for you.

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Post by: Kaz on January 23, 2005, 12:11:18 PM

Check this film out (http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/P38.html )

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Post by: jodgi on January 23, 2005, 12:26:04 PM

On bailing.

I was under the impression that this is/was a well used procedure:

Open canopy.
Loosen harness, belt or whatever.
Put the plane in shallow climb.
Trim plane full down/forward, and pull hard on stick to keep same attitude as before trim.
Let go of stick, and pretty much eject out of cockpit.

I was a bit vague in the opening line;) I know for a fact this is and was a procedure to bail.

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Post by: eilif on January 23, 2005, 03:41:32 PM

hehe, i always liked the part in the p38 film where they remind ya not to swan dive onto the elevator but to fall inbetween the nacels. :rofl

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Post by: Karnak on January 23, 2005, 05:24:18 PM

Some pilots were killed by striking the tail.  This is how Hans-Joachim Marseille died.  He was bailing out after an engine malfuction was causing power loss and fumes in the cockpit of his Bf109G-2.

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Post by: Heretik on January 23, 2005, 06:38:44 PM

George Bush Sr smacked the tail of his Avenger on the way out.

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Post by: DipStick on January 23, 2005, 06:41:48 PM

Nice screenie Filth. :)

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Post by: Russian on January 23, 2005, 06:50:57 PM

Very nice fire effect.