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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Gixer on September 30, 2008, 05:34:32 AM
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Touring up north and came across the Australian Army Aviation Museum in Oakley by mistake. CAC-Boomerang was on display forming an interesting chapter in Australian Aviation, thought some here might be interested in the photos.
(http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1132/3985165/20656470/336666111.jpg)
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<S>...-Gixer
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They have 1 at Temora Air Museum, just north of Wagga Wagga, NSW,
http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/aircraft/boomerang.cfm
They fly "Suzi-Q" once a month along with the rest of their collection.
Sharrk..
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DAMN, that plane is sexy! I wish I had a model of that to hang on my ceiling!
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Thanks for the pics and links guys.
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Always wondered about the flight characteristics of that one. And performance? Anyone?
And thatnks for the pics :aok
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Always wondered about the flight characteristics of that one. And performance? Anyone?
And thatnks for the pics :aok
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_Boomerang It was a slug. :(
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A slug, but enough to make trouble...
Wonder about the handling etc...
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plus it looks nice :aok
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General characteristics
* Crew: 1
* Length: 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
* Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
* Height: 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
* Wing area: 225 ft² (20.9 m²)
* Empty weight: 5,373 lb (2,437 kg)
* Loaded weight: 7,699 lb (3,492 kg)
* Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine, 1,200 hp (895 kW)
Performance
* Maximum speed: 305 mph (265 knots, 491 km/h) at 15,500 ft (4,730 m)
* Range: 930 mi (810 nm, 1,500 km)
* Service ceiling: 29,000 ft (8,800 m)
* Rate of climb: 2,940 ft/min (14.9 m/s)
* Wing loading: 34.2 lb/ft² (167.1 kg/m²)
* Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (256 W/kg)
Armament
* Guns:
o 2× 20 mm (0.787 in) Hispano or CAC cannons
o 4× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns
* Bombs: Could be fitted when the large drop tank was not carried
Worth a re-look
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:huh Possible "wish list" item?
Nice lookin' airframe. I assume the "spikey" lookin' exhaust was a type of flame suppressor? :salute
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:huh Possible "wish list" item?
Nice lookin' airframe. I assume the "spikey" lookin' exhaust was a type of flame suppressor? :salute
It was already a post, and I was looking at it online and did a search and bumped it....... :D
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy47Z12Lsw4&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy47Z12Lsw4&feature=related
boy you can hear that Pratt howling, good find thanks! :salute
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Looks like the illegitimate love spawn of a Buffalo and a P-36.
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Looks like the illegitimate love spawn of a Buffalo and a P-36.
Can you say that both of those planes are beautiful in an early war sort of way?
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Would make a nice wishlist to add for the EW plane set.
ack-ack
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They have 1 at Temora Air Museum, just north of Wagga Wagga, NSW,
http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/aircraft/boomerang.cfm
They fly "Suzi-Q" once a month along with the rest of their collection.
Sharrk..
I was there a few months ago, I can put pictures online if wanted. The handling was supposedly pretty good, after all it was designed to take on zeros without being much faster.