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Title: Caption this picture!
Post by: juzz on April 27, 2001, 12:34:00 AM

 (http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/p40-3.jpg)

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Post by: Mathman on April 27, 2001, 12:43:00 AM

"Transformers:  More than meets the eye!"

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Post by: Loyalist on April 27, 2001, 01:15:00 AM

What would be the advantage?

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Post by: Jochen on April 27, 2001, 02:54:00 AM

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

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Post by: Bodhi on April 27, 2001, 08:25:00 AM

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.  

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Post by: LaVa on April 27, 2001, 09:00:00 AM

"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

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Post by: Sturm on April 27, 2001, 09:09:00 AM

Someone was on crack when they thought up this contraption

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Post by: Fester' on April 27, 2001, 09:33:00 AM

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.  

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Post by: Graywolf on April 27, 2001, 10:35:00 AM

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



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Post by: Sable on April 27, 2001, 11:29:00 AM

"A textbook case of Trench Foot"

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Post by: Ripsnort on April 27, 2001, 11:33:00 AM

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