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Title: f6f5 should stall in same manner as the TBM in AH
Post by: Citabria on April 10, 2001, 09:57:00 PM
makes sense right?  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

tbm stalls soft so should f6f5
Title: f6f5 should stall in same manner as the TBM in AH
Post by: [Sg]ShotGun on April 10, 2001, 11:40:00 PM
whats the wing loading of ea?
AND:
the ratio of Toff weight to the surface area of elevators?

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Title: f6f5 should stall in same manner as the TBM in AH
Post by: Vermillion on April 11, 2001, 06:57:00 AM
Citabria, I admittedly don't know much about stall characteristics.

Why should the F6F-5 have a soft stall?

I'm not asking for people to post up anecdotal comments on how XXX pilot thought the plane was a dream, and it had an easy stall (you can find similar comments from some pilot for just about every plane type ever made in some regard).

But in regards to its actual design, why should that aircraft have a softer stall than it currently has? Honest question.

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Title: f6f5 should stall in same manner as the TBM in AH
Post by: flakbait on April 11, 2001, 09:42:00 AM
Verm, it should have a soft stall because that's what the WW2 training film at Zeno's says it has. Not only that, but it shows an F6F stalling; which it does very gently.
 www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com (http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com)

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Title: f6f5 should stall in same manner as the TBM in AH
Post by: Tac on April 11, 2001, 09:58:00 AM
because its porked. Just like the 38  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Title: f6f5 should stall in same manner as the TBM in AH
Post by: Hooligan on April 11, 2001, 11:50:00 AM
Okay a little hint here.  Can somebody at least go to the effort of quoting what it says in AHT about the F6F stall characteristics?  This would be very easy to do and it would even smack of evidence.

Hooligan
Title: f6f5 should stall in same manner as the TBM in AH
Post by: MiG Eater on April 11, 2001, 02:01:00 PM
There is another way to confirm F6F stall characteristics.  Speak with a pilot that currently flies the Hellcat.  Steve Hinton from the Planes Of Fame museum in Chino, CA would be a great contact.  The Grumman test pilot that flew the Hellcat (Corky Meyer) is still alive and writes for Flight Journal magazine.  I bet he'd know the characteristics of that airplane inside and out.

I think it is significant with pilot xxx reports that none that I have ever read about, spoken to or seen (in video) have alluded to the stalling characteristics that we experience.  The Hellcat was renowned and praised by all for its very forgiving handling in the low speed regime.  

MiG
Title: f6f5 should stall in same manner as the TBM in AH
Post by: funked on April 11, 2001, 02:16:00 PM
Hooligan:  http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/Forum9/HTML/001415.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/Forum9/HTML/001415.html)