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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: lyric1 on December 22, 2013, 02:43:48 PM

Title: B-24 Ball turret cam.
Post by: lyric1 on December 22, 2013, 02:43:48 PM

Interesting view in this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcPTnsAP9wU#t=891

Title: Re: B-24 Ball turret cam.
Post by: Nath[BDP] on December 22, 2013, 03:01:34 PM

at over 6' i would not fit in that!

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Post by: Arlo on December 22, 2013, 03:32:35 PM

Amazing!

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Post by: pensley on December 22, 2013, 03:49:35 PM

I've been thinking about attending this event. It's just up north from me.

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Post by: APDrone on December 22, 2013, 04:05:00 PM

 :aok

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Post by: colmbo on December 22, 2013, 05:58:25 PM

I've been in the ball turret in flight.  Interesting experience.  VERY noisy, wind shrieking around/through the turret.  At the time I did they didn't have the turret working with power, it had to be hand cranked.  Limited field of view.  It would be difficult to see attacking fighters unless you had the turret pointed at them.

Odd sensation to be hanging under the airplane, almost as if you aren't part of the bomber.