Author Topic: Dick Rutan's B-17 Restoration (Read 1025 times)

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2005, 08:04:58 AM »

Of course its a real b-17! They just had a fat tailgunner who sued under ADA to get the mods.

indy007 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 23, 2005, 08:28:51 AM »

I wonder what it'd be like to try to get that thing off the ground with no flaps. iirc, you'd need leading edge slats on the canards that would deploy at the same time as the flaps otherwise the aircraft would get out of balance in a hurry.

Shuckins · « **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2005, 08:59:36 AM »

With the standard .50 caliber chin turret and what appear to be two 30 mm cannon in the canards, ho attacks by fighters would be suicidal.

Seagoon · « **Reply #18 on:** March 23, 2005, 12:02:37 PM »

I was wondering why they installed the second dorsal turret, and then it hit me - they had to delete the waist guns in order to put the wing in back.

Honestly though, anyone got any information on why they produced such a hare-brained configuration?

- SEAGOON

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #19 on:** March 23, 2005, 12:16:25 PM »

You are just not listening to me Seagoon.. tsk tsk!

Seagoon · « **Reply #20 on:** March 23, 2005, 12:22:54 PM »

I knew that Clark Gable joined the AAF in WW2, but I always wondered if Oliver Hardy had joined the service too. Thanks for clearing that up...

- SEAGOON

bunch · « **Reply #21 on:** March 23, 2005, 02:14:31 PM »

Is it still conventional gear?

indy007 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 23, 2005, 02:48:07 PM »

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Originally posted by bunch
Is it still conventional gear?

Off hand, I can't recall seeing a canard setup taildragger. Definately be interested in seeing one though if anybody has pics

Guppy35 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 23, 2005, 02:55:01 PM »

Thought some of you gents might want to see the aircraft before it was modified by the Rutan crowd. Just your standard B17G to begin with

Dan

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #24 on:** March 23, 2005, 03:06:32 PM »

Ya, I hear good ole Burt is an experten with Photoshop!

But I really like my fat tailgunner theory...>