Author Topic: mini con pics , from Michigan (Read 431 times)

Zigrat · « **Reply #15 on:** February 10, 2002, 05:02:31 PM »

isnt that a long trip for you camo?

LLv34_Camouflage · « **Reply #16 on:** February 10, 2002, 05:05:25 PM »

Nothing that I wouldn't do to see my AH buddies!

Lol, actually I'm spending a year of exchange studies in Toledo, Ohio. About 2hrs drive to Kalamazoo.

Camo

airspro · « **Reply #17 on:** February 11, 2002, 05:10:58 AM »

My e-mail address is

sprocket@cmsinter.net

I can send most of the pics to you that want them . Just shoot me a e mail so I know were to send them

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Am looking for more web space that isn't so picky :

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EDIT : Got all up but the mpg's

Seen as a slide show option has less adds :

K West · « **Reply #18 on:** February 11, 2002, 08:10:15 AM »

How's that "6" view?

A lot better than one would think isn't it?

Thanks for the pictures! Nice to put faces and names together. Especially my squadmate Popeye. Dago had always said this picture on the MOL squad site was Popeye,

But he looks so normal and respectable. This is going to take me some time to adjust to

Westy

Ripsnort · « **Reply #19 on:** February 11, 2002, 08:52:10 AM »

Ha! Popeye is an old fart like me!

popeye · « **Reply #20 on:** February 11, 2002, 09:28:06 AM »

I yam what I yam.

(Actually MUCH younger than Ripsnort.) (And MUCH better looking than Dago.)

tigman · « **Reply #21 on:** February 11, 2002, 12:24:25 PM »

Good thing that camera didn't show the wrinkles behind my glasses...hehehehe

LLv34_Camouflage · « **Reply #22 on:** February 11, 2002, 03:25:31 PM »

Thanks for the pics, Sprocket!

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Originally posted by K West
How's that "6" view? A lot better than one would think isn't it?

Well, it is good if you have the canopy open! I had it closed, and that convinced me that the 6-view from the Hellcat is crap indeed.

I took a video from the inside, from left-6 to right-6 -view. It shows the crappy 6 view pretty well, I'll post a shot from the video. Even when leaning forward and putting my head against the glass, I couldn't see the root of the elevator/horizontal stabilizer. No way to see the rear fuselage or vertical stabilizer at all. The headrest/armor is really high and the high-6 view is poor. One of Sprocket's pics shows me sitting in the wildcat, looking back to 5 oclock.

Last summer I sat in a finnish 109 G-6 with the "Erla Haube" canopy. The view to the rear sector is MUCH better than in the kitty, in all respects. The head armor is a glass panel, which gives a much less restricted rear view than in the kitty. Also, the fuselage of the hellcat is much wider than that of the 109, which plays a big role in this. The kitty's rear fuselage covers a bigger area, creating a larger blind spot.

Btw, I knew that the P47 and F4U are big, but I was really surprised of the huge size of the F4F and F6F! Compared to the 109 or P40, they are massive!

Camo

Wmaker · « **Reply #23 on:** February 11, 2002, 04:52:12 PM »

CAMO YOU &#¤%#"!!!!!

Muistatko kun tästä jo moskiitossa puhuttiin ja mies se vaan kääntää veistä haavassa!!!

Hittolainen...ja kuten em. kypsä reaktio osoitti....yhtään ei käy kateeks!!!

Nähdään viimestään MM02:ssa, pidä hauskaa!

AKIron · « **Reply #24 on:** February 11, 2002, 05:23:41 PM »

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Originally posted by LLv34_Camouflage
Well, it is good if you have the canopy open! I had it closed, and that convinced me that the 6-view from the Hellcat is crap indeed.

Is there a rear view mirror up front?

pimpjoe · « **Reply #25 on:** February 11, 2002, 06:55:34 PM »

correction camo....that was a wildcat:)

and no there wasnt a rearview mirror. those guys were crazy to hop in that thing but we were talking to one of the vets there and joking about the 6 view, he said "thats what wingmen are for"

Sachs · « **Reply #26 on:** February 12, 2002, 07:45:52 AM »

the guy from the netherlands was great to talk to. he worked in the airport i believe and had a few interesting stories. Still in love with that f7f sheesh when do we get it again?

LLv34_Camouflage · « **Reply #27 on:** February 12, 2002, 03:22:21 PM »

Neener neener, Video!

Come and visit me this summer. We can drive to Kalamazoo and Dayton.

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Originally posted by pimpjoe
correction camo....that was a wildcat:)

Hmm, I know that. I wonder why I wrote hellcat.

Here's the right-6 view from the wildcat, sorry for the crappy picture quality. But as you can see, it's more like a 5oc view! You can see the elevator behind the guy in the white jacket.