Author Topic: Dont question the JUGs durability! [pics] (Read 981 times)

-=Silo=- · « **on:** June 30, 2000, 02:32:00 PM »

WTFG BigBen on bringing this bird home! Surely some Nit thought they got robbed last night!

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Karnak · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2000, 02:45:00 PM »

You're joking.

Right?

OTOH, what would the wingloading on that P-47 be?

Sisu
-Karnak

-=Silo=- · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2000, 02:47:00 PM »

Dude, I was shocked when i landed and rolled past him on the runway. He says he landed her missing both wing tips.

Buy BigBen a beer!

mx22 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2000, 02:52:00 PM »

Was flying in Typhoons with one missing wingtip without any problem. Easy to land too... It just required all the way trim to one side and up. So I bet one should not have that much problem flying Jug missing them both, granted he's very careful.

mx22

Staga · « **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2000, 03:15:00 PM »

Done that in A8 several times and in b-17 too...

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #5 on:** June 30, 2000, 03:28:00 PM »

Already happened to me in several AH planes, it's not the P47.
Whenu got both wings shot off at the same time, it's "ok'.

RAM · « **Reply #6 on:** June 30, 2000, 03:38:00 PM »

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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy:
Already happened to me in several AH planes, it's not the P47.
Whenu got both wings shot off at the same time, it's "ok'.

not so OK, in A8, at least, latteral stability sucks all day long, you have to be compensating with rudders all the time because the plane tends to roll to all sides!.

Staga · « **Reply #7 on:** June 30, 2000, 04:03:00 PM »

Yep...
With A8 you don't aim to the rw but on to the field... IMO it's easier than land without only one wingtip missing

Dune · « **Reply #8 on:** June 30, 2000, 04:16:00 PM »

I made it home in a -51D that had lost both wings like that. But, I've also found out that you can't do it if only one wing has been sawed off.

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X.O. 352nd Fighter Group
"The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney"

"Credo quia absurdum est." (I believe it because it is unreasonable)
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Torquila · « **Reply #9 on:** June 30, 2000, 04:23:00 PM »

U guys think that is good? ive flown,bombed (unaccuratly) and killed people in a b26 with no wingtips.

BigBen · « **Reply #10 on:** June 30, 2000, 05:48:00 PM »

Thanks for posting that, Silo! I actually flew that bird all the way from A14 back to A13. The ailerons are on the outer wing, so there was NO roll control except via rudder. With the torque the jug has up front, it really wasn't that easy when low and slow on the landing.. every change in power required tended to roll the ship one way or the other. Anyway, it was fun. I'm glad to see it memorialized, even if it's not that big of a deal.

Certainly my k/d record isn't worth remembering.... in fact, I'd appreciate it if y'all would forget it! =)
Salute to all!

Gadfly · « **Reply #11 on:** June 30, 2000, 10:01:00 PM »

Funked?

Lizking

Staga · « **Reply #12 on:** July 03, 2000, 05:22:00 AM »

FILM

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SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2000, 11:32:00 AM »

hehehe Staga... RAM, any comments?

jarbo · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2000, 11:43:00 AM »

The B17 has beautiful perfomance w/o both wingtips. Just fly the rudders all the way

Jarbo