That wasn't it. There wasn't enough overcomplicated, expensive to make and difficult to maintain engineering in it.They probably looked at this and decided it was too ugly to be a German design
That wasn't it. There wasn't enough overcomplicated, expensive to make and difficult to maintain engineering in it.They probably looked at this and decided it was too ugly to be a German design
That wasn't it. There wasn't enough overcomplicated, expensive to make and difficult to maintain engineering in it.
Considering it was just an engine with two stubby wings and a tail, with poor handling and cockpit design, I can't say I blame you.
Considering it was just an engine with two stubby wings and a tail, with poor handling and cockpit design, I can't say I blame you.
Wasn't that true of all those American pylon racing aircraft? From what I can tell they were all death traps that should never have received a Certificate of Airworthiness.And killed it's pilots...
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Okay, it is a uniquely UGLY paint job. Can you ID the plane under all that dopey clown dressage? Almost looks like it was made by Miles?
Heretic the Warthog is the greatest airplane ever. It’s the Volvo of combat airplanes, all function and it’s glorious for it. All American history served only one purpose; to create the Warthog, it’s a war god flying among the lesser mortals.
It does kinda look like a flying casket😬I can think of less expensive ways to commit suicide than to fly a Gee Bee racer.
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It does kinda look like a flying casket😬
Beautiful(^^^)? Not really.
There is ugly skin deep and there is UGLY deep inside. Planes like this one, with their high speed for private planes, and unusual tail control are called "doctor killers". Why? The doctor, who buys it, does not realize that these faster than pedestrian methodical thought planes are meant for professional pilots who have been rigorously trained to think into the future about where their plane heads and who plan NOW for what to expect and what to do if it all goes wrong when it gets there. They stay mentally ahead of the plane's planned trajectory. Most people don't think that way. Most people can't think that way. Those few who do, are "pilots".
Planes faster or far more complex to handle than the people who think they can fly them are capable... these are pilot killers not because of the plane, but because the man was not told "no" when he tried to buy and fly it. These planes when sold commercially to Doctor Ego Tua Big are therefore UGLY deep inside to objective bystanders because of the almost near certain future human tragedy implied.
The Gee Bee was an early extreme example of even professionally trained pilots not being mentally right to fly it. Hence, we have aviation legends like Jimmy Doolittle, who "could" fly it.
So all homebuilders should be required to build scaled down A-10 Warthog. Problem solved.But the planes are beautiful. That's the danger of the attraction.
So all homebuilders should be required to build scaled down A-10 Warthog. Problem solved.