7-16-2014: Gee Bee model R

Gravdigr · 07-17-2014, 01:15 AM

It's pretty much wings bolted to an engine, innit?

Griff · 07-17-2014, 05:34 AM

Pretty high cool factor.

glatt · 07-17-2014, 08:36 AM

This is probably sacrilege, but it would be pretty easy today to put a small and unobtrusive camera underneath pointing downward and have a small display in the cockpit for the pilot to see where the hell they are going.

Carruthers · 07-17-2014, 08:44 AM

I never flew a tail dragger so I can't speak from experience, but I bet that thing was a pig to land and worse to taxy.

Sheldonrs · 07-17-2014, 08:59 AM

short and thick, just the way I like 'em.

Spexxvet · 07-17-2014, 09:22 AM

I had a model of this when I was a lad

xoxoxoBruce · 07-17-2014, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

This is probably sacrilege, but it would be pretty easy today to put a small and unobtrusive camera underneath pointing downward and have a small display in the cockpit for the pilot to see where the hell they are going.

Yes, there are ways to compensate for the restrictions they put up with to fly a cutting edge racer. But this isn't a design you'd want to fly on a daily basis. It would be a hangar queen that only came out to play on special occasions.

07-17-2014, 01:15 AM	#1
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07-17-2014, 05:34 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Pretty high cool factor. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-17-2014, 08:44 AM	#4
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07-17-2014, 08:59 AM	#5
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07-17-2014, 09:22 AM	#6
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I had a model of this when I was a lad __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-17-2014, 08:36 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This is probably sacrilege, but it would be pretty easy today to put a small and unobtrusive camera underneath pointing downward and have a small display in the cockpit for the pilot to see where the hell they are going.

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