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07-16-2014, 09:59 PM | #1 | |||
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7-16-2014: Gee Bee model R
Aww, isn't that a cute aeroplane. Well only, if you think a skunk is a kitty cat, or a viper is a garden hose.
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07-16-2014, 10:37 PM | #2 |
I love it when a plan comes together.
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I'd like to see a pontoon version.
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07-17-2014, 01:15 AM | #3 |
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It's pretty much wings bolted to an engine, innit?
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07-17-2014, 05:34 AM | #4 |
still says videotape
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Pretty high cool factor.
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07-17-2014, 08:36 AM | #5 |
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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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07-17-2014, 08:44 AM | #6 |
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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.
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07-17-2014, 08:59 AM | #7 |
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short and thick, just the way I like 'em.
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07-17-2014, 09:22 AM | #8 |
Makes some feel uncomfortable
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I had a model of this when I was a lad
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07-17-2014, 11:46 AM | #9 |
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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.
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07-17-2014, 04:17 PM | #10 |
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He's just trying to find uses for that GoPro.
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