Cockpits...file name same as aircraft type...a few more [15/15] - Yak-3 Cockpit.jpg (1/1)

[Miloch]

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[Byker]

Speaking of cockpits, this one is of a Polikarpov I-16, showing the hand
crank that retracts the landing gear, on the lower right. With 45 turns
(some say 75 turns) of the crank, this tedious process meant that most of
its flight testing was done with the gear down.

[Miloch]

In article >, Byker says...
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>Speaking of cockpits, this one is of a Polikarpov I-16, showing the hand
>crank that retracts the landing gear, on the lower right. With 45 turns
>(some say 75 turns) of the crank, this tedious process meant that most of
>its flight testing was done with the gear down.


Hence, the Polikarpov designers warning to the test pilots: "This is
Russia...you do not do the Polikarpov I-16...the Polikarpov I-16 does YOU."




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[Byker]

"Miloch" wrote in message ...
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> Hence, the Polikarpov designers warning to the test pilots: "This is
> Russia...you do not do the Polikarpov I-16...the Polikarpov I-16 does
> YOU."

The "flying barrel" seems to have been inspired by the Gee Bee racers. There
was a saying in Russian, "If you can fly the I-16, you can fly anything."

[Miloch]

In article >, Byker says...
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>"Miloch" wrote in message ...
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>> Hence, the Polikarpov designers warning to the test pilots: "This is
>> Russia...you do not do the Polikarpov I-16...the Polikarpov I-16 does
>> YOU."
>
>The "flying barrel" seems to have been inspired by the Gee Bee racers. There
>was a saying in Russian, "If you can fly the I-16, you can fly anything."
>


Looks like they palmed a few off to the Chinese and let them worry about it.




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[Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]]

A big engine, with as little airframe as possible to keep it in the
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