Gear up takeoff

In article ,
"Montblack" wrote:

("Ross" wrote)
My father was an B-25 instructor in CA during WWII. He said some of the
cadets would do this and the CO would be real mad when the B-25 settled
back to earth.


B-25 ....BOMBER!

I'm with the CO on this one. :-)


Paul-Mont

Bombers have an advantage over other types on these types of takeoffs.
When you feel the aircraft starting to settle, you can just hit the button
and drop your load. The sudden decrease in aircraft weight will give you
the extra performance boost you need to start climbing.

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
...

I'm with the CO on this one. :-)

Paul-Mont

Bombers have an advantage over other types on these types of takeoffs.
When you feel the aircraft starting to settle, you can just hit the button
and drop your load. The sudden decrease in aircraft weight will give you
the extra performance boost you need to start climbing.

I'm sure that's very comforting to the folks aft of the bomb bay. :

-c

"Roy Smith" wrote

Bombers have an advantage over other types on these types of takeoffs.
When you feel the aircraft starting to settle, you can just hit the button
and drop your load. The sudden decrease in aircraft weight will give you
the extra performance boost you need to start climbing.

But, even IF the bombs were hot, it would be helpful if the bomb bay doors
were opened, first. g
--
Jim in NC

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:37:07 -0400, "Morgans" wrote:


"Roy Smith" wrote

Bombers have an advantage over other types on these types of takeoffs.
When you feel the aircraft starting to settle, you can just hit the button
and drop your load. The sudden decrease in aircraft weight will give you
the extra performance boost you need to start climbing.

But, even IF the bombs were hot, it would be helpful if the bomb bay doors
were opened, first. g

IIRC, the B-17 (and probably all other US bombers) had a safety cable across the
lower part of the bomb bay which would open the doors if a bomb inadvertently
dropped.

Ron Wanttaja

On Jul 17, 5:10 pm, Roy Smith wrote:
In article ,

"Montblack" wrote:
("Ross" wrote)
My father was an B-25 instructor in CA during WWII. He said some of the
cadets would do this and the CO would be real mad when the B-25 settled
back to earth.

B-25 ....BOMBER!

I'm with the CO on this one. :-)

Paul-Mont

Bombers have an advantage over other types on these types of takeoffs.
When you feel the aircraft starting to settle, you can just hit the button
and drop your load. The sudden decrease in aircraft weight will give you
the extra performance boost you need to start climbing.

When you say "drop your load" do you mean drop the bombs?
Is it the decrease in weight or the exploding bombs that gave that
"extra performance boost you need to start climbing?"

Ricky

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:00:45 -0000, Ricky
wrote:

On Jul 17, 5:10 pm, Roy Smith wrote:
In article ,

"Montblack" wrote:
("Ross" wrote)
My father was an B-25 instructor in CA during WWII. He said some of the
cadets would do this and the CO would be real mad when the B-25 settled
back to earth.

B-25 ....BOMBER!

I'm with the CO on this one. :-)

Paul-Mont

Bombers have an advantage over other types on these types of takeoffs.
When you feel the aircraft starting to settle, you can just hit the button
and drop your load. The sudden decrease in aircraft weight will give you
the extra performance boost you need to start climbing.

When you say "drop your load" do you mean drop the bombs?
Is it the decrease in weight or the exploding bombs that gave that
"extra performance boost you need to start climbing?"

They shouldn't travel far enough for the fuses to be armed. That's
what that little propeller does.

Ricky