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Aircraft that never lived up to their promise
I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more?
Regards, Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer |
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message ... I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more? Regards, Boulton Paul Defiant Supermarine Swift Avro Manchester (although the Lancaster did in spades) Fairey Battle Keith |
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F7-U Cutlass,,,over 160 delivered in the 50's,,,,WAY under
powered...weighed over 30,000 lbs and only had 4000 lbs thrust each outta 2 J46's. and therefore WAY dangerous...Awesome one on display at the Naval Aviaition Museum in P'cola. On 30 Nov 2003 20:43:58 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote: I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more? Regards, Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer |
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user wrote: F7-U Cutlass,,,over 160 delivered in the 50's,,,,WAY under powered...weighed over 30,000 lbs and only had 4000 lbs thrust each outta 2 J46's. and therefore WAY dangerous...Awesome one on display at the Naval Aviaition Museum in P'cola. On 30 Nov 2003 20:43:58 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote: I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more? Regards, Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer The classic turkey: The Fisher XP-75 Eagle -- supposed to become an escort fighter, built from parts of several production aircraft. Mc Donnell F3H-1 Demon -- like the "gutless Cutlass," underpowered, designed to be supersonic. Martin P5M Seamaster ("Seamonster") jet Medium bomber seaplane. Convair XFY-1 VTOL fighter, along with the Lockheed XFV-1 -- both tailsitters. Pilots found the transition from flight to tail-first vertical landing too hard to do. |
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Westland Whirlwind (one of my favourites) TSR.2 --- Peter Kemp Life is short - Drink Faster |
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On 30 Nov 2003 20:43:58 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:
I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more? Would the F-22 fit in this category, or is it too early to tell yet? -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying |
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"machf" wrote in message ... On 30 Nov 2003 20:43:58 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote: I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more? Would the F-22 fit in this category, or is it too early to tell yet? That is pretty much up to the galloping dominoes now. |
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The classic turkey: The Fisher XP-75 Eagle -- supposed to become an escort fighter, built from parts of several production aircraft. One of the first real proofs that you can make all sorts of things fly with a big enough engine. Mc Donnell F3H-1 Demon -- like the "gutless Cutlass," underpowered, designed to be supersonic. ....and the corresponding "with a poor engine, any plane can be a piece of crap." Martin P5M Seamaster ("Seamonster") jet Medium bomber seaplane. P6M. The P5M was the Marlin. (Although the P6M was based off of the P5M). And let's not forget the corresponding fighter, the cool-looking but problematic Sea Dart - I would have loved to see one of these in the air. Convair XFY-1 VTOL fighter, along with the Lockheed XFV-1 -- both tailsitters. Pilots found the transition from flight to tail-first vertical landing too hard to do. Oddly enough, the tailsitter designs are coming back... without the pilots. Some of the more promising UAVs look much like the pogo planes, since the computers running them have much less trouble dealing with that transition than people do. For some reason, many pilots don't like trying to land an aircraft while lying on their backs. There are so many wonderful example of planes that sucked... The XA2D Skyshark, which showed that early turboprops often weren't ready for prime time, and reminded us that contrarotating props had their own issues. Then there's the slow but loud XF-84H, with a turboprop engine and a big fat prop up front. Which shows that you can screw up anything if you try hard enough. -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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ArtKramr ) writes:
I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more? A.V. Roe Canada CF-105 Avro Arrow, a long range interceptor that only had a 700 nm range. The is bearly enough to fly from CFB Cold Lake to Whitehorse, Yukon. The concept as a interceptor that would meet a wave of Soviet bombers over the high Arctic, but didn't have the legs to get there! I was big, white and pretty... but I am one Canadian who the more I read about it the poorer the a/c ends up being. In design during the same period was Lockheed's A-11, A-12 and SR-71. |
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:04:18 -0500, machf
wrote: On 30 Nov 2003 20:43:58 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote: I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more? Would the F-22 fit in this category, or is it too early to tell yet? Definitely not. It's met or exceeding all of it's requirements. Unless that's how *you* define a loser. |
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