![]() |
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
Thinking back about that B29 on the greenland ice, and how maybe it *could*
have been recovered, I've pulled together these facts: The C-130 can land on unimproved runways. The interior space is about 9x10x40 feet, about 20,000 pounds max load. The B-29 fuselage is 9.5 feet maximum diameter. Now ASSUMING the ice up there gets thick enough to support a C-130, and one can pack down the snow enough to allow a takeoff, could one disassemble a B-29 into say 4 fuselage sections and fly them out? Then take the engines off the wings and fly them out too. The wings are a bit of a problem with their 17-foot wide roots, but maybe if you let the widest 30 feet or so dangle out the back (with a red flag on it of course)..... How many rivets would you have to drill out to do such a thing? If another B-29 is found out in the boonies, wouldnt this be a better scheme than trying to fly itout? How much does a C-130 rent out for per day anyway? Regards, George |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Rivets vs Welding | David Findlay | Home Built | 15 | January 3rd 05 11:55 AM |
FA: Cherrymax rivets | Lew Coppes | Aviation Marketplace | 0 | December 28th 04 06:35 PM |
How to drill a cenetered hole in end of solid rod | Scott | Home Built | 21 | November 2nd 04 03:04 PM |
Poppers Revisted and the Return of the Teenie Two | Veeduber | Home Built | 0 | March 29th 04 09:57 AM |
Patching Baffling, 3/32 C-Sunk Rivets, 1100 Aluminum? | jls | Home Built | 3 | February 3rd 04 12:15 AM |