[Rhodes22-list] Flying Video

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Brad,
Teenie Weenie - what a plane to fly.  They are mostly retired to the Navy flying clubs now.  The rumble used to be that the V tail had a strong tendency to yaw, although I never flew one.  Is that overdone?
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 4, 2007 6:31 PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Flying Video
>
>Robert,
>
>The T-34 Mentor Navy trainer is basically a Bo with a conventional tail and
>some more aluminum in the wing.  I think they still use them, at least they
>had some at the last airshow I attended last month.  The problem with my
>vintage and model of Bo is that the 'V' tail will twist off with too many
>G's and too much speed. Plus, any engine without an inverted oil system
>can't run upside down but for a few seconds unless the entire maneuver
>remains positive G. A  problem all along with V-tails has been:
>inexperience + oversized gonads = ugly death.  I fly like the old, er, make
>that 'seasoned' man that I am - sunny days and smooth air.  Even at my day
>job I work under the "young bull/old bull" rules.  Please don't make me tell
>that joke.
>
>Brad
>
>On 11/4/07, Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
>>
>> How does the Bo do inverted?
>> Will you be playing???
>> /Robert
>>
>> Brad Haslett wrote:
>> >
>> > Robert,
>> >
>> > Must be fate.  I haven't been upside down in at least 25 years.  I
>> stepped
>> > outside the hangar this morning and the ex-husband of one of the best
>> (and
>> > best looking) female aerobatic pilots in the US was getting his airplane
>> out
>> > of the hangar.  I walked down to help and he invited me along for a joy
>> ride
>> > in his North American AT-6 (1940's vintage).  We went fall foliage
>> > sightseeing with a couple of rolls along the way and some high speed
>> passes
>> > at a friends private airstrip.  Now I remember why flying is so much fun
>> but
>> > I'm glad he was paying for  the 40 gallons an hour at $4.80 per gallon
>> the
>> > AT-6 guzzles.
>> >
>> > Brad
>> >
>> > On 11/3/07, Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Brad, no matter which eye you use I don't see
>> > > how you can say, "Not much to look at."
>> > >
>> > > Those crisp rolls are beautiful.  She makes it
>> > > look like "No Svet!"  She could lose the waving
>> > > and no hands stuff, though.
>> > >
>> > > /Robert
>> > > -----------------------------------------------
>> > > Brad Haslett wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > She's not much to look at but she sure can fly!  Brad
>> > > >
>> > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=eKLaJDIoWfI
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>> > > Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven"
>> > > Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
>> > > s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."
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>> Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
>> s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."
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