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[k0ua]

Don't recall the name, but I do recall reading about it years ago; you're right, it was ugly...and seems it had an exposed sear that would allow the gun to fire...without pulling the trigger...if pressure was applied.

You have explained its safety defect and confirmed its appearance. Two points out of three.. It is the type 94. It fires the anemic 8mm nambu cartridge like the type 14. But is not a very safe or handsome pistol.

 

[turnkey4099]

What is the most unusual material for a ship to be made of????
Its not wood or metal.

I saw 1 sitting on the bottom of the bay in the Philippians. Big hole in the side of it.

Ice for one. "Pycrete"

 

[turnkey4099]

I think k0ua already answered that correctly in post 751. Someone else thought that the flying bedstead was used to train pilots for the lunar lander. That was not correct. That vehicle was called the LLRV, and it was Neil Armstrong that crashed it.

That was me and no it was not wrong:

Crash Almost Killed Apollo 11 Astronaut ...



Video for flying bedstead crash▶ 0:37


www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJa4yQ0AIbU




"Dec 6, 2013 - Uploaded by Roy Dawson
Despite the incident, Armstrong praised the craft humorously dubbed the "flying bedstead," saying it did ..."

Googling "flying bedstead" will lead you as the first hit "niel Armstrong almost killed by crash..."

2nd hit is the British one. No, I didn't google it before I answered the first time.

Harry K

 

[2LaneCruzer]

One U.S. fighter plane in production at the beginning of WWII was exported in huge numbers to the Soviet Union. Despised by both the U.S. and England, this fighter is reputed to have the highest number of individual kills of any U.S. produced fighter and also was flown by many Russian aces. What was it, who made it and what was it's most unique feature?

 

[RSKY]

The elevator controls the speed on an aircraft.

 

[RSKY]

The U.S. made Bell P-39 Aircobra was exported to the USSR in great numbers because the USAAF didn't want it. It's engine was located behind the pilot and drive the prop with a shaft between the pilot's legs. It was also unusual because it had a 37mm cannon firing thru the prop hub. The Soviets usually changed the cannon to a 20mm or 23mm, don't remember which, just remember reading that they did. The P-39 didn't have a supercharger and was useless above 15,000 feet which is why it wasn't wanted by the U.S. or Brits. Most combat in Russia was at low altitude were the Aircobra excelled. Also the 37mm cannon was very low velocity and not good for air to air fights.

 

[crash325]

Could not find pictures of the machine. Or any reference to it being called a flying bedstead.
Watched film of it many years ago ( news reels??) Guess that was where the name came from.

Igor Sikorsky's quest for a practical helicopter began in 1938, when as the Engineering Manager of the Vought-Sikorsky Division of United Aircraft Corporation, he was able to convince the directors of United Aircraft that his years of study and research into rotary-wing flight problems would lead to a breakthrough. His first experimental machine, the VS-300 was test flown by Sikorsky on 14 September 1939 tethered by cables.[3] In developing the concept of rotary-wing flight, Sikorsky was the first to introduce a single engine to power both the main and tail rotor systems. The only previous successful attempt at a single-lift rotor helicopter, the Yuriev-Cheremukhin TsAGI-1EA in 1931 in the Soviet Union, used a pair of uprated, Russian-built Gnome Monosoupape rotary engines of 120 hp each for its power. For later flights of his VS-300, Sikorsky also added a vertical aerofoil surface to the end of the tail to assist anti-torque but this was later removed when it proved to be ineffective.[4]

The cyclic control was found to be difficult to perfect, and led to Sikorsky locking the cyclic and adding two smaller vertical-axis lifting rotors to either side aft of the tail boom. [5] By varying pitch of these rotors simultaneously, fore and aft control was provided. Roll control was provided by differential pitching of the blades. In this configuration, it was found that the VS-300 could not fly forward easily and Sikorsky joked about turning the pilot's seat around.[4]

 

[k0ua]

One U.S. fighter plane in production at the beginning of WWII was exported in huge numbers to the Soviet Union. Despised by both the U.S. and England, this fighter is reputed to have the highest number of individual kills of any U.S. produced fighter and also was flown by many Russian aces. What was it, who made it and what was it's most unique feature?

Aerocobra... it had the engine, behind the seat didn't it, and a drive shaft in a tunnel going forward maybe? I don't know the manufacture...

 

[k0ua]

Aerocobra... it had the engine, behind the seat didn't it, and a drive shaft in a tunnel going forward maybe? I don't know the manufacture...

I am a bit late... and I guess I should have kept reading..

 

[farmer2009]

Anybody want to guess at the spur questions.

 

[crash325]

F-82
In October 1943, the North American Aircraft design team began work on a fighter design that could travel over 2,000 mi (3,200 km) without refueling. It consisted of a twin-fuselage design, somewhat similar to the experimental German Messerschmitt Bf 109Z "Zwilling". Although based on the lightweight experimental XP-51F, which would later become the P-51H Mustang, it was actually an entirely new design. North American Design Chief Edgar Schmued incorporated two P-51H Mustang fuselages lengthened by the addition of a 57 in (145 cm) fuselage plug located behind the cockpit where additional fuel tanks and equipment could be installed. These were mounted to a newly designed center wing section containing the same six .50 inches (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns as a single-engine Mustang, but with more concentrated fire. The outer wings were strengthened to allow the addition of hard points for carrying additional fuel or 1,000 pounds (500 kg) of ordnance. The two vertical tails were also from the XP-51F, but incorporated large dorsal fillets for added stability in case of an engine failure. The aircraft had a conventional landing gear with both wheels retracting into bays under each fuselage center section.

Record-setting
P-82B-NA 44-65168 "Betty Jo" taking off from Hickam Field, Hawaii, 27 February 1947.

On 27 February 1947, P-82B 44-65168, named Betty Jo and flown by******name of pilot???*******, made history when it flew nonstop from Hawaii to New York without refueling, a distance of 5,051 mi (8,129 km) in 14 hr 32 min. It averaged 347.5 miles per hour (559.2 km/h). This flight tested the P-82's range. The aircraft carried a full internal fuel tank of 576 US gallons (2,180 l; 480 imp gal), augmented by four 310 US gal (1,173 l; 258 imp gal) tanks for a total of 1,816 US gal (6,874 l; 1,512 imp gal). Also, Colonel Thacker forgot to drop three of his external tanks when their fuel was expended, landing with them in New York.[3]

To this day, it remains the longest nonstop flight ever made by a propeller-driven fighter, and the fastest such a distance has ever been covered in a piston-engined aircraft (the record for the longest unrefueled flight by a propeller-driven aircraft of any type is held by the Rutan Voyager). The aircraft chosen was an earlier "B" model powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

That was me and no it was not wrong:

Crash Almost Killed Apollo 11 Astronaut ...



Video for flying bedstead crash▶ 0:37


www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJa4yQ0AIbU




"Dec 6, 2013 - Uploaded by Roy Dawson
Despite the incident, Armstrong praised the craft humorously dubbed the "flying bedstead," saying it did ..."

Googling "flying bedstead" will lead you as the first hit "niel Armstrong almost killed by crash..."

2nd hit is the British one. No, I didn't google it before I answered the first time.

Harry K

Yes, it was you and yes, you were wrong. The original flying bedstead was the British Rolls Royce Thrust Measuring Rig (TMR) which predated the LLRV (the one Neil Armstrong crashed) by 10 years. Some people also called the LLRV a flying bedstead as well, not knowing the origin of the nickname.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

The U.S. made Bell P-39 Aircobra was exported to the USSR in great numbers because the USAAF didn't want it. It's engine was located behind the pilot and drive the prop with a shaft between the pilot's legs. It was also unusual because it had a 37mm cannon firing thru the prop hub. The Soviets usually changed the cannon to a 20mm or 23mm, don't remember which, just remember reading that they did. The P-39 didn't have a supercharger and was useless above 15,000 feet which is why it wasn't wanted by the U.S. or Brits. Most combat in Russia was at low altitude were the Aircobra excelled. Also the 37mm cannon was very low velocity and not good for air to air fights.

Well said. I recall that Chuck Yeager, in his book, said that he really liked the Aircobra, which was used as a trainer, at least for a time. I believe it was fitted with a GM Allison engine, the same as the P-38 and the early P-51's, but sans supercharger. I also read that it got pretty exciting if the drive shaft, which ran between the pilot's legs, ever broke.

 

[turnkey4099]

Anybody want to guess at the spur questions.

Ya got me stumped. I rode horses back when I was in my teens on the ranch but...

Harry K

 

[turnkey4099]

Yes, it was you and yes, you were wrong. The original flying bedstead was the British Rolls Royce Thrust Measuring Rig (TMR) which predated the LLRV (the one Neil Armstrong crashed) by 10 years. Some people also called the LLRV a flying bedstead as well, not knowing the origin of the nickname.

Nothing was said about it having to be the FIRST one. Not just some people called it that. It was the common name in the news back then.

Harry K

 

[Depmandog]

On 27 February 1947, P-82B 44-65168, named Betty Jo and flown

by******name of pilot???*******,

made history when it flew nonstop from Hawaii to New York without refueling, a distance of 5,051 mi (8,129 km) in 14 hr 32 min. It averaged 347.5 miles per hour (559.2 km/h). This flight tested the P-82's range. The aircraft carried a full internal fuel tank of 576 US gallons (2,180 l; 480 imp gal), augmented by four 310 US gal (1,173 l; 258 imp gal) tanks for a total of 1,816 US gal (6,874 l; 1,512 imp gal).

Also, Colonel Thacker

forgot to drop three of his external tanks when their fuel was expended, landing with them in New York.[3] To this day, it remains the longest nonstop flight ever made by a propeller-driven fighter, and the fastest such a distance has ever been covered in a piston-engined aircraft (the record for the longest unrefueled flight by a propeller-driven aircraft of any type is held by the Rutan Voyager). The aircraft chosen was an earlier "B" model powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines

Uhh. I will guess Col Thacker

 

[k0ua]

Uhh. I will guess Col Thacker

I was thinking the same thing :laughing:

 

[farmer2009]

Cowboys of the old west wear spurs. What was the name of the bell like accessories worn on the raul of the spur? What was there purpose?

They're name is a Jinglebob. They're worn to cause a slight jingle. Supposed to be a soothing sound of communication with the horse.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

They're name is a Jinglebob. They're worn to cause a slight jingle. Supposed to be a soothing sound of communication with the horse.

 

[crash325]

Save for the 30/30 cartridge. What cartridge has killed more white tail deer than any other????