DmitriKozlowsky Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 If Circus Clowns, Lollipop Guild, and North Pole Elves had Air Force or Air Arm, it would be equipped with Folland Gnat. The MG Midget or Morgan Three Wheeler of jet aircraft. Seriously, ever for British aerospace industry, which is odd, this type is crazy small. It looks like with pilot, , ejection seat (if it had one), and fuel, it is already at its max gw for T/O. Where is the rest of the aircraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordzarj Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 A fan of the movie Hot Shots by any chance? “Yankee Doodle Floppy Disk, this is Foxtrot Zulu Milkshake” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlikwin Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The indians did ok with em against pakistan IIRC New hotness: I7 9700k 4.8ghz, 32gb ddr4, 2080ti, :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, HP Reverb (formermly CV1) Old-N-busted: i7 4720HQ ~3.5GHZ, +32GB DDR3 + Nvidia GTX980m (4GB VRAM) :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, Rift CV1 (yes really). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyco Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Ah - happy days! I can still remember my first take-off, sitting in the front seat of a Gnat at RAF Valley. It was as though I was crammed into a goldfish bowl, and I clearly remember thinking “I am never going to be able to fly this”. Fortunately I did. Low level in the Welsh mountains was exhilarating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DmitriKozlowsky Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Preflight and mission planning must have been simple for this type. Especcially CG calculations. There was only one CG config for a specific Gnat. Pilot and fuel. From that known, calculations for CG, center of lift, and center of pressure, probably did not vary much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VZ_342 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 What a cute l’il plane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyco Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 CG was only a problem when, while flying a simulated hydraulic failure in ‘manual’, you retracted the gear while overshooting - very exciting. Everyone who ever flew the Gnat will know what I mean and at least 99% of those will have done it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelada Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I know this is an old topic. According to my source the CG was not the root cause, but rather the small size of the horizontal stabilator, and for that reason it was very sensitive to CG changes. It also caused a necessity for a lot of trimming. After take off it had to be down trimmed very quickly to prevent it from pitching up and stalling. And it couldn't be rotated on take off if the trim was left in the same position as it was when landing. Can you confirm this flyco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar98 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) Old topic, and while maybe not the most sensible choice, I'd definitely take one on looks alone - it's like a baby Hawker Hunter. It should be super simple to produce too, even for both major variants; the F.1 and T.1 Edited March 2, 2021 by Northstar98 Modules I own: F-14A/B, Mi-24P, AV-8B N/A, AJS 37, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyr1 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 2/10/2019 at 7:03 AM, Lordzarj said: A fan of the movie Hot Shots by any chance? “Yankee Doodle Floppy Disk, this is Foxtrot Zulu Milkshake” Awesome movie. The gnat would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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