GoosemanF7 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Hi all, just wanted to invite all of you to post the most interesting, quirky, special, funnny features you can think of in any airplane. I am talking about things like: - Harrier using water injection to cool the engine and prevent the fanblades from melting - Whole viggen concept including sturdy landing gear, thrust reverser etc. to allow landing/rearming anywhere - british electric lightnings staggerd engine layout - A10 being an airplane built around a giant gun - KA50 being highly automated to require only one pilot - F-14 Automatic carrier landing system (very advanced by 70s technology) - F-14 usage of spoilers to descent when landing - MIG21 radar cooled by alcohol - F-16 only slightly movable Sidestick because of space- and g-tolerance-reasons or anything else you can think of :pilotfly: Keep it coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanK Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 B737 Max .... Pull back Stick Houses get smaller, Pull stick back further houses get bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 B737 Max .... Pull back Stick Houses get smaller, Pull stick back further houses get bigger. Unless you go through a proper training program and have more than 200 hours... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-0303- Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Three things about the F-86F. 1) The all moving stabilizer. More of an anecdote. I remember reading Chuck Yeagers biography. "Flying tail", the great secret breakthrough that the X-1 hadn't, how to maintain controllability on when passing Mach 1. Wouldn't be surprised if Yeager himself talked to North American when designing the F-86. Every fighter has it today but 1950 it was all new. 2) The atom bomb lobbying special instrument LABS. 3) The 100 % artificial feedback system on elevator and ailerons. Predicated only angle of stick deflection from the artificial trim position. Like a joystick kind of, where the center position ('trim') is adjustable by moving the springs. Intel Core i7 3630QM @ 2.40GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 3.40 GHz) | 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz | 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M | 447GB KINGSTON SA400S37480G (SATA-2 (SSD)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emu Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Three things about the F-86F. 1) The all moving stabilizer. Every fighter has it today but 1950 it was all new. Not quite. It came a while before that, as did the afterburner.;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_M.52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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