Waterloo Aviation Expo 2009 ( Snort )

[Dave Cheeseman]

Headed down to the Expo to see the show. Good to see Snort up here in Canada rippin up the aerodome with Glamorous Gal. VWoC had their F4U their with a excellent display by Paul K.
Weather was a challenge but a good day spent with Jeff H.








New Paint for the belle











Cheers Dave C

[Jesse C.]

The paint on the belle looks great!

Thanks for sharing!

[retroaviation]

I wonder if they took off with the tailwheel unlocked on the Belle, or if the lock pin was broken? If you look at the picture, it looks like the tailwheel is just swinging around in the wind. That makes for sporty landings.

Gary

[m charters]

Is it the photo or is the tail wheel cocked off to one side a bit on the belle? strange to see in flight if it is.

[Dave Cheeseman]

I check the rest of the Belle and the tail wheel does seem to be on a angle in all images, man you engineer guys sure know your stuff, I would have never noticed

[krlang]

Wow,
Brings back memories of the last three times it was painted, and to the stories of the shear bolt being replaced with Home Depot hardware.

[warbird1]

Why does this picture look so cartoon-like? What kind of photoshop effect did you do on that photo?

[m charters]

Yeah, thought it didn't look right...wonder if it kicked when the tail touched down....any B-17 guys got any thoughts to whats with this, only heavy taildraggers I've worked on are Lancaster and DC-3. Most are self centering when the strut extends.

[Jeff Hunt]

Tailwheel looks the same in my pics as well. Having said that, she landed safely and returned to genny later in the day and is now tucked away in her hanger.

Jeff

[Oscar Duck]

Did the original Belle scheme have some green 'mottle' on her?

Nice job..

[Dave Cheeseman]

Why does this picture look so cartoon-like? What kind of photoshop effect did you do on that photo?

I ran the image through a program called Photomatrix Pro, its called HDR photography.

Cheers Dave C

[sdennison]

Love the Mustang belly shot! Nice.

[Jeff Hunt]

Here are a few of my pics to compliment those submitted by Dave. Hope you enjoy them.




















Cheers,

Jeff

[Jeff Hunt]

Here are a few of my pics to compliment those submitted by Dave. Hope you enjoy them.




















Cheers,

Jeff

[Second Air Force]

Yeah, thought it didn't look right...wonder if it kicked when the tail touched down....any B-17 guys got any thoughts to whats with this, only heavy taildraggers I've worked on are Lancaster and DC-3. Most are self centering when the strut extends.

The B-17 has a manual centering lock for the tailwheel. There is a handle at the base of the center pedestal that controls a pin in the tailwheel yoke. James, our longtime maintenance guru on Chuckie, told me that the lock pin is sturdy enough unless abused by side-loading a locked tailwheel with brakes or asymetrical power applications on the ground. He always keeps a spare when they go flying, just in case.

Scott