Thu May 01, 2008 8:23 am
You know your stuff! CORRECT!
haha what do i win? The original painting? Just Kidding. I just visited your website i have a feeling ill be purchasing some prints from you. Great work!
Thu May 01, 2008 11:34 am
Chicoartist wrote:Thanks, guys - I fully expected the microscopes to come out when I made the comment, "Can you spot the error?" It's actually fun seeing the nits, believe it or not.
the jeep expert wanted too much money so I had to let him go before I started on this one.
Never pay a jeep expert- there's too many of us, and we argue a lot... lol
Robbie
Thu May 01, 2008 1:45 pm
The tailwheel won't unlock without the stick forward, but once unlocked you can pull the stick back all you want.
Thu May 01, 2008 3:22 pm
Chicoartist wrote:Planenutok wrote:Now that i look at it a little more I change my guess the elevator-tailwheel. The tail wheel doesn't unlock until stick forward correct???
You know your stuff! CORRECT!
OK, somebody explain in detail why the stick should not be fully back with the tailwheel cocked over that much ...
Wade
But It could be. Lets say you taxi up and push forward on the stick to unlock the tail wheel. You push left brake and as she turns sharply you stop when you are facing the direction as shown in the photo. Now you decide you want to go straight ahead from the dead stop with the tailwheel turned sideways. You can give it some throttle, push on the right brake and pull the stick back. The tailwheel steering mechanism has a spring loaded plunger so as you move forward the tailwheel pivots and when the plunger lines up with the hole it will drop in. Then you will have tailwheel steering connected to the rudder. It will disengage when you push forward on the stick, but will only engage when the stick is aft and the internal parts, the plunger and the hole line up. The stick could be aft but the steering won't be engaged as shown in the painting.
Rich
Mon May 19, 2008 9:43 pm
Strange, I do have time in a P-51 and I could only really focus on the Jeep as I have one (1944 Willys MB) sitting in my garage. Then again, it's been a while since I got into the cockpit of any WW2 plane with the engine running. I have always found it funny when I look at military (and to a lesser degree, aviation) art, in that you can often tell if someone knows how something is used or not as an artist familiar with, say, a M-16 can only paint one to show it's function and someone who isn't will paint parts of it that betray an understanding of that function.Chicoartist wrote:None of you I guess have ever flown a P-51 or T-6G (hint - hint) ...
Tue May 20, 2008 5:42 am
JimH wrote:
technical? I've never seen the backs of the props with yellow tips
jim
Howdy Jim, the prop tips were sometimes painted yellow on the back so that the pilot could see where is prop arc is during formation flight and whatnot. Most, if not all T-28's were done that way from the factory. I know I painted back of the tips on our T-6's when our group was doing the 3-ship T-6 formation acro act a few years back. It also helped the ground crews when working on a running engine.
Great artwork, Wade!
Gary