B-52 -- Flight after loss of Rudder and Fin, 1964
Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:01 pm
Maybe most people have seen this, but I hadn't and found it impressive. This crew had their $hit together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJuEAQbx ... 5&index=43
It's from this site, a collection of USAF training films on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8F26D920AA815835
Dave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJuEAQbx ... 5&index=43
It's from this site, a collection of USAF training films on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8F26D920AA815835
Dave
Re: B-52 -- Flight after loss of Rudder and Fin, 1964
Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:09 pm
Dave Hadfield wrote:Maybe most people have seen this, but I hadn't and found it impressive. This crew had their $hit together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJuEAQbx ... 5&index=43
It's from this site, a collection of USAF training films on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8F26D920AA815835
Dave
I.......just.......love....those......training.........films.....with......the......commentators.......smooth.......conversational.....style.....of.......delivery........'help,........I'm........on.........fire.........'
Watching these stilted, stiff films is a great way to learn how to give a smooth, easy going delivery style, that worked for me as an instructor-tell 'em what your gonna tell them tell them what they're hearing, tell 'em what you told them.
You also have to understand that if I say 100 words to you in a training environment. you will only recall 10 of those words, so you learn to bust the pitch up into tiny bites and if you can tack on personal experiences as a lead in or tail off, so much the better-I loved being an instructor.
Re: B-52 -- Flight after loss of Rudder and Fin, 1964
Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:29 pm
Vertical fins and rudders are over rated, just ask Jack Northrop ! 
Re: B-52 -- Flight after loss of Rudder and Fin, 1964
Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:01 pm
RickH wrote:Vertical fins and rudders are over rated, just ask Jack Northrop !
What do you suppose the long, flat sided prop housings on the XB-35 and the forest of verticals were for on the XB-49? Now it's done by computers and tip clamshell rudders-
Re: B-52 -- Flight after loss of Rudder and Fin, 1964
Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:07 pm
Split ailerons were on the N9m and XB35/YB-49. The same mechanism was also used to split the Shuttle rudder.
Re: B-52 -- Flight after loss of Rudder and Fin, 1964
Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:26 pm
How about the mustaches on the col. and the Boeing Pilot? Cool Do any airforce pilots have mustaches these days?
Re: B-52 -- Flight after loss of Rudder and Fin, 1964
Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:32 am
Relative to the B-35s, their propellers also provided lateral stability - to a surprising degree - and that is a factor in the stability issues with the B-49, which obviously lacked them.