Hilldodger
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When Arch tried to fly.
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Hilldodger
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Yellow Fang
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That footage is one of the most crackers things I've seen in ages. Is it a spoof?
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Hilldodger
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Nope, it a genuine BBC programme.
Arch
Married to Night Train
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I hadn't seen that footage before. Crackers!
I like the phrase "They didn't fly but they showed flying characteristics...." followed by "they fell over during testing..."
I like the phrase "They didn't fly but they showed flying characteristics...." followed by "they fell over during testing..."
Arch
Married to Night Train
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Nothing stronger than Junior Aspirin for me at that time...
Tim Bennet.
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I liked: "I've concentrated more on the mechanical side of things rather than the aerodynamics".
But it's not all wacky; 'deltas' on the rotor tips are used on the Lynx and contrarotating rotors on the Chinook.
But it's not all wacky; 'deltas' on the rotor tips are used on the Lynx and contrarotating rotors on the Chinook.
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Hilldodger
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Arch
Married to Night Train
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From my memory of 'riding' it, the wackiness wasn't stuff like the deltas (not on it when I tried it), but the fact that the frame appeared to be made out of wrought iron. Perhaps that was what they requisitioned those railings for in WW2....
I have no idea what possessed him to put the pilot on top though. I got vertigo just standing on it, and was delighted that there wasn't the slightest chance of it taking off!
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Hilldodger
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That's what your mum told you
Yellow Fang
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If you can't take off on it, and it would be really dangerous if you did, then what is it for?
Arch
Married to Night Train
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- Salford, UK
No, not Raymond Baxter. I think the programme is a bit home made.
Yellow Fang - well, why not try eh? Hiram Maxim's steam aeroplane crashed on its first attempt when it came off its rails, but I'm jolly glad he tried, just so that we can say there was once a steam aeroplane...
I don't know if it's utterly impossible - the problem is to get the weight (including the pilot) low enough, but the power high enough. So you need a very powerful, small person, and a rig that weighs virtually nothing. If a hovercraft can be done (and it has)...
