Reply With QuoteNot if you triple them.What an akwardly small rudder for such a large plane! That couldn't have been good when the wind started picking up.
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Originally Posted by Supah
But three of them would make a bit of a difference, something the side profile doesn't show.
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Not if you triple them.What an akwardly small rudder for such a large plane! That couldn't have been good when the wind started picking up.
Last edited by gamary; 9th November 2010 at 16:19. Reason: Looks like we answered simultaneously. Or I missed something.
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Still .... I'd rather have had something more substantial
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you jet jockeys are all the same,
ya can't beat the wind in the wires
Last edited by JMSmith; 9th November 2010 at 19:45. Reason: i was going to say, great minds think alike, but then again fools seldom differ
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Some flying boats are better than others though.
What are the huge lumps on top of the engines, radiators?
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yes
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But they look like they are close covered from the photo and your profile, time to dig out a nice detailed shot that I'm sure you have somewhere on your HD
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Hot water balloons. You could take a nice shower after a long day of flying.What are the huge lumps on top of the engines, radiators?
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Most early planes had radiator shutters, I'm guessing that's what they are
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So who was the poor sod who had to go and open them up half way through the flight when they remembered that the shutters should be open?
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