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  9. The Big Fat Aeroplane Video Thread!

    in Jim's Place

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    Highlights of Farnborough '51 with the famous Zurakowski Cartwheel from 2:00.

    I've often read about it, but this is the first time I've seen footage of it - quite a maneuver!

     

    http://www.britishpathe.com/video/highlights-of-farnborough-1951

     

    Some back story:

     

    Zurakowski would often resort to mathematical calculations to explain his theories, but when he tried to Show Jim Heyworth, chief test pilot for Rolls Royce, that he had come up with something different, Heyworth was baffled.
    Zura said that he had discovered a new aerobatic manoeuvre and demonstrated the theory of it on paper.
    As the complex formulae were laid out in a series of notes in Zura's Hucclecote office, the RR pilot couldn't grasp the idea of a tumbling flight path.
    Knowing that Zura was a very competent engineer, Heyworth believed there could possibly be something there.
    He had little idea that he was being shown the beginnings of the Zurabatic Cartwheel.

     

    The Meteor Zurakowski used was a development version that had tip tanks and also rockets mounted on the outer wings. This was to build up a large inertia movement in the yaw axis.
    He would pull up to the vertical and at the right time as the speed fell off he would gun one engine to full chat. This coupled with rudder would stall turn the aircraft rapidly in the yaw axis.

    The inertia from the tip tanks would continue the turning movement at the top of the stall turn so that the aircraft would then achieve a further turn before the airspeed built up in the descent and stabilised the aircraft.

  15. Hbo/hanks/spielberg To Do Third Mini-Series...

    in Jim's Place

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    Having just finished watching Band of Brothers (for the umpteenth time) and The Pacific (for the second time) I wondered if they'd ever do a third installment. I thought perhaps North Africa could be a choice, however I stumbled across this recent article which hints that the wheels are in motion and it is set to center around US 8th AF Bomber Boys!!

    As I'm sure you will all agree, this is incredibly exciting news!

    Here is the article:

    http://www.slashfilm.com/steven-spielberg-and-tom-hanks-secure-source-material-for-their-third-world-war-ii-set-hbo-miniseries/

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