The winter tyre debate moves to the winged variant..

[Chuck328]

"Right number one, on my mark, handbrake in 3,2,1, now!"

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?ar...

[khaosai]

Skillfully done !

[dvs_dave]

Wouldn't of happened if it was a 4x4.

[Sonic]

[Eric Mc]

dvs_dave said:

Wouldn't of happened if it was a 4x4.

It's "HAVE" not "OF"

Anyway.

Better grip on soft surfaces has been striven for in the past -

[Fume troll]

Oh look, a plane on a conveyor belt...

ETA: I assume the tracks were to reduce ground pressure rather than increase grip?

Cheers,

FT.

[Munter]

Eric Mc said:

It's "HAVE" not "OF"

Anyway.

Better grip on soft surfaces has been striven for in the past -

I don't think the problem there was a soft surface....

[Eric Mc]

More like a soft head.

[dvs_dave]

Eric Mc said:

[Chuck328]

Cracking pic Mr M, however I reckon even those tracks might struggle on solid ice? (might be fun to try anyway )

Where did you find that pic? Assuming no photo-shop, what A/C is that?

Cheers

[Eric Mc]

The USAF ran some tests in the 1950s on the feasibility of caterpiller tracked undercarriages. From what I've read, two aircraft were converted - a B-50 and a B-36.

The system was never adopted.

[Fume troll]

XB-36

They tried massive 9'2" tyres too, before adopting a four wheel bogey design.



Cheers,

FT.

[prand]

Fume troll said:

XB-36

They tried massive 9'2" tyres too, before adopting a four wheel bogey design.



Cheers,

FT.

Is that plane flying backwards or forwards - propellers on the wrong way!

[Eric Mc]

That's the way it was built. Pusher propellors are not that unusual.

Have a look at the B-36 thread - it has one all its own.

[Captain Cadillac]

Chuck328 said:

"Right number one, on my mark, handbrake in 3,2,1, now!"

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?ar...

That's fantastic! Too bad I can't read Viking tho

[Hooli]

Chuck328 said:

"Right number one, on my mark, handbrake in 3,2,1, now!"

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?ar...

Excellent work there.