Tango01  | 15 Sep 2013 9:23 p.m. PST |
Nice plane and model.
From here
link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Bunkermeister | 15 Sep 2013 9:48 p.m. PST |
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| elsyrsyn | 16 Sep 2013 6:02 a.m. PST |
Wasn't the GeeBee notoriously difficult to fly? Doug |
| Combat Colours | 16 Sep 2013 7:16 a.m. PST |
Yes, a deadly difficult aircraft for the pilot to handle!
But it is a great idea and well modeled!
Thanks for sharing.
-Steve |
| jpattern2 | 16 Sep 2013 7:28 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 16 Sep 2013 10:31 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friends!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Tom Bryant | 16 Sep 2013 9:12 p.m. PST |
Kind of an ungainly looking beast but it would have made an interesting fighter. I sometimes wonder if the Polikarpov Design Bureau didn't get inspired by the GB R-1 when they designed the I-16 fighter. |
| Fatman | 17 Sep 2013 7:45 a.m. PST |
Lets see poor rear view, well lets be honest NO rear view; fast but because of its tiny control surfaces not very maneuverable, only three of the original racers built all of which crashed ,sometimes more than once, seriously injuring one pilot and killing three, admittedly the final fatality was because the pilot ignored the Granvilles advice and fitted extra fuel tanks which brings to my final point the Gee Bees performance was based on souped up highly tuned engines which guzzled fuel. Turning one into a fighter and expecting it to perform under combat conditions never mind putting normal army pilots to fly it just isn't practical. It would be like painting a formula one car olive drab adding machine guns and claiming it was a scout car. So pretty model, fun idea, but I'm afraid it's a no go, sorry. Fatman PS:- Tom Bryant while the I-16 didn't fly until the year after the Gee bee, Polikarpovs design had started at least a year before the Granville Brothers. The longer development shows in the fact the I-16 was a much more practical aircraft. |
| Lion in the Stars | 17 Sep 2013 6:46 p.m. PST |
Wasn't the GeeBee notoriously difficult to fly?
Yes, a deadly difficult aircraft for the pilot to handle!
It wasn't really any more of a handful than any other 1000hp aircraft. The problem was, most pilots only knew how to handle a 200hp bird. Makes a huge difference. |
| jpattern2 | 18 Sep 2013 5:16 a.m. PST |
It would be like painting a formula one car olive drab adding machine guns and claiming it was a scout car. Note to self . . .  |
| Fatman | 18 Sep 2013 11:09 a.m. PST |
Oh dear what have I started!?! ;-P Fatman |
| number4 | 20 Sep 2013 5:22 p.m. PST |
How is it supposed to engage a target in it's forward and lower arcs? |
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