I jst posted the whole sequence of pics to a.b.p.a - under 'B-52 Crabbing'

Ken

BUFDRVR wrote:
Ken Duffey wrote:


He 'crabbed' down the runway - turning the wheels as in a crosswind
landing, with the wheels pointing down the centreline, but with the
airframe pointing diagonally across the runway.


Just put in crosswind crab while taxiing. If you ever see a BUFF taxi out for
takeoff, putting in 8-degrees of crosswind crab in each direction is part of
the taxi checklist. If you noticed it, chances are they put in the full
20-degrees.


He then swivelled around the mainwheel trucks - and pointed his nose in
the opposite direction - it was most impressive.


There's a centering button that will automatically center the crab. Sounds like
he pushed the center button then just kept going to crab the full 20-degrees in
the other direction.


In fact he did it while a four-ship of RAF C-130's were doing thier
flypast - and completely stole their thunder ??


Well, outside of dropping weapons (frowned upon at large airshows) its kind of
hard for a BUFF to steal the show from anyone, glad to hear the guys were
entertaining.


My question is - is this a 'standard' trick ?? or does the crew have to
do something special ??



The "full crab reversal" sounds unique, but the procedure is no more than a
standard checklist item.


And - it didn't look as though the outriggers were swivelled - although
as he was light, they didn't actually touch the ground. I assume it can
only be done in this configuration - otherwise the outriggers would be
ripped off ??


The tip gear should keep up with any movement of the aircraft. Sharp turns can
swing the tip gear around so that they're pointed in the wrong direction, but
if the tip gear struts are in proper order, nothing less than a 90-degree sharp
turn will effect the tip gear.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"