Looking for a fuselage

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired wrote:
Can't beat the "6 Million Dollar Man" series for really low budget
effects. Ever notice no matter what aircraft he was flying they would
always show B-52 gear retracting.

I must say I was disappointed by the flying scenes in "The Aviator" --
not enough of them, and the XF-11 and Spruce Goose never looked like
anything other than Photoshop-generated images :-(

And what about the scene where Howard and someone are walking off,
trying to think what kind of wood to build it out of... I mean, it's not
like spruce hadn't been a standard aircraft construction material for
almost 40 years at that point.

Sheesh, in a movie about an aviation legend, they could at least make an
effort to get the aviation facts straight.

Frank
(and wasn't that 737 I saw landing in 1963 in "Ray"?)

"Frank van der Hulst" wrote

And what about the scene where Howard and someone are walking off,
trying to think what kind of wood to build it out of... I mean, it's not
like spruce hadn't been a standard aircraft construction material for
almost 40 years at that point.

You do realize that there is very little spruce in the spruce goose, don't
you?
--
Jim in NC

I must say I was disappointed by the flying scenes in "The Aviator" --
not enough of them, and the XF-11 and Spruce Goose never looked like
anything other than Photoshop-generated images :-(

Actually, those were both very large R/C models, according to Air & Space
magazine.

We're talking in the hundreds of pounds. (And the Spruce Goose model was
supposedly ELECTRIC powered, which I thought was interesting...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck opined

I must say I was disappointed by the flying scenes in "The Aviator" --
not enough of them, and the XF-11 and Spruce Goose never looked like
anything other than Photoshop-generated images :-(

Actually, those were both very large R/C models, according to Air & Space
magazine.

We're talking in the hundreds of pounds. (And the Spruce Goose model was
supposedly ELECTRIC powered, which I thought was interesting...)

Given Lithium Polymer batteries, electric is becoming the power of choice
for scale aircraft. Look through some of last years RC mags, there is a Chinese
AWACs aircraft in many of them.

Interesting plane. Based on a Soviet copy of a US B-29. Even has a rotating
radome.


-ash
Cthulhu in 2005!
Why wait for nature?

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Actually, those were both very large R/C models, according to Air & Space
magazine.

We're talking in the hundreds of pounds. (And the Spruce Goose model was
supposedly ELECTRIC powered, which I thought was interesting...)
--
Jay Honeck

Can you imagine trying to start 8 engines, and keep them running? Electric
makes multi's much easier.

I often wonder if the Spruce Goose was capable of flying out of ground
effect, with the engines that were on it. Has anyone ever done a modern
aero analysis on it?
--
Jim in NC