Another question for BUFDRVR

OXMORON1 wrote:

B2431 wrote:
The quadracycle gear is designed to be able to crab like that, it
reduces the
affect of crosswind. If memory serves the pilot manually dials in the
ammount
of crab.

Have there been (or are there) any other aircraft with this capability?

Don't tell Art, but Martin converted a B-26 into the "Middle River Stump
Jumper" IIRC as a test bed for the bicylce gear for the XB-51. The film that I
have seen made it look really agile, but still an ugly airplane.

I always found the essentially pure cigar form of the Marauder rather
aesthetically appealing -- good use of internal volume for the
intended task and aerodynamically efficient when compared to most of
its contemporaries. A bicycle version would have been pretty neat. A
Liberator might have worked just as well but would have been more
expensive, and a Mitchell was probably too stilt-legged.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)