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I had one of those as a kid that you flew around on a string. had a small engine in it. looked pretty neat but it didn't do well at flying then either. lol or maybe i got dizzy and crashed it.As briefly mentioned, it didn't do well with supporting out fighter cover.
I had one of those as a kid that you flew around on a string. had a small engine in it. looked pretty neat but it didn't do well at flying then either. lol or maybe i got dizzy and crashed it.
Man, that’s hilarious. I had the same plane with string, and had the same “crashing” experience. I didn’t get dizzy, but thought the length of string was too short, because it was always faster than my reactions. It’s going too high, I bring it down, now it’s going towards the ground too fast, bringing it up its well over my head, try bringing it down and it crashes into pieces smacking the ground . It always snapped back together ok, but after that I just hung it from my bedroom ceiling. I loved the look of that aircraft.I had one of those as a kid that you flew around on a string. had a small engine in it. looked pretty neat but it didn't do well at flying then either. lol or maybe i got dizzy and crashed it.
Well, the SBD is generally credited for turning the tide of the war in the Pacific at Midway, so there's that.I wonder how it compared to it's contemporaries like the SBD Dauntless or Aichi D3A Type 99 (American nickname Val)?
What's also awesome is that it ended up on a vendors table in Richmond, Va. How, I will never know. Even more surprising is that Werner Roell survived the war and lived until 2008.WOW, that's pretty awesome.
I had one of those flying models in the P40 version. My dad flew it a couple revolutions and then I could see the pilot induced occultations begin…he got dizzy and then it crashed. I thought that was the coolest toy ever…Man, that’s hilarious. I had the same plane with string, and had the same “crashing” experience. I didn’t get dizzy, but thought the length of string was too short, because it was always faster than my reactions. It’s going too high, I bring it down, now it’s going towards the ground too fast, bringing it up its well over my head, try bringing it down and it crashes into pieces smacking the ground . It always snapped back together ok, but after that I just hung it from my bedroom ceiling. I loved the look of that aircraft.
There were a bunch of them in that series, I think they sold for $10 or $12 or $15 at the time, a small fortune. There was the P-40, a P-51B, a T-6, a P-63, F2G Corsair, I don't even remember them all. Many of them had some "action feature" like dropping bombs or shooting rockets (P-63). They all go for BIG bucks on eBay these days.I had one of those flying models in the P40 version. My dad flew it a couple revolutions and then I could see the pilot induced occultations begin…he got dizzy and then it crashed. I thought that was the coolest toy ever…
Back in the '70s, I succumbed to temptation and bought a Cox P-51D that had a third "control line" that controlled a simple throttle on the engine. It remains unflown to this day, and should still be new in its box, unless The Lovely Mrs. Snake threw it away while I was in the hospital with my stroke, as she did my original 1969 Chevy 15x7 Z/28 Rally Wheels, for which I STILL have not completely forgiven her....“oscillations”—stupid autocorrect!
Wish I still had the P40…