What was interesting was the B-17 looked kind of clumsy on the taxiway, while the B-24 seemed to steer in a precise way. Up in the air, the roles were reversed, with the B-17 turning from an ugly duckling into a swan, while the B-24 looked like a goony bird.
The camera video couldn't remotely keep up with the speed of the propellers, and so they look like they're spinning backwards here.
That's a lot of cylinders to keep running right there.
ReplyDeleteThe digital readout of the sensor frequently causes the propeller blades to look curved and floppy. I tell people these are rubber safety propellers.
ReplyDeleteAn elegant weapon for an earlier age.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIHj0Af78xE
You're seeing the 'classic' difference between nose wheel steering and tail draggers on the ground... :-)
ReplyDeleteThe difference between pushing a shopping cart normally, and pulling one by the handle backwards, with one hand.
ReplyDeleteThere was some idiot woman in the NHTSA that spent .gov money trying to get motorcycles designed with rear wheel steering, thinking they would be safer. Maybe twenty years ago.