Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson) (07/13/90)
From: Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson)
They were also supposed to be iron clad *bleep*ches to fly,
bbecause all Me did was add engines... noo other improvements in
what was basically supposed to be a one flight vehicle. I don't
think it originally had a copilot, but Me had to add one.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) (07/17/90)
From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) In article <1990Jul13.015840.4243@cbnews.att.com>, Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson) writes: > > > From: Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson) > > They were also supposed to be iron clad *bleep*ches to fly, > bbecause all Me did was add engines... noo other improvements in > what was basically supposed to be a one flight vehicle. I don't > think it originally had a copilot, but Me had to add one. And the flight engineer sat in cockpits *in* the wings between some of the engines. Their flight characterristics weren't all that bad, but they were very much "trim" aircraft: If you had the trim set right, it was OK. If not, control forces got to be very high. On more than one instance, moving the trim the wrong way caused the aircraft to crash, as both pilots working as hard as possible couldn't move the controls enough to safely take off. ------------ The only drawback with morning is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. ------------