And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
10 Proteus turboprop engines turning 10 4-bladed propellers. The inner 4 were pairs of contra-rotating props. If it was anything like the Tu-95 Bear, that would've beastly loud, so they must've had some hellacious sound insulation. 105 passengers in 2 full decks, carried in great comfort.
I can imagine all the associated problems that Hughes had with the "Hercules" bundled into this one as well....imagine wrangling those control surfaces in a strong crosswind....of course, being a seaplane, one would hope to always lands into the wind....
That airplane probably had hydraulic assist like the C-130 as it debuted just two years earlier. As a former C-130 pilot, hydraulic assist made the controls much lighter than direct control. We did demonstrations of loss of hydraulics in the simulator. It was heavier than the one time I got some seat time in a B-17.
Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess. Only one to fly. Only three made.
ReplyDelete10 Proteus turboprop engines turning 10 4-bladed propellers. The inner 4 were pairs of contra-rotating props. If it was anything like the Tu-95 Bear, that would've beastly loud, so they must've had some hellacious sound insulation. 105 passengers in 2 full decks, carried in great comfort.
DeleteI can imagine all the associated problems that Hughes had with the "Hercules" bundled into this one as well....imagine wrangling those control surfaces in a strong crosswind....of course, being a seaplane, one would hope to always lands into the wind....
ReplyDeleteThat airplane probably had hydraulic assist like the C-130 as it debuted just two years earlier. As a former C-130 pilot, hydraulic assist made the controls much lighter than direct control. We did demonstrations of loss of hydraulics in the simulator. It was heavier than the one time I got some seat time in a B-17.
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