The T-34 probably performs better than the Citabria, but I like plane light and simple.
"Plus, the T-34 had A/C and the T-28 didn't." A/C in an airplane ????? What a travesty!!! If you're too hot, climb, and open the air vents!!! On 9/4/07, Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can't say for sure either way. I only know that a T-34 would flip around > acrobatically as much as I'd ever want to do. Never flew a Citabria. If it > is "better" than a T-34 than I'd never be the one to test its limits. > > This much I know from experience -- a T-34 will go straight up in the air > (for a while), hang there on the prop (for a much more brief period than the > ride up), and then roll over wherever you want it depending on control > input. > > The T-28 (flown only in VT-7 when I was there, and at that time [1981] they > were being phased out) was rumored to be even more fun. Never saw it happen > and certainly never did it myself, but "common knowledge" was that you could > put a T-28 into a vertical climb, run out of air speed, and hang there for a > God-awful length of time while the engine and prop thumbed its nose at > gravity. > > http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/NonCombatants/T28LowLevel.jpg > > T-28 had (has) one R-1820 engine, exactly the same power plant that powered > my beloved Goat around on two engines. Unbelievable power to weight ratio on > that beast. Loud, a vibration factory, lots of hands to make the engine work > (mixture, throttle, supercharger, etc.) but supposedly a blast to fly. ... > Having had five years experience in Goats as a nav and as a mechanic at the > time I hit flight training, I elected to go with the tubroprop T-34C. -- One > control input: push forward, go fast; pull back, go slow. Plus, the T-34 had > A/C and the T-28 didn't. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
