@FernandoH321 The trouble with the Pogo was that it's CG was suitable for conventional flight but unstable for vertical motion. What Convair could have easily done was to place tanks in the rear of the fighter so that the pilot could pump all fuel aft before landing, thereby making tail heavy which would make it stable in the vertical mode.
For landing, the pilot would have to rely on ILS-like guidance, guiding a tailhook to arresting cables that could catch and pull the Pogo down in place
@jonthedoors Whatdo You mean "twisting the truth"? And, did the Germans actually FLY any VTOL planes (not helicopters) during the 40's? Don't think so...
@jonthedoors I find that almost all the twisting of truth is made by various Luftwaffe-fanboys. The Heinkel Lerche was never more than fanciful pencil drawings. And the project never got to even start trying to work out realistic solutions.
In the 1950's-60's something, the comic-character "Buz Sawyer", a NAVY testpilot and secret agent created by Roy Crane , flew the XFV-1 in an adventure. An "enemy-agent" tried to steal it.
@utterbullspit It was too slow for a fighter, and very hard to land, the pilot lying on his back with almost no chance to know how close to ground he was and how fast he was moving.
The NAVY had hoped to place one fighter on every large warship.
Geez, during that landing he did not have a particularly promising situation for ejection. If these had gone into service they probably would have killed more pilots than any enemy.
This guy has balls!
Cavelson 1 month ago
What does VTOL stand for?
CROSSTATT 2 months ago
@CROSSTATT Vertical Takeoff and Landing
HPNomad 1 month ago
zero dislikes, after this comment someone will screw it .. fuck him he's a bastard
khalilovH 3 months ago
How does the balance mechanism works? How does the transition happens? I'm dying to know.
FernandoH321 7 months ago
@FernandoH321 The trouble with the Pogo was that it's CG was suitable for conventional flight but unstable for vertical motion. What Convair could have easily done was to place tanks in the rear of the fighter so that the pilot could pump all fuel aft before landing, thereby making tail heavy which would make it stable in the vertical mode.
For landing, the pilot would have to rely on ILS-like guidance, guiding a tailhook to arresting cables that could catch and pull the Pogo down in place
InfiniteMushroom 6 months ago
yeah because this was totally the first to do this. American produced documentary of course, twisting the truth for patriotism.
This was not the first. There was at least the Heinkel Lerche before it, which was in 1944.
jonthedoors 9 months ago
@jonthedoors Whatdo You mean "twisting the truth"? And, did the Germans actually FLY any VTOL planes (not helicopters) during the 40's? Don't think so...
YDDES 9 months ago 2
@jonthedoors I find that almost all the twisting of truth is made by various Luftwaffe-fanboys. The Heinkel Lerche was never more than fanciful pencil drawings. And the project never got to even start trying to work out realistic solutions.
Vermiliontea 9 months ago 2
In the 1950's-60's something, the comic-character "Buz Sawyer", a NAVY testpilot and secret agent created by Roy Crane , flew the XFV-1 in an adventure. An "enemy-agent" tried to steal it.
YDDES 1 year ago
And why did we abandon these good ideas?
utterbullspit 1 year ago
@utterbullspit It was too slow for a fighter, and very hard to land, the pilot lying on his back with almost no chance to know how close to ground he was and how fast he was moving.
The NAVY had hoped to place one fighter on every large warship.
YDDES 1 year ago 2
@YDDES Thanks for the info.
utterbullspit 1 year ago
@YDDES That and it ate up fuel especially in its landing.
candr 10 months ago
The SEA Harrier wasn´t the first to land without running!
clodoalzer 1 year ago
The Fantastic Four had one of those planes in their skyscraper headquarters.
flapdoodle64 1 year ago
Very cool!
5jonesville 1 year ago
Geez, during that landing he did not have a particularly promising situation for ejection. If these had gone into service they probably would have killed more pilots than any enemy.
DDSeever 1 year ago
Test pilots. The ballsiest guys that I knew
Cavelson 1 year ago
@Cavelson Lol epically back then when almost everything was built by hand
FlightX101 1 year ago
@FlightX101 Damn right pal! Best Regards
Cavelson 1 year ago
WOW!!!! Bravo, bravo! What an amazing piece of flying and a huge milestone for aviation.
TheRealAPOLLOS 1 year ago
This guy makes it look easy.
Ppankster 2 years ago 15
wow! Amazing flying!
MrOmniscient 2 years ago 7
I cant imagine how hard it would be to land that thing...shit
BojanglesCanada 2 years ago