One have to remember that this plane, for this event, has fuel for 30 minutes, no bombs, no guns. So, it's very leight. They take everything out what's not part of integrity.
We fly displays like this for more than 18 years. All maneuvring is done on kinetic energy, meaning that low g-forces are used. Althought bank and pitch look impressive, they never pull more than 2,5 g. You can see that Peter an Tim are flying the plane like a walk in the park.
Interesting, thanks for comment. Could you please comment a little more on flying those twin engined bombers? We often discuss with friends the "acrobatics" capability of those twin bombers arguing about: is bomber capable to do such maneuvres with full bomb load? Is that bomber capable to do looping? Roll? Wing over? Would be nice to hear the opinion of someone who really fly those bombers, though they are veterans with weaker structural limits. Thank you very much for any comments.
In WW2 the manuals where not that restrictive. You could read remarks like "aerobatics are not recommended" and "maximum weight is up to the captain, depending on the importance of the mission". With a full load the max allowable g-limits was much lower.
Any aircradt could theoritically do wingovers and even rolls. Max g would be very low if executed well. Famous is the B707 flying a roll over Seattle.
A loop however needs about 4 g's.....for most aircraft (also B25) that's too much.
Thanks a lot for comment again. Would you please think that such bomber of B-25 size (namely Douglas Boston/Havoc) could perform that acrobatics and maneuvres like rolls, wing over if executed well under 2,5g even with bombload (ca 800kg) ? And that maneuvres above 4g will result in destroying the airplane (wing broke off?) even without any additional weight? Is that right?
Definitely not :-) The B-25 flight manual says "All acrobatics are prohibited", but despite it the airplane is capable to do nice maneuvres as we can see.
One have to remember that this plane, for this event, has fuel for 30 minutes, no bombs, no guns. So, it's very leight. They take everything out what's not part of integrity.
chinagilb 2 years ago
We fly displays like this for more than 18 years. All maneuvring is done on kinetic energy, meaning that low g-forces are used. Althought bank and pitch look impressive, they never pull more than 2,5 g. You can see that Peter an Tim are flying the plane like a walk in the park.
hansdellevoet 3 years ago 2
Interesting, thanks for comment. Could you please comment a little more on flying those twin engined bombers? We often discuss with friends the "acrobatics" capability of those twin bombers arguing about: is bomber capable to do such maneuvres with full bomb load? Is that bomber capable to do looping? Roll? Wing over? Would be nice to hear the opinion of someone who really fly those bombers, though they are veterans with weaker structural limits. Thank you very much for any comments.
letecz 3 years ago
In WW2 the manuals where not that restrictive. You could read remarks like "aerobatics are not recommended" and "maximum weight is up to the captain, depending on the importance of the mission". With a full load the max allowable g-limits was much lower.
Any aircradt could theoritically do wingovers and even rolls. Max g would be very low if executed well. Famous is the B707 flying a roll over Seattle.
A loop however needs about 4 g's.....for most aircraft (also B25) that's too much.
hansdellevoet 3 years ago
Thanks a lot for comment again. Would you please think that such bomber of B-25 size (namely Douglas Boston/Havoc) could perform that acrobatics and maneuvres like rolls, wing over if executed well under 2,5g even with bombload (ca 800kg) ? And that maneuvres above 4g will result in destroying the airplane (wing broke off?) even without any additional weight? Is that right?
letecz 3 years ago
Definitely not :-) The B-25 flight manual says "All acrobatics are prohibited", but despite it the airplane is capable to do nice maneuvres as we can see.
letecz 3 years ago
This is impressive flying, but are these kinds of aerobatics allowed by the aircraft's
flight manual?
newbonne 3 years ago