Convair XFY-1 Pogo VTOL Fighter
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Uploaded by jaglavaksoldier on Feb 22, 2009
The Convair XFY Pogo tailsitter was an experiment in vertical takeoff and landing. The Pogo had delta wings and three-bladed contra-rotating propellers powered by a 5,500 hp Allison YT40-A-16 turboprop engine. It was intended to be a high-performance fighter aircraft capable of operating from small warships. Landing the XFY-1 was difficult as the pilot had to look over his shoulder while carefully working the throttle to land.
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I just looked it up...this thing did 610MPH in level flight!!!!
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This guy has balls!
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@CROSSTATT Vertical Takeoff and Landing
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What does VTOL stand for?
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zero dislikes, after this comment someone will screw it .. fuck him he's a bastard
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@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
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How does the balance mechanism works? How does the transition happens? I'm dying to know.
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@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.
10 months ago 2
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@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...
10 months ago 2
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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.
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Ppankster 2 years ago 15
wow! Amazing flying!
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