Random TRANSPORTATION pictures

[URY914]

[Sarc]

[Racerbvd]

[GG Allin]

[daepp]

Originally Posted by URY914

Look's like Sarc's work.

[Nostril Cheese]

Originally Posted by Sarc

[daepp]

Originally Posted by URY914

We used to ogle the cars there as we walked to the beach! Forgot all about them.

[Nostril Cheese]

"On May 10, 1967, the sixteenth and last glide flight ended in disaster as the vehicle slammed into the lake bed on landing. With test pilot Bruce Peterson at the controls, the M2-F2 suffered a pilot induced oscillation (PIO) as it neared the lake bed. At the core of this problem was the fact that the wings of the M2-F2 (essentially the body of the aircraft) produced considerably less roll authority than most aircraft. This resulted in less force available to the pilot to control the aircraft in roll. As a consequence, when Peterson attempted to perform roll maneuvers the response of the vehicle was substantially less than expected, thus lending to a "soft" feel for this control which often leads to PIO in the roll axis. (Source: interview with Bruce Peterson, 1980) The vehicle rolled from side to side in flight as he tried to bring it under control. Peterson recovered, but then observed a rescue helicopter that seemed to pose a collision threat. Distracted, Peterson drifted in a crosswind to an unmarked area of the lake bed where it was very difficult to judge the height over the ground because of a lack of guidance (the markers provided on the lake bed runway).

Peterson fired the landing rockets to provide additional lift, but he hit the lake bed before the landing gear was fully down and locked. The M2-F2 rolled over six times, coming to rest upside down. Pulled from the vehicle by Jay King and Joseph Huxman, Peterson was rushed to the base hospital, transferred to the March Air Force Base Hospital and then the UCLA Hospital. He recovered but lost vision in his right eye due to a staphylococcal infection.

Portions of M2-F2 footage including Peterson's spectacular crash landing were used for the 1973 television series The Six Million Dollar Man though some shots during the opening credits of the series showed the later HL-10 model, during release from its carrier plane, a modified B-52"

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

That is a blast from the past. My brother had those wheels on his BMX bike back in the day.


Does this count if this little critter is being transported by a hand?


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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

"On May 10, 1967, the sixteenth and last glide flight ended in disaster as the vehicle slammed into the lake bed on landing. With test pilot Bruce Peterson at the controls, the M2-F2 suffered a pilot induced oscillation (PIO) as it neared the lake bed. At the core of this problem was the fact that the wings of the M2-F2 (essentially the body of the aircraft) produced considerably less roll authority than most aircraft. This resulted in less force available to the pilot to control the aircraft in roll. As a consequence, when Peterson attempted to perform roll maneuvers the response of the vehicle was substantially less than expected, thus lending to a "soft" feel for this control which often leads to PIO in the roll axis. (Source: interview with Bruce Peterson, 1980) The vehicle rolled from side to side in flight as he tried to bring it under control. Peterson recovered, but then observed a rescue helicopter that seemed to pose a collision threat. Distracted, Peterson drifted in a crosswind to an unmarked area of the lake bed where it was very difficult to judge the height over the ground because of a lack of guidance (the markers provided on the lake bed runway).

Peterson fired the landing rockets to provide additional lift, but he hit the lake bed before the landing gear was fully down and locked. The M2-F2 rolled over six times, coming to rest upside down. Pulled from the vehicle by Jay King and Joseph Huxman, Peterson was rushed to the base hospital, transferred to the March Air Force Base Hospital and then the UCLA Hospital. He recovered but lost vision in his right eye due to a staphylococcal infection.

Portions of M2-F2 footage including Peterson's spectacular crash landing were used for the 1973 television series The Six Million Dollar Man though some shots during the opening credits of the series showed the later HL-10 model, during release from its carrier plane, a modified B-52"

Thanks for posting that. I always found the lifting body flight tests very interesting.




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[URY914]

[URY914]

[porsche930dude]

Sold our buggy tonight! now im on the lookout for an old mini cooper

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

"On May 10, 1967, the sixteenth and last glide flight ended in disaster as the vehicle slammed into the lake bed on landing. With test pilot Bruce Peterson at the controls, the M2-F2 suffered a pilot induced oscillation (PIO) as it neared the lake bed. [snip]

Pilot in the photo is Milt Thompson.

[intakexhaust]

Originally Posted by daepp

We used to ogle the cars there as we walked to the beach! Forgot all about them.

Someday I'll have to dig thru the old car mags with an expose on the silver targa in front. I believe it had a TV built into the console.


What the?

[Sarc]

Originally Posted by daepp

Look's like Sarc's work.

Huh? I'm not a photographer.

[Oh Haha]

Originally Posted by Sarc

Huh? I'm not a photographer.

Maybe not but the pics you post say otherwise!!

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

Thanks for posting that. I always found the lifting body flight tests very interesting.

I am teamed with a company in NC that has a lifting body design we are adapting for commercial unmanned uses.

The lifting body concept has significant advantages over the traditional aircraft in use for UAS verticals today.

[Sarc]

Originally Posted by Oh Haha

Maybe not but the pics you post say otherwise!!

Thanks!

[Sarc]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I am teamed with a company in NC that has a lifting body design we are adapting for commercial unmanned uses.

I imagine it's kind of like working in the toy department