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Originally Posted by bmcuscgr94
engine failed, coming in dead stick he said he tried following the rows but couldn't. This was one of three or four cropduster crashes he walked away from.
I've got some more photos somewhere. If I find them I'll post em
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Well, you know what they say. Any landing you can walk away from... 
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Originally Posted by RWebb
designed for very low level ground attack missions, such as airfield denial via cratering
- supposed to come in low... very low, as in UNDER the defense radar systems
my guess is that the variable wings help with dealing with ground effects
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Ground effects start at most a wingspan above ground from what I understand. It is pretty tough to do that kind of hedge hopping at 500mph or more. I suspect it is for the same reasons the F14 had the swing wings- it reduces stall speed and allows better dogfighting amongst other things.
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1971 911S, 2.7RS spec MFI engine, suspension mods, lightened
Suspension by Rebel Racing, Serviced by TLG Auto, Brakes by PMB Performance
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