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zilik 01-05-2012 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by N24YW (Post 613458)
I added short vidoe of bomb door operation

http://s730.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=MVI_2161.mp4

Now that's just to cool. :)

LynolA 01-27-2012 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by N24YW (Post 611026)


Jim Knight
Burlington Iowa
RV 6 500 hours

Jim, Where did you find the matched gears/mechanics for this configuration? Were these 'recycled' from a different device?

Nihon_Ni 03-16-2012 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by LynolA (Post 613058)
I cannot find an 'official' flour bomb specification. However, when we did it last year, it was a simple brown paper lunch sack with about 2 cups of flour inside. Wrap the excess bag material on around the flour lump and secure with a piece of masking tape. Mark the bag with a Sharpie with the pilot's handle (name) so when the ground crew measures the distance from the center of the target to the point of impact, they know who gets the credit. Pilots fly over the target at a pre-arranged altitude, typically between 500 and 1000 feet AGL. Low wing airplanes are at an obvious disadvantage, unless additional measures are taken, hence, this thread.

I'm wondering if you could put a plexi window in the cockpit floor of an -8, just big enough to sight a target on a bomb run. Then I could fashion one (or two) bombays in the cargo section and be able to tar (flour) and feather (TP) all "enemy bases" near my home. If the plexi proves to be too difficult (most likely will, although I haven't looked at the cockpit plans yet) I guess I'll just have to perfect the "pop" maneuver.

Oh, what fun awaits...:cool:

NickAir 03-16-2012 01:05 PM

Exhaust consideration
 
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Originally Posted by Nihon_Ni (Post 640203)
I'm wondering if you could put a plexi window in the cockpit floor of an -8, just big enough to sight a target on a bomb run. Then I could fashion one (or two) bombays in the cargo section and be able to tar (flour) and feather (TP) all "enemy bases" near my home. If the plexi proves to be too difficult (most likely will, although I haven't looked at the cockpit plans yet) I guess I'll just have to perfect the "pop" maneuver.

Oh, what fun awaits...:cool:

Just a thought on exhaust:
Exhaust may be a consideration (with plexiglas) & (carbon monoxide) at the front floor of an RV8.

walkman 03-16-2012 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by N941WR (Post 610703)
I have given this much thought over the years but haven't tried building anything.

My thought was a "bomb rack" that could attached to the tiedown hard point and use some type of relay to drop the flower sack (Or pumpkin) and would be removable.

My thinking is that you will have to limit your top speed to keep from ripping the sack open.

I build a 5 tube rocket launcher for Estes D series single stage rockets that mounted there. Never had the guts to try it

walkman 03-16-2012 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KC10Chief (Post 610933)
Whatever you do, go all out! Drop an entire sack of flour! :cool:

Yeah, I was always disappointed at the Grumman fly-ins. Our Safety Nazi (some here will remember Ron fondly) would only approve like a half cup of flour in a zip lock freezer bag. No way is that gonna break.


On related note, I need to design a Norden sight for an RV-6 :-D

Mike S 03-16-2012 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by walkman (Post 640336)
I build a 5 tube rocket launcher for Estes D series single stage rockets that mounted there. Never had the guts to try it

I had a pair of wingtip mounted Estes T series rockets on a Sig Kougar-----fun:D

roadrunner20 03-16-2012 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by N24YW (Post 613458)
I added short vidoe of bomb door operation

http://s730.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=MVI_2161.mp4

Jim Knight
Burlington Iowa
RV-6

Wow, that is so cool. I like it.:D
This really gets the wheels turning.

Our formation group fly high cover in the Key West Independence Day celebration for the open cockpit planes that bomb the Navy with TP.
With this, we could actually participate. At high cover position, we'd see the streaming TP from above and are always envious of those guys.

humptybump 03-16-2012 06:42 PM

7B3 has a flour bomb contest every year. The bombs are 1lb of flour in a small paper lunch bag the the top of the bag wrapped around and sealed with masking tape. From talking with "those in the know" from both Owls Head Air museum and Rhinbeck, this is "a standard bomb". J-3's are the preferred platform.

However, that bomb door is so cool!

panhandler1956 03-16-2012 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by walkman (Post 640336)
I build a 5 tube rocket launcher for Estes D series single stage rockets that mounted there. Never had the guts to try it

I have thought about doing this too! I think it would be cool even if just cosmetic - would be fun to drop into a fly-in with external stores...


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