Alexei_Krasnov
Recruit
- 1
- Mar 22, 2014
Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules
Good point and the photo (above) of the P-38's pitot shows a good example of thatAnd modelmakers, the end is rarely in the under surface colour. It is more normally brassy or metallic as the pitot was heated.
LOL yep! Had a few close calls in my time!The long pointy ones are good for putting your eye out when you're walking around the plane
Hi,
I was trying to figure out what is this thing on the picture good for:
View attachment 257272
I've seen this, or something very similar on many of the WWII era airplanes (like the tip of the me262 left wing, etc) but I'm totally clueless what it does. Is it some kind of an instrument? TBH it looks like a lightning rod to me (pointy metal tube).
I tried to search the web but my queries in the like of `what is the pointy metal tube on the wing` did not help much
So...if the string is hanging anywhere between the 10 O'clock and 2 O'clock position, it is indicating that you exceeded 45 degrees?I've got a piece of string hanging from the handlebars on my electric mobility scooter. If it's vertical, I'm not moving. If it's at 20 degrees I'm flat out. If it's at 45 degrees or more, I'm in trouble !!
It has to be in clean undisturbed air is all. Mainly why it is "out front" or Under the wing and out near the wing tip. Every plane has one...... unless seat of the pants flying is your thing.
***BTW, these are the instruments it works with.
So...if the string is hanging anywhere between the 10 O'clock and 2 O'clock position, it is indicating that you exceeded 45 degrees?
Which means I've grossly exceeded the performance and handling envelope of the craft - a sure indication that, at the time of the transgression, I was on the way back from the pub !!
It is an Airfix model from the 60s....sand it down