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Originally Posted by Robotic Pope
It would just look a bit silly to only have one hand on the yoke while the pilot desparatly trys to pull his P-38 out of a almost supersonic dive.
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I think it would look silly to have 2 hands on the yoke when the other hand could be reducing power, pushing the prop controls forward, working the elevator trim or deploying those dive brakes that the P-38 was famous for. I'm not saying pilots don't ever use both hands on the stick, just that it's very rare, even in combat. Flying has never been about brute force:
OK, so I know that pulling G in combat isn't the same as the silky smooth loops and rolls that Bob Hoover flys in his air show. I just think this is a graet video and couldn't resist posting it
09-01-2011, 05:15 AM
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