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Click to expand.Every mechanic and owner I've talked to has regretted owning, flying or working on one. Their tails are magnesium alloy so watch out for corrosion. The engines are inverted and horribly expensive according to our mechanic. The owner said it was like buying a small house or car when his engines hit TBO. Also single engine operations suck according to multiple sources. The required rudder force is abnormally high, like 150lbs. There has been several Vmc crashes that lead the FAA to raise the red line.
Every mechanic and owner I've talked to has regretted owning, flying or working on one. Their tails are magnesium alloy so watch out for corrosion. The engines are inverted and horribly expensive according to our mechanic.
The owner said it was like buying a small house or car when his engines hit TBO. Also single engine operations suck according to multiple sources. The required rudder force is abnormally high, like 150lbs. There has been several Vmc crashes that lead the FAA to raise the red line. Click to expand.I have to admit to being very jealous that you got to fly the J-2, though I'm sad to see it listed in this 'worst aircraft ever' thread. I'm partial to them and am trying to track a flying one down to see in person.
I think it's probably one of the cutest aircraft ever built. Yeah, I'm man enough to admit that some aircraft are cute. Haha.Many of the negatives you list are not unique to the particular bird, but to gyroplanes in general. It's true, they're not as efficient as airplanes nor are they as practical as helicopters. My logbook entries with gyroplanes are pretty sparse.
In fact, I only have 2 hours of training in an RAF 2000. However, they were 2 of the most fun hours I've flown (right up there with seaplanes).
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Seems like based on your write-up that the J2 was equally fun to fly.What I wouldn't give to actually get a flight in one. I don't think my wallet or my wife would be happy with what I'd pay for a ride. Click to expand.Ouch, another one of my favorite aircraft listed in this thread.
Not necessarily the Tri-Q, but the quickie (and derivatives in general). It's another aircraft I'm trying to track down. I've seen a few Quickies at Oshkosh, but haven't had a chance to fly one yet. It's another aircraft on my list.I'm also going to add that I like the Ercoupe and the PA28-140.Couple this thread with 'The World's Worst Aircraft' book, which has another of my favorite aircraft (BV-141) listed and I might start to take it personally. Eh, but what do you all know.
I have to admit to being very jealous that you got to fly the J-2, though I'm sad to see it listed in this 'worst aircraft ever' thread. I'm partial to them and am trying to track a flying one down to see in person. I think it's probably one of the cutest aircraft ever built. Yeah, I'm man enough to admit that some aircraft are cute. Haha.Many of the negatives you list are not unique to the particular bird, but to gyroplanes in general. It's true, they're not as efficient as airplanes nor are they as practical as helicopters.
My logbook entries with gyroplanes are pretty sparse. In fact, I only have 2 hours of training in an RAF 2000. However, they were 2 of the most fun hours I've flown (right up there with seaplanes).
Seems like based on your write-up that the J2 was equally fun to fly.What I wouldn't give to actually get a flight in one. I don't think my wallet or my wife would be happy with what I'd pay for a ride.Ouch, another one of my favorite aircraft listed in this thread. Not necessarily the Tri-Q, but the quickie (and derivatives in general). It's another aircraft I'm trying to track down. I've seen a few Quickies at Oshkosh, but haven't had a chance to fly one yet. It's another aircraft on my list.I'm also going to add that I like the Ercoupe and the PA28-140.Couple this thread with 'The World's Worst Aircraft' book, which has another of my favorite aircraft (BV-141) listed and I might start to take it personally. Eh, but what do you all know.
Click to expand.Well if you're going to go there. The A380 for me.I've been on it 4 times and on 3 of those the door seals failed and you get that aweful screeching/whistling noise at 100db for 10 minutes on end. Lucky for me we only had it during takeoff and landing - other people have had this for an entire flight!It was amusing on the 2nd and 3rd time to see the other passengers starting to pray because they think the plane is gonna crash. Not so amusing the 1st time. Also not amused that the first time, the pilot came back there and couldn't figure out where the noise came from - especially after we landed and I youtubed it and saw that it was a common problem on the A380 that was reported on other airlines months before. You'd think someone would tell the pilot! Christmas Bullet, 1919.From:The single-seat 'Christmas Bullet' featured an all-wood construction with a veneer-clad fuselage, although despite his claims to the contrary, neither design feature reduced aerodynamic drag, nor was he among the first to use this method of construction; the majority of German World War I-era two-seater aircraft used for bombing and reconnaissance were similarly constructed.
The 'Bullet' was powered by a prototype Liberty 6 engine. Although the US Army had been persuaded to loan an engine, the proviso was that the prototype engine was to be fitted into an airframe for ground testing only.The design had a serious flaw in that it lacked any kind of struts or braces for the wings, with Christmas' insisting that they should be flexible. Control of the aircraft was meant to be achieved by wing warping to its flying surfaces.
Although the Chief Engineer at Continental, Vincent Burnelli, tried to institute changes, the 'Christmas Bullet' was completed with the original design features intact. Construction materials were scrounged from available wood and steel stock and were not 'aircraft grade', which was also a concern to Burnelli.On its maiden flight in January 1919, the wings of the 'Bullet' peeled from the fuselage and the aircraft crashed, killing the pilot, Cuthbert Mills. The destruction of the prototype Liberty engine was never revealed to the US Army and a second Bullet was built powered by an Hall-Scott L-6 engine.Despite the crash, Christmas placed an ad in Flying magazine stating that the Christmas Bullet achieved a 197 mph top speed demonstrated in front of Col Harmon at Central Park, Long Island. The second aircraft was displayed in Madison Square Garden on 8 March 1919 as the 'First Strutless Airplane'. It was also destroyed on its first flight, again with the loss of the test pilot, Lt. Allington Joyce Jolly. The project was abandoned before its United States Army Air Service (USAAS) evaluation.Ron Wanttaja.
I suppose it depends of how tall is tall and how hefty is hefty. I'm a smidge over 6' and wear a 44L, 34 inseam, and I'm quite comfortable. If someone similar in bulk is in the right seat, moving one seat fore/aft a bit widens the shoulder space. I can see if you're long-torso-ed that the shoulder room might be tighter. The floor vents are quite effective once you get going. Use a Kool-Scoop or your hand out the vent widow and leave the door cracked to get some circulation if you're taxiing.With that, you'd probably really dislike Mooneys.