An F-82 Question
Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:47 pm
I have been wondering about this for a while now. With the crew being so far off of the lateral axis of the aircraft, were there any issues with rolling the aircraft as far as a human factor is involved? It seems to me that being that far away from the axis would be a bit disorienting, but I suppose I could be very far off.
Re: An F-82 Question
Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:41 pm
davidbray wrote:I have been wondering about this for a while now. With the crew being so far off of the lateral axis of the aircraft, were there any issues with rolling the aircraft as far as a human factor is involved? It seems to me that being that far away from the axis would be a bit disorienting, but I suppose I could be very far off.
Articles I've read indicated that whoever was doing the flying tended to keep "his" fuselage coordinated, so the poor soul in the other fuselage probably got a bit sideways during rolling maneuvers.
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Re: An F-82 Question
Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:23 am
I once saw a pic of a P-38 that was modified with a second cockpit (presumably just a jumpseat) in place of the left turbosupercharger (must have been awful cramped above the wheelwell.) The caption said it was used to test asymmetric flight human factors for the P-82 program. 
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Re: An F-82 Question
Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:04 am
I remember back in the '70s when Air Classics was 'the' magazine for the CAF. Each month they highlighted 1 of the a/c. When they did the article on the F-82, whomever they interviewed said that when dong a roll, due to the cockpits' locations, from the 'pits it looked like you were doing a barrel roll.
Kyleb wrote:davidbray wrote:I have been wondering about this for a while now. With the crew being so far off of the lateral axis of the aircraft, were there any issues with rolling the aircraft as far as a human factor is involved? It seems to me that being that far away from the axis would be a bit disorienting, but I suppose I could be very far off.
Articles I've read indicated that whoever was doing the flying tended to keep "his" fuselage coordinated, so the poor soul in the other fuselage probably got a bit sideways during rolling maneuvers.