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[TheChronicOne]

Pretty cool, I like it! I want to do something similar on an H-4 Herc (Spruce Goose).  I figure that big boy would make one hell of a fire bomber. 

Something about a wooden firebomber flying through flames doesn't fill me with confidence.

MINOR DETAIL.  lmao

[Dizzyfugu]

Stumbled across this... interesting combo:

[Captain Canada]

Cool Nimrod ! I guess we could get some SAR coverage out of that girl !

[PR19_Kit]

Stumbled across this... interesting combo:

That looks just like something you'd build Thomas. 

[Old Wombat]

My though, exactly!

[TheChronicOne]

It does, doesn't it!    And...... is really cool. That camo is super neat..

I'm not used to seeing jet powered craft sitting like that, this one is new to me and I really dig it. I need to get my hands on a kit of this, I'll make that scheme! 

[PR19_Kit]

Tailwheel jets are pretty rare, the Supermarine Attacker was the only one to ever see service in the UK forces AFAIK.

[TheChronicOne]

I wonder just how many there were?  Surely a prototype or two here or there. I think I'll have a google!

Wasn't the universal(or mostly, whatever, as soon as I use an absolute someone will tell me North Korea just launched a mach 3 fighter with a tail wheel)  switch to bicycle gear because that set up made it easier for taxiing and take off and such?  I seem to remember reading something about a year ago that made mention of pilots not used to tail wheel craft having troubles operating them because it was more technical somehow than nose gear stuff. 

[kerick]

Seeing over the nose is a problem and ground loops are not uncommon. A matter of training but if you were trained on tricycle gear then tail draggers are a big switch.

[PR19_Kit]

The BoB Memorial Flight keep a couple of Chipmunks on their fleet to convert current RAF pilots to tailwheel stuff before they let them loose on the Spitfires and Hurricanes.

[TheChronicOne]

Oh hey I recognize that one. Neat little airplane. The Airfix blister pack has been on my wish list for some time now. I want one to build, and one to keep. 

[The Rat]

That Attacker gave me a whiffgasm!

[TheChronicOne]

[Dizzyfugu]

Tailwheel jets are pretty rare, the Supermarine Attacker was the only one to ever see service in the UK forces AFAIK.

AFAIK, the Yak-15/17 was the only other type in service - and both were more or less hastily conversions of piston-driven fighter designs. The Yak-15 is more obvious, but the Attacker was based on the Spiteful - even though just the wings were the only visible remnants.

Besides, Polish Navy paint schemes are highly recommended if you want a colorful whif. As sick as the Attacker looks, this is authentic, and only one of the possible color combos. Did a MiG-19 in such a guise some time a go, and it looks great! 

[zenrat]

Prototype Me 262 was a taildragger.  I had thought it was just the piston engined version that was configured this way but then I was watching Nazi Megastructures - Hitlers Jet Caves and they used footage of a tail dragging 262 with Jumo 004s.