Convair xfy pogo book

Lets remember that the pogos pilot could only land looking over his shoulders love fixation, i guess. Mar 31, 2017 in this book, the author covers every known aspect of the development of the convair xfy 1 project including a wealth of engineering drawings of the aircraft in question along with the original and updated brochures offered by convair to the army as a possible recce platform. Skeets coleman, who was the test pilot of one of the oddest military airplanes ever. Both aurora and lindberg produced their own versions of the plane. The pogo had delta wings and threebladed contrarotating propellers powered by a 5,500 hp allison yt40a16 turboprop engine. Contemporary with the lockheed xfv1, the convair xfy 1 was designed for the same us navy competition. It was intended to be a highperformance fighter aircraft capable of operating. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Naval fighters number twentyseven convair xfy1 pogo. Large scale planes, the home of large scale aircraft modeling. Both planes reflected brilliance and initiative in an era of free. Feb 22, 2009 the convair xfy pogo tailsitter was an experiment in vertical takeoff and landing.

Convair xfy1 pogo by steve ginter, 9780942612271, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The original proposal for the xfy1 pogo kindle edition by zichek, jared. From the archives of the san diego air and space museum please do not use for commercial. Home aircraft airframe manuals convair convair xfy pogo. If they had been successful, the navy in time of war would have been able to equip all ships with a pointofdefence fighter. Convair xfy pogo experimental vertical takeoff and landing. Landing the xfy 1 was difficult, as the pilot had to. The pogo had delta wings and threebladed contrarotating propellers powered by a hp allison turboprop engines. The pogo had delta wings and threebladed contrarotating propellers powered by a 5,500 hp allison yt40a16. In this signed pic, test pilot john knebel with his woooooonderful customised. The convair xfy1 pogo is one of many attempts made after world war ii to devise a practical vertical takeoff and landing vtol combat aircraft. Convair usn pogo the convair xfy pogo tailsitter was an experiment in vertical takeoff and landing. Navy during the 1950s, the other was the lockheed xfv1. Military was being drawn deeper into the vietnam war, it was found that the riverine forces, patrolling the mekong and other rivers were being fired upon by enemy forces well concealed in the dense jungle next to the rivers.

It was intended to be a highperformance fighter aircraft capable of operating from small warships. Nov 02, 2017 both the convair xfy pogo and lockheed xfv were developed to a 1950 united states navy usn requirement intended to test the viability of a tailsitting shipborne fighter for arming and protecting convoys and for providing a quickreaction point defense capability to warships in general. The convair xfy pogo was an experiment in vertical takeoff and landing vtol tailsitter. May 22, 2014 coleman tested the convair xfy1 pogo featured in a book as one the worlds worst aircraft. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading convair class vf convoy fighter. For example, lockheed and lockheed martin are considered two separate listings in the military factory database. The british finally succeeded with the hawkersiddeley harrier, but before this aircraft arrived, firms around the united states experimented with various vtol configurations. This was intended to investigate the potential of a small singleseat tailsitting vtol fighter aircraft for operation from and to small platforms on a variety of ships. Convair xfy1 pogo, the first vtol plane to successfully. Long, bill chana, skeets, coleman, skeets coleman, steve ginter.

Feb, 20 the pogo was the most successful of the two tailsitter fighters evaluated by the us. Jun 30, 2014 from the archives of the san diego air and space museum please do not use for commercial purposes without permis. It has a reputation for being one of the toughest, arguably the toughest, flightsim model to fly. Convair xfy1 pogo by steve ginter, skeets coleman, b. Xfy caravan book online xfy caravan in yuyao shi, china best price guarantee, no booking fee on traveloka. The convair xfy pogo was an experiment in vertical takeoff and landing tailsitter.

Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. This book presents the original proposal for the convair class vf convoy fighter of 1950, which led to the xfy 1 pogo turboprop tailsitter naval aircraft. Convair and lockheed both won contracts to build and demonstrate their concepts. American industry came up with two planes for the job. The original proposal for the xfy 1 pogo kindle edition by zichek, jared. The plane was featured on the cover of the book the worlds worst aircraft. The convair xfy pogo tailsitter was an experiment in vertical takeoff and landing. The pogo had delta wings and threebladed contrarotating propellers powered by a 5,500 hp 4,100 kw allison. The pogo had delta wings and threebladed contrarotating propellers powered by a 5,500 hp 4,100 kw allison yt40a6 turboprop engine. The pogo had delta wings and threebladed contrarotating propellers powered by a 5,500 hp 4,100 kw allison yt40a16 turboprop engine. A video capture of a flightsim session of the xfy 1 model had it weaving back and forth as it descended.

They were the tail sittersthe convair xfy1 pogo and the lockheed xfv1 salmonand in the mid1950s their halflives flickered, flared, and faded in a compare deals on saintefoy train station airport hotels. The pogo had delta wings and threebladed contrarotating propellers powered by a turboprop engine. Janes pocket book of research and experimental aircraft. Convair f2y sea dart convair xfy 1 pogo fisher p75 eagle general dynamics f111b. First published in 1994, the xfy1 pogo book tells the story of one of two navy prototypes contracted as vertical take off turboprop fighters capable of operating. For inexplicable reasons, the convair xfy 1 pogo has been far more popular with plastic model manufacturers than the salmon.

Long, skeets coleman and bill chana 1994, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Computer flight simulator enthusiasts have constructed a digital model of the convair xfy 1 pogo that can be flown on a personal computer. Convair nicknamed its vtol aircraft pogo after the pogo stick jumping toy popularized by an earlier generation of american youth. Search for convair xfy 1 pogo and quickly find all products. Convair designed the xfy1 pogo, a tail sitter with stubby delta wings and fins above and below the fuselage. This book presents the original proposal for the convair class vf convoy fighter of 1950, which led to the xfy1 pogo turboprop tailsitter naval aircraft. Please note that some brands are listed separately in the list below. Landing the xfy 1 was difficult, as the pilot had to look over his shoulder. Interest in the program, and the funding, was disappearing and on august 1, 1956, the navy closed the books on the xfy1.

The worlds worst aircraft book us vs german showing of 30 messages. Landing the xfy1 was difficult, as the pilot had to look over his shoulder while carefully working the throttle to land. Convair xfy1 pogo by skeets coleman, steve ginter, b. Nov 01, 2010 convair nicknamed its vtol aircraft pogo after the pogo stick jumping toy popularized by an earlier generation of american youth. The tail sitter xfy1 pogo and xfv1 defense media network. This book covers the proposal in 1950 that lead to the xfy 1 pogo, the convair class vf convoy fighter. On august the convair pogo made its first vertical takeoff and landing. The pogo was the only of the two that achieved full conversion from vertical to horizontal flight and vice versa. This called for an aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing from ship and shore to protect ships in a convoy from enemy aircraft. As with the lockheed xfv1, the pogo used the allison yt40a14 engine and curtisswright counterrotating propellers, but was.