Hot Rods of the Sky

[anatolpopov]

What aircraft can be called Hot Rod? I was thinking and I only get 1 in my head.

Jim Wright did replica but it crashed

Luckily Aerosoft have done good "replica" for FSX
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So what you think, what's Hod Rod of the Sky for you?

 

[Boomer]

That isnt the 1st one that came to mind when I read your thread.

This was...

 

[anatolpopov]

Yeah sure, I didn't even remember that :ernae:

...and I have Alphasims version of that

 

[Techy111]

 

[FlameOut]

... how 'bout these [2] beauties...

:ernae:

 

[Mr.Mugel]

Nah, Hot Rods without pistons? H-1 is one I´d think of, Pitts S-12 maybe, too....

 

[Rezabrya]

When I think of a Formula 1 car or something of the sort, I think of this

When I think of Nascar, this comes to mind

 

[Bjoern]

This thing was *fast*!


Modern equivalent:

 

[stiz]

 

[centuryseries]

Perhaps I'm biased, but for me there's only ever been one hot rod :ernae:

 

[empeck]

I agree with centuryseries.

 

[kilo delta]

X-15

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[empeck]

Heh, I'd love to see a hardcore SR-71 simulator. Imagine those thrilling spy missions... without time compression... lol...

 

[centuryseries]

Yeah sitting there for 11 hours just monitoring the gauges and enduring refueling after refueling for a few short minutes over the collection area!

Still, it gives you a sense of geography :ernae:

 

[jetstreamsky]

Without doubt, the English Electric Lightning

 

[Bomber_12th]

I agree that aircraft like the H-1, GeeBee, and X-15, at least in my mind as well.

To me, when I think hot rod, I picture John Milner's '32 Ford. So with this in mind, I also see aircraft like the P-51B, F2G Super Corsair, and Rare Bear, as hot rods, because of the combination of styling and performance. As such I could also could group all of the Reno, Cleveland, Thompsan Trophy, and Schneider Trophy racers as individual aviation hot rods. The post-war Cleveland races especially saw some unique modifications made to aircraft like the P-38, P-63, and F2G.

 

[joanvalley]

You guys are forgetting THE real hot rod of the skies, T-38 Talon, and I'm not saying this but the pilots who have been trained in it.

Jose.

 

[Mr.Mugel]

Polikarpov I-16 Rata, with just flame pipes after the exhaust valves, as the commentator at Hahnweide said matchingly, it is an engine with a short fuselage and aileron racks....

 

[dhazelgrove]

You'll not beat this anytime soon:

 

[anatolpopov]