P74
I don't want to create thread drift , however Hunting's got Ron Gellatly ( later of Rotodyne fame) to try to fly the P.74. It scared him Sh*tless.
The cyclic thrashed around like a demented coffee grinder and he tried desperately to restrain it from causing him physical injury. As he needed both hands for this , he couldn't get a hand free for a long time to switch the thing off. As Beags has pointed out - it simply wouldn't fly.
When all hope was lost the P.74 was finally towed back into the shed ,with the design team following behind in a column, heads bowed as in a funeral procession.
Now the Rotodyne on the other hand........
Last edited by Haraka; 23rd Feb 2013 at 17:01.