P-26A

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W. Stecker, panel, model, textures, and virtual cockpit all very well done. It's a good ride. Recommended.</b></div> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-274/P26A.exe"><u>Download P-26 Here</u> </a>  </b></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> P-26A</div> <bR> <div> Boeing P-26A Peashooter by Mark William Steckel</div> <bR> <div> Some Notes:</div> <div> The P-26A depicted here was flown by the commander of the 18th Pursuit Group based at Wheeler Field, Hawaii during 1939. The unusual name 'peashooter' was derived from the long, slender tube gunsight which bore a resemblance to child's pea-shooter.  During the early and mid 1930s, the P-26A was an ultra-modern fighter, being the first American all-metal monoplane. By 1941 they were rather obsolete and those that did see action generally got the worst of it.</div> <bR> <div> Flight Notes:</div> <div> The plane can be, as it was in reality, hard to fly.  And even harder to land.  It is not uncommon to nose over on landing.</div> <div> The plane has a 500hp engine.  This means that you must be especially aware of your airspeed before entering some maneuvers.  If you try to loop the plane with anything less than 200 kts at entry, you will stall at the top of the loop.  Because the stall is fairly gentle, you will be left hanging there... an easy target. Don't apply to much back pressure to the stick in any maneuvers.  The wings stall easily under G loads in turns. Letting the plane come around in a turn without any back pressure is the best way to maintain what speed you have. You can kill Zeroes with the Peashooter, but it ain't easy!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1116ac20.jpg" border=0 width="618" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Above:</I> Boeing P-26A </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="H6K5 Mavis"><U><IMG SRC="0663a130.gif" border=0 width="58" height="19" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hs123"><U><IMG SRC="06736140.gif" border=0 width="54" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>