Completely insane
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:55 amwas how Howard Hughes's life ended
But in between he was a great aviator and perhaps this H-1B was his greatest achievment.
Some of the shadows on the plane are a little dark which has to do with the shading in FSX.
In any case a great plane. Here's a little quote:
"The Hughes H-1 racer was a major milestone aircraft on the road to such radial engine-powered World War II fighters as the American Grumman F6F Hellcat and
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, the Japanese Mitsubishi Type 0 (Zero), and the German Focke-WuIf FW 190. It demonstrated that properly designed radial-engine aircraft
could compete with the lower-drag inline designs despite having larger frontal areas because of their radial engine installations."
But in between he was a great aviator and perhaps this H-1B was his greatest achievment.
Some of the shadows on the plane are a little dark which has to do with the shading in FSX.
In any case a great plane. Here's a little quote:
"The Hughes H-1 racer was a major milestone aircraft on the road to such radial engine-powered World War II fighters as the American Grumman F6F Hellcat and
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, the Japanese Mitsubishi Type 0 (Zero), and the German Focke-WuIf FW 190. It demonstrated that properly designed radial-engine aircraft
could compete with the lower-drag inline designs despite having larger frontal areas because of their radial engine installations."
