14-07-2012, 09:08 PM
Gary,
A great thing with bigger planes is they handle so well. While the airspeed is higher with a higher wing loading, the scale of size makes them seem to be landing normally. Once watched the big Russian Antinov flying at 300 feet and it just didn't seem possible that it could be flying - it was simply scale of size, airspeed was good. A Tiger Moth at the same speed would seem ridiculously fast.
A great thing with bigger planes is they handle so well. While the airspeed is higher with a higher wing loading, the scale of size makes them seem to be landing normally. Once watched the big Russian Antinov flying at 300 feet and it just didn't seem possible that it could be flying - it was simply scale of size, airspeed was good. A Tiger Moth at the same speed would seem ridiculously fast.