[Tennessee_Bob]

They made excellent aircraft. What they lacked in high-tech, they brute forced. What they lacked in quality, they made up for in quantity. The bearings in one of the Tumansky's that I saw were amazing - and this wasn't a show jet or a demonstration model - it was a line fighter. You could reach in between the front stators and spin the front spool by hand, and it would spin for another 20-30 seconds before winding down.

[chilepepper]

one needs to be very, very careful about falling into perception traps of one's own making. that which may have been true fifteen years ago may or may *not* be true today.

lazy thinking, however ego-boosting, is way too dangerous. i just hope you are not in a position where you can actually influence any decisions...

[konaice]

You could reach in between the front stators and spin the front spool by hand, and it would spin for another 20-30 seconds before winding down.

Saw a C5 Galaxy sitting on the taxiway at an air-show reciently. Slight wind - barely enough to sense with a wetted raised finger.

Front spools were lazily "clicking" around. Of course with what seeme to me like an 8 foot opening thats a lot of area to collect even a small amount of wind.