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The Incredible 'Tail Sitter' Convair Pogo - The First VTOL Plane!

The Incredible 'Tail Sitter' Convair Pogo - The First VTOL Plane!

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This scratch-built model of the Convair XFY Pogo is just ONE of the projects being built by this week's guest on the AMA Podcast, Astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson! Learn all about his building process, and find out the status of his Pogo model on this week's AMA Podcast at modelaircraft.org/ibuildama! Listen to the audio at modelaircraft.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. | Academy of Model Aeronautics

This scratch-built model of the Convair XFY Pogo is just ONE of t…

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I had a number of questions about the XFY Pogo from my post yesterday, so I thought I'd show this masterpiece in action. This is Astronaut and aviation legend (and now Academy of Model Aeronautics Hall of Fame member 😊) Hoot Gibson demonstrating the power system and gearbox operation of his scratch-built RC XFY Pogo. He designed and built the entire airframe himself, including the gearbox for the counter-rotating propellers, which was originally powered by a glow engine and has since been conve

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Convair Pogo: The VTOL Fighter That Shouldn’t Exist

Convair Pogo: The VTOL Fighter That Shouldn’t Exist

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This is one of many attempts made after World War II to devise a practical VTOL combat aircraft. The Convair XFY-1 Pogo has delta wings and three-bladed contra-rotating propellers powered by a turboprop engine. It would "sit on its tail" and use a big propeller to fly. Only the most experienced pilots could fly the aircraft because the landing is extremely difficult. The XFY was intended to be a high-performance fighter plane that would operate from small ships. However, due to the aircraft's li

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The Incredible 'Tail Sitter' Convair Pogo - The First VTOL Plane!

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