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Originally Posted by BigC208

Looks to me that the vibration was just weather/turbulence related. Try shooting at a bomber while flying thru propwash and wingtip vortices. Now ad thermals and nasty convective weather and it will become a choir just to keep the plane right side up. At Erco, acording to the FAA you're supposed to keep those "mighty dark clouds 20 miles to your left or right....(hehe,8000hr freight dog here). If they're going to model the weather like that I hope they give us a sailplane at some point.

Good post (& +1 on the sailplanes)!

Lol, BigC208, I hear ya buddy, I hear ya...

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Originally Posted by erco

Got about 9,000 hours here, in everything from Stearmans to Pitts to DC-3s to T-34s to Lears to Hawkers to PA38s to Barons to 1900s to (are you getting the picture yet?) and when you're getting a real good shaking, you sure as hell can't compensate enough to read the panel- it's just a blur. Some of that shaking was in some beautifully clear air, and some in some mighty dark clouds, and just every so often, it was because I tried to do something the airplane didn't like. When, and if, I have the chance to fly the Spit, I'll be sure to fly into the buffet and get back to you on the accuracy of the SOW buffet/shake.

Not a pilot here but have flown through plenty of rough weather in small aircraft. As a passenger, I get the opportunity to look out at the wings and make sure they are still attached . Looking at the instruments (right seat) was not easy because the head was always behind the "shake" of the plane, if that makes sense. It's a matter of inertia and neck muscles. I don't think the pilots had it any different as they were "outside" of the plane and not very focused on the instruments in those scary situations.

BTW...if a shaking plane doesn't create just a bit of pucker factor for a pilot or passenger then they are either very brave or very stupid.

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