ORIGINAL: PipeMajor
I guess then, that just adds to their "fun factor". Now I have 2 new sounds - the throaty growl of the Saito and the Stick howl.
Reminds me of when I was a kid growing up around USAF bases. Another distinctive howl I'm familiar with was the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and its GE J-79 engine. I grew up during the Century series of fighter aircraft...
A bit more practice and I'm going to have to get some longer arms on my wing servos. The stock arms on my HS-475HBs won't allow for the full deflection the Stick needs (or I want).
Great 2nd airplane, ain't it?
I was stationed at Luke AFB in late 1965 as my first duty assignment. The German student pilots trained on the F-104 and much of the flying done there at Luke was by the F-104's. I got so used to hearing the sound of the 104 moan that I can still recognize it to this day, like when an F-104 came to Chattanooga, TN's Lovell field some years ago as part of an airshow. I recognized the plane before I caught it visually. My wife was impressed.
Ed Cregger