Recent content by dedalos

Speaking generally of the fw190 , it was needing a better engine than the bmw801 from day one. And certainly after mid 1942. The early war choices of the rlm proved disastrous I refer specifically in July 44 because by that time it was clear that the me 262 was entering operational trials and...

Obviously nothing could compare with the Me 262. So perhaps,after July 1944, it would be better to cancel all piston engines development except jumo 213a and db605d , mainly for service against the soviets. On the western front only jets had a chance to operate

Also IF the general building quality of the Dora was good. As far as I know no operational Dora was what it's designers had in mind to be

Given that Germany could not compete on engines powers with the allies, due to lack of raw materials and high octane fuel the Ta 152 was a strange choice. The longer fuselage permitted heavier armament but was useless since added more weight in an aircraft that was already outperformed by the...

The He177 had the best potential. It was a good aircraft. It s problems were not of bad design ,but of bad project management. The engine fires were a problem reasonably easy to solve. The requirement for dive bombing should simply be eliminated. The oversensitive rudder could be fixed. But...

I am not sure that the loss of the strong glue was after all bad for the German war effort The Ta154 did not appear to be that much of a improvement over the already in production German night fighters Certainly could not reliably intercept the mosquito. It's overall performance appears...

The Bf110G appeard in late 1942. It s basic configuration remained unchanged until the end of war. The typical max speed for the clean day version was 595 km/h at 6200m Using Mw50 for it s Db 605A engines would up 650 ps. What speed gain could be expected, especially if that huge tail...

The bulges for the heavy machine guns were not required, as it was proved in the later versions of the bf109. They were introduced in the bf109g6 as a fast way to put hmgs into production as soon and as easy as possible. Along with similar choices in other parts of the aircraft the end result...

In ww1 Germany faced similar raw material shortages with ww2. Still was able to produce very competitive fighters to the last day of the war. Fokker dvii and dviii, siemens-suckert DV etc. In ww2 , from late 1941 , Germany s fighters were badly outperformed by the western fighters. Despite the...

I will be very surprised if the p51 s historians admit/confirm any loss to a D9.

You just can't hold yourself ,can you? The question of the thread was if a spitfire xiv was shot down by a D9. Kurfust was absolutely correct about you. And in order to make you feel satisfied. Of course the xiv was far superior.

Greek air force recently restored in enland , a spitfire ix lf, that was sitting for decades outside the war museum. As a child i was climbing ,illigaly, on its wings Recently i spoke to one of its 3 current pilots. Despite the fact , they say that the engine is better than new after the...

The top fighter of the entire war was the Spitfire. The p47 was an excellent fighter, especially after mid 1943. It performed better in some roles than the Spitfire but it was more expensive, huge fuel consumption, and in the most crucial role of the air superiority, the Spitfire was always...

Moscow was just a battle. A communication center ,nothing more. Napoleon did capture Moscow. So what? Germany lost the war when lost the ability to recreate her armies. And that ability was lost,mainly, because of the American daylight bomber offensive , a campaign that would be impossible for...

Yes I agree , America would have a different war to win, but eventually,still,would win, even if it would need atomic weapons. Without America the rest of the allied powers, against Germany and Japan, the best scenario would be a draw I am aware of the geography of the American continent...