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Well, it's actually more a function of stall-speed than wing-area. Turning performance is tied to stall speed since pulling a 2g turn in level flight requires twice the amount of lift as a 1g turn. With dynamic forces increasing to the square of the speed, the square root of the g-load...

Oh, here's the translation of the article Monograph by Alain Pelletier The Fisher XP-75 Eagle The idea seemed brilliant. In times of war, belligerents often pull out all the stops, especially when they find themselves in a critical situation. In this regard, Germany's last-ditch programs are...

@Aeroweanie & @bada Both of you have huge archives on your drive of WWII Aircraft Performance?

@MiTasol what kind of bee disease?

Well I know he was a fraud, but the plane was nonetheless built (and offed two pilots who flew the plane). I was curious by the 1930's if the USAAC or RAF had some kind of rule in place that dictated propeller clearance. There seemed to eventually be a rule that dictated 7" between the...

It seemed very close to the ground. Were any rules and regulations changed from that point to the start of WWII?

Yes, but he did have to know how much to cut off didn't he? For example did the propeller have to be 5-6" off the ground? Was this with the shock-absorbers uncompressed or fully compressed, etc?

I remember a mention of a massive bomber raid proposed against Berlin in 1944 which entailed some of the following, and some of these details maybe wrong because my memory isn't perfect (despite sometimes remembering a whole bunch of odd stats and figures). USAAF was to initiate the raid by...

I'm 41 and I watch birds. That said, this might be connected to the fact that I'm an aviation buff...

Well, the RAF was developing SABS (which was a tachometric bombsight similar to the Norden, though it didn't connect to the autopilot).

Actually, Wallis did propose a version of the plane which had a more versatile bomb-loads. The problem was that he did this after the earlier idea was rejected. If I recall the range was around 4000 miles (unsure what load), and able to carry around 32000 lb. of bombs (all out).

I'm curious if there were any figures that existed in the years leading up to and during the early years of WWII (later on larger propellers and the desire for superior performance led to these requirements being relaxed) regarding the minimum propeller clearance from tip to ground for aircraft...

There's really something to be said about some good loaded cheese-fries, and the presenation is magnifique! (Not sure why whenever I do a French accent I end up channeling Jacques Pepin)

That'd be a pretty cool halloween costume. I'd ditch the hat though...

I gotta say the Ukranians have consistently impressed me with their creativity in combatting Russia.