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I makes sense to me. The result will be 80Kt ground speed, and 60 Kt airspeed.

I believe that hydraulic catapults of WWII were already adjustable, so they would launch the aircraft at a speed sufficient for flight, but not more to limit stress on the airframe. The trust of the catapult would have been adjusted according to the aircraft type, aircraft weight, relative wind...

OK Thanks!

Thanks MIflyer, if you could post the hi-res pdf version of the design analysis, that would be awesome!

Ridiculous game. When there is a problem, just change the part. Yeah, right! I posted this because they obviously can't write either: "All wrong! What was written on the work order is that the engine STARTER was randomly loosing power! First of all, you should have contacted the pilot to clear...

As seen from above, the wing tips are supposed to have a circular shape, but the RC model seems to have a much different shape.

Thanks Micdrow.

I can't find the way to remove the attachments from my first post :evil:

OK, second try with resized pics.

Woops, looks like the resolution is too high... Can the moderators resize it down ? Or I could probably repost a smaller version

This was taken from the journal of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society. Beautifully drawn by Capt. Douglas E. Anderson while CF-TCC was in restoration.

You're welcome Micdrow, although I should be the one thanking you. You are a major contributor to this forum, and in the 3 days I've been here, I think I've seen only one thousand of everything I'd like to see... Your documents on engines were priceless. Thanks again.

Hi, I'm new to this forum and I as I was going through the posts, I saw your request. Well, if it still can be of help to you or anyone else, you can find the firing orders of almost all V-12s here: Firing Orders Guy