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Holtzauge replied to the thread Would a Spitfire with the same wing area as on the Bf 109 have been a good idea or not?.Yes, my estimate is also around 20 km/h faster as well. But I also estimate a slightly better climb speed (about 1 m/s or 200 fpm) at... -
Holtzauge reacted to Shortround6's post in the thread Would a Spitfire with the same wing area as on the Bf 109 have been a good idea or not? with.
Well, the plane would have been faster. The problem is getting it out of the existing fighter fields with that small wing and with the... -
Holtzauge reacted to tomo pauk's post in the thread Would a Spitfire with the same wing area as on the Bf 109 have been a good idea or not? with.Main asset of a fighter was probably sped, not the turning radius. That wing surgery is similar to what the Yak-3 gotten vs. the...
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Holtzauge reacted to Neil Stirling's post in the thread Structure weight data and drag analysis. with.Posted before and else where. Neil.
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Holtzauge reacted to SaparotRob's post in the thread Would a Spitfire with the same wing area as on the Bf 109 have been a good idea or not? with.I glanced at the picture before reading the text and thought it was an AI failure. I'll be quiet now.
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Holtzauge posted the thread Would a Spitfire with the same wing area as on the Bf 109 have been a good idea or not? in Aviation.Most people are familiar with the Spitfire's beautiful elliptical wing and stories about how this enabled it to do tighter turns than...
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A lot of doctrines were changed/modified with war experience. The "bomber" doctrine was mostly theoretical and was advanced by both...
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Holtzauge posted the thread A detailed analysis and comparison of the Spitfire Mk I’s and Bf 109 E’s flight performance utilizing computer simulations. in Author's corner.Without exaggeration, there are probably hundreds of books that already diligently detail the history of the Spitfire Mk I and the Bf...
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Hi everyone! I've just found a manual for the Fiat G.50 while checking if Avia-it was archived on The Wayback Machine after it closed in...
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Holtzauge reacted to fshort's post in the thread Drawings of Bf 109F/G and K landing gear struts(undercarriage). with.Hi Damian: Attached are some of my Bf 109 MLG drawings that I've found or drawn from parts or other sources. Please NOTE that, I've...
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Holtzauge replied to the thread How capable was the Ki-44?.No, I have not misread any values. The 1.5 figure you have chosen to highlight within the red rectangle is a transient. If you read what...
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Holtzauge replied to the thread How capable was the Ki-44?.Yes, you have quoted three independent testing institutions but one of those (NACA) seem to place Clmax at 1.36 to 1.39? So based on the...
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Holtzauge replied to the thread J7W1 Shinden.No. The J7W1 only flew 3 flights in total amassing 45 min and flew no faster than about 250 km/h IIRC, and they had tons of issues to...
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Holtzauge replied to the thread J7W1 Shinden.Did some simulation runs on this fascinating aircraft, this time looking at climb rates. And while the Shinden's climb rate at higher...
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Holtzauge replied to the thread J7W1 Shinden.This post and the one below with climb data are copies from ones I made over at the Secret Projects Forum, but I think they could be of...
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