Recent content by Jenisch

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Even if the aircraft had the system, I wouldn't assume it worked in the modern sense.

I have already read in some sites that show up in Google when searching about the P-47 that the plane had air conditioning as "standard". I instantly became curious and made a search for manuals of the Thunderbolt in the web in order to understand how the system worked. But for my surprise, even...

So, here's what the Americans had to say about the Akutan Zero (an excerpt from a Wik article about the aircraft): I have already read somewhere on the internet that the Americans installed the carburetor incorrectly during the evaluation of the Akutan Zero, so it did not behave as it should...

Hello, I have found this picture of a SBD Dauntless gunner in the Wikipedia article about the aircraft. His goggles are reddish in appearance. I was wondering if they were like this in order to also work like sunglasses. If that was indeed the case, how common was this feature during the war?

I have already read that the Luftwaffe lacked standardization procedures for it's pilot's during WWII. Pilots did not used checklists for instance. Britain appears to have been in a half term in regard to this, whereas the Americans appear to have been the best ones in regard to standardization...

I wonder if this had the impact often proclaimed, because this is often mentioned about the BoB, but not so in regard to the Luftwaffe in the Allied bombing of Germany.

Ah, and I have also found something interesting about instrument approaches late in WWII in this link: http://home.att.net/~sallyann2/b29front-page2.htm According to the first hand account in the link, a B-29 tried to have a ground controlled approach in Iwo Jima while returning from a bombing...

I have found the image above here: AN/CRN-2 - RadioNerds For those here who have or have had contact with WWII veterans, was this AN/CR2 system actually used during the war in a practical manner?

Guys, I'm with a doubt about this carburetor subject and will use this thread to ask something about it. I have watched this video: Which explains how the engine cuts out in planes like the early Spits and Hurricanes, which had a float type carburetor. At 2:27, it's clear for me why the...

One can find on the internet mentions that a version of the Ki-43 III produced by Tachikawa from 1944 had a top speed of 358mph. This is quite comparable to the P-40. It would be a decent plane for 1942, and to some extent 1943. If this speed was indeed achieved by the Oscar, and it's power...

I wonder if the low top speeed of the Ki-43 was necessarily a consequence of the Japanese desire for maneuverability, or if it was fault of a lack of more powerful engines in Japan. People assume the Oscar and the Zero were slower than Allied fighters of their class (like the P-40) because the...

IMHO The Basket is quite right in regard to the speed of the Ki-43. However the plane was not only agile, but also had a rate of climb that was considerably superior to the P-40 for instance. Perhaps with the right tactics it did caused a lot of trouble to Allied pilots. Unfornately I don't know...

The comparison of their relation as being like Churchill and Stalin made by tomo pauk is the best one I have ever seen. I guess Shinpachi can validate this better than most of us. :D

I guess I didn't expressed myself clearly. Yes, the P-40 was faster than the F4F. What I wanted to say was that the IJN had an aircraft with a comparable speed to it's main naval foe (the F4F). Whereas the IJA was in a disappointing position with the Ki-43 against vs the P-40 for instance.