Recent content by Shortround6

The author of that thread may be somewhat partisan. He is no longer with us and I will not say more than that. I have used a US baseball analogy before. In a 162 game season, most years, every team will win 60 games. Every team will loose 60 games. The difference between 1st and last place in...

Actually the effective range of the guns (but not the sights) increased for the better guns by 50-100%. Using WW I guns/ammo in WW II aircraft did decrease the air craft effectiveness. The use of 20mm exclusive ammo radically changed the close range fire power. Even WW I airplanes sometimes...

There is a lot in what you say not only here but in the rest of your post. It may also be that the Americans, British and Germans accelerated their production capabilities during the war years (counting war years as 1939 and on even for the Americans) and 1935-36 western engines were not that...

Some of the numbers here seem to be in order of start of the project. Not first flights. The Ki-12 was Nakajima project that was overseen/helped by a couple of Dewoitine engineers. Wing area 183 sqft gross weight 1900kg( 4189lbs) wing loading 22.9 lbs/sq/ft engine 610hp H-S Xcrs engine one...

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For the next 'generation' of JAAF fighters we had the Ki-10 Which is pretty obviously a modification or perhaps continuation of the thought process of the previous Kawasaki Biplane. Wing area 215-250 sqft depending on version gross weight 1650-1740kg( 3638-3836lbs) wing loading...

Does anybody have translations of actual Japanese texts, statements, policy, theory or tactics? Or any Japanese speakers/readers run across anything? There has been a crapload of misinformation put out about allied aircraft and air doctrine/theory's for the last 80+ years. And most of us can...

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OSHA???? We don't need no stinking OSHA!!!!

Willy and boys never used the term magic but it seems that a some post war writers or a lot of modern internet "experts" seem to think they are "magic" and confer turning ablities well beyond what physics would allow for. Didn't mean to imply that Willy and boys were doing anything wrong. But...

Disengaging to re-engage after an advantage has been gained (regained?) may not actually being running away. Depends on the tactical situation at the time. Bomber escort depends on how far away (and time of estimated intercept by the attacking fighters) the forces are. Intercepting attacking...

Might depend on the actual facts and the criteria used. Wiki says the FN gun weighed 54lbs with a 7.3lb barrel. U.S. 1942 Manual says the M2 gun weighed 61lbs with a 10.2lb barrel. Cutting the barrel weight helps to speed up the gun, but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Things we don't know. Barrel life...

only counting the Battle ;) I don't know when the distinction between fighter and bomber engines came about. Maybe a left over from WW I although there was some cross over then. It may have come about because of the "maneuverability mafia" who decried large heavy engines in the nose of the...

A lot depends on when and what conditions. In 1939 it is over 500 miles from German Border to Dublin and that entails flying over Britain from London to Sheffield. Going up and around Scotland means 900-1000 miles and even overflying Belgium/French border and then going around Lands End is...

There are two different engineering standards going on here. Japanese and Germans may have been able to design stuff. They had trouble figuring out how to manufacture the stuff. You need large numbers of engineers that just look at parts/blue prints and figure out how to make the stuff faster...