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    Mitsubishi Raiden wing profile?

    No, it is not symmetrical. But they used symmetrical sections for wind tunnel tests, so it probably uses one of these symmetrical thickness distributions, wrapped around a camber line. It is mildly laminar flow at best, but still quite conservative.
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    Request Westland Wyvern (RR Clyde Turboprop) Performance Data

    The Python was 4110. I can't imagine there being any difference worth writing home about.
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    Vultee P-66

    The manual is online, here Vultee P-66 Preliminary Handbook Operation and Flight Manual - T.O. 01-50FA-1 , 1942 William Green's US Army Airforce Fighters, part 2, should have a cutaway, but I can't confirm yet. I took that book out of the library, probably 30 years ago, memory is not 100%...
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    Focke Wulf in Moscow

    They captured a 190D in 1943?
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    Heaviest armed Japanese single seat, single engine fighter?

    Yes, the N1K2-J had 4 x 20mm in the wings, possibly others as well. That's the one that immediately comes to mind.
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    S-199 - What was its rate of climb?

    The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, while not a definitive source, lists the "initial" climb rate at 2697 ft/min ( 822 m/min ), weights of 6305 lbs ( 2860 kg ) empty and max takeoff 8236 lbs ( 3736 kg ). Max speed of 371 mph ( 598 km/h ) @ 6000 m ( 19685 ft ). What weight and power was used to...
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    National museum of us air force Bf 109G-10 information?

    https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=61893
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    Leading edge shape on German fighter aircraft?

    Based on those coordinates, the Mitsubishi 118 is a NACA 250 mean line, with max camber at 25% chord, instead of 15% chord, as with 230 mean line ( see NACA report 537 ). The camber is reduced to 2%, from 2.3% for the standard 250 mean line ( the value of k is about 2.858 vs the standard value...
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    Conflicting Engine Data: Ha-115-II

    I'm gonna throw another curveball at you, hehe Both Maru Mechanic 45 and "Japanese Army Fighters, Design with Precision" both agree on Ki-43-IIIa, in that the Ha-35-32 engine is used and the latter source cites the maintenance and flight manuals as sources. Data for the model 32 engine is 1150...
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    Spitfire control throws

    41 deg either way, 82 deg total
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    Spitfire control throws

    the column was tilted 11 deg towards the pilot in the "neutral" position. For aileron control, it tilted 41 deg to either side of neutral. that's all I got, from the MkV manual
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    Handley Page Halifax serial numbers

    From "The Halifax File", which also contains individual aircraft histories
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    Ki-43 Hayabusa Engines

    TAIC engine data is Japanese data, translated, with the exception of WEP estimates. Given boost and RPM figures, everything makes sense, except that power at 3400 m is probably closer to 930 US hp ( 940 metric HP ). The Sakae 12 is not the same, as the supercharger ratio is different ( 7.53 vs...
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    Question about Tumansky M-89

    Kotelnikov's book, "Russian Piston Aero Engines", gives 146/165, but then he says the displacement is 35.7 L. It doesn't make sense that if they were trying to improve on previous versions, that they would make it smaller, even if it had higher compression.
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    RR Peregrine on 100 Octane fuel

    880 hp @ 3000 rpm @ +9 psi boost for takeoff. That's all I have, from Lumsden's British Piston Aero Engines
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