Recent content by Zmauky

Not on the Bf 110, but if memory serves there were projects for the Me 410/BMW 801. Most of the reason is that (at least at the beginning of the war 1939-42 ) they did not have sufficiently strong (and large) radial engines. Both BMW 132 and Bramo 323 only approached 1000 hp in the latest...

Busy Sunday, so I didn't get to participate... actually, a short remark should have been about the design philosophy and sheer size. As the Bearcat is designed for the smallest airframe for the R-2800 and range, I think a wiff Wildcat with R-1820 and 4x12.7 and enough range (read fuel weight)...

Just a tiny digression. The F8F is almost long as F4F, has a wing span smaller by a good meter (and a smaller wing area). It certainly looks smaller. It has approximately 25% larger Wing loading but also a much heavier engine (and almost twice the Max takeoff weight). Bottom line - as if Wildcat...

Very good, I like it. PBB/Panzerschiffe is a hair-raising thing for the RN, because they understood Zenker's intentions ie disruption of trade routes. (which was shown at the beginning of the war). It is much easier to reduce Germany to one of the signatories of international agreements than to...

And this includes Bulgarian DAR 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAR_10 Unfortunately or fortunately, the Bulgarian VVS took the German Ju 87, so the production did not proceed. With 950 hp, 410 km/h and 500 kg of bombs, it is right up there with the SBD.

I think that the intention of the Dutch was to strengthen the defense of the DEI so that the problem was transferred to the Japanese (who solved similar problem -British KGV and Repulse- quite successfully). A more nervous RN means a freer hand for Italy in the Mediterranean. The Kriegsmarine...

A radical solution to the "problem" of S&G being undergunned and not getting involved in changing turrets (and everything else that goes with it) is to sell them to the Dutch. Historically, in 1940, a contract was concluded on the transfer of technology for the battlecrusier (S&G), with a...

The difference is that the newer construction carries more and faster and ... better. Given that the Ha 137 was a prototype, we will never be sure about that, but... (this is for the Ha 137B - Jumo 210 variant) with approx. 30% less power, it carries 2x more machine guns/cannons and the same...

The idea of a lightweight CAS aircraft is quite ok, but maybe not like the outdated Hs 123, but like more modern the Blohm & Voss Ha 137. We have a prototype with optional 2x MG/FF or 4x7.9mm (and the same bombload on slightly less powerful IE earlier Hornet / BMW 132) Interestingly, Richthofen...

Actually, that's what I wanted to say. Without going into details, the wisest game for Japan would be to ignore the USA ( and both Yamamoto and PH) and occupy DEI (with or without a war with the UK). FDR probably would not have succeeded in persuading congress to vote for war over the colonial...

Probably the only way to delay Pearl Harbor is for Japan to have access to oil. I am almost certain that Japan would not make a "Molotov - Ribbentrop" variant of the agreement with the USSR so that the oil from DEI and Southeast Asia remains only option. Now this is where things get...

The best thing is that (at least for now) nobody can't say that you are wrong.😉 One fine day, I hope to finish my 109H as well. Of course, when I find time to finally draw and print the nose for the variant with the DB 628 engine. Otherwise, there is a slightly newer version of the AZ model...

The vertical stabilizer (at least on the plans) looks like a variant of the Me 209-II or Me 309 (it makes sense that the tail would be bigger). I would start from there. Admittedly, there are rumors circulating on the net/literature that the engine in question was a DB 605D, i.e. a variant with...

The Germans tried the RZ 65 in 1943 and gave up, and the Russians used the RS-82 instead of air-to-air (as it was intended) for land targets. I would say that, with small rockets, the range was too short, and the accuracy was not very high. The R4M could be fired at a safe distance on target...

If this would mean that the relations of the 4 signatories are better (ie France and the Italian side are a little less nervous about Germany which feels somewhat safer for its western borders), it would direct Germany to the east without the need to secure the western side. Perhaps the Locarno...