Airborne Oddities of WWII

[cheddar cheese]

How do you know he aint talking about the I-15 or I-152, which were also biplanes. I would post pictured but evertime i try i get knocked off line

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

he could be, but the I-153 was by far the best known of the 3.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yup.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

thank you for that vital contribution to the conversation.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Welcome; anytime you want random posts of no meaning just ask

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

will do..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Actually I just make em without being asked to

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

although you do need inspiration sometimes..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nah not really Sometimes I choose not to make random posts cos it would destroy a discussion...

 

[rebel8303]

How about this? It is Bf-109 Z anf I don't think that it ever flew.

 

[Hot Space]

No, it didn't, m8 But you can get it in a Combat Flight Sim and the Fire Power that comes with it would cut a country in half

Hot Space

 

[The Jagdflieger Pips]

How about this? It is Bf-109 Z anf I don't think that it ever flew.

*hides in fear of that plane*

 

[Anonymous]

How about this, the Flying Pancake.

I actually think the F5U was a good concept. However, they should have made it into a bomber instead of a fighter. The proto fighter version was capable of 430 mph speed using two 1350hp P&W R-2000-7 engines, with the fixed landing gear shown above. Further testing revealed a top speed of 504 mph.

I have my doubts about this design as a fighter, I just don't see how it could roll sufficiently well to dogfight, though it might have made a good bomber interceptor. It could carry 2000 lbs of bombs in the fighter configuration. Scaled up and given either 2 or 4 P&W R2800 engines, it would have made a very fast bomber with a significant payload. And it could take off from very short runways!

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Lunatic

 

[cheddar cheese]

I like the flying pancake, even though it looked ridiculous

 

[rebel8303]

Is there a turbine between the two fans? It looks like so.

 

[cheddar cheese]

I dont think so, but I could be wrong.

 

[Anonymous]

Is there a turbine between the two fans? It looks like so.

No, those are P&W radials, but no prop. There's a driveshaft that goes to the outside and drives the props at the outer edges. This design provides about 20% better cooling flow over the radial than having the prop directly mounted on the crankshaft.

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Lunatic

 

[R Pope]

Guys, it's the Flying Flapjack, not pancake, and it never did fly, it was broken up after preliminary taxi trials. Just another might-have-been.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Im SURE its the flying pancake, and it never flew in combat operations but obviously it was being tested.

 

[Adolf Galland]

thats because the navy thinks that it's unsafe 2 fly such aircraft