Airborne Oddities of WWII

• Dec 3, 2004

• #121

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Why? It was a stable and effective flying platform, It could be a sort of pioneer for the modern delta wing aircraft we see today.

 

• Dec 4, 2004

• #122

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and it never did fly

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the picture of it in flight kind of proves it did....................

 

• Dec 4, 2004

• #123

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Exactly

 

• Dec 4, 2004

• #124

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It could be a sort of pioneer for the modern delta wing aircraft we see today.

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the Fairey Delta was the main fore runner of the modern deltas..................

 

• Dec 4, 2004

• #125

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Was that before or after the pancake?

 

• Dec 4, 2004

• #126

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after, and no, the designers took no insparation from the flying pancake..............

 

• Dec 4, 2004

• #127

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But there is the Ho-229....thats gotta be the pioneer.

 

• Dec 4, 2004

• #128

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that was a flying wing, not a delta wing................

 

• Dec 4, 2004

• #129

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I think that when the B2 Bomber was being designed the Ho-229 was being looked at for inspiration.

 

• Dec 4, 2004

• #130

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yes it was.............

 

• Dec 4, 2004

• #131

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the lancaster kicks ass said:

and it never did fly

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the picture of it in flight kind of proves it did....................

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Acutally I believe that's the wooden prototype. The actual all-metal F5U prototypes were, I think, never flown or only flew once, and then they were scrapped as the USN was interested in jets.

Again, I think this design had more promise for a high-speed bomber than a fighter.

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• Dec 5, 2004

• #132

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even if it flew once it still flew.........

 

• Dec 5, 2004

• #133

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Yeah...

 

• Dec 5, 2004

• #134

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I'm just surprised they didn't try to fit jet engines to the F5U, it seems they'd fit the design quite well.

 

• Dec 5, 2004

• #135

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It looks like they would have on the face of it - that would have made it similar to the to the Ho-229.

 

• Dec 5, 2004

• #136

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and it looks like it'd lact the fuel capacity to support an early jet enigne............

 

• Dec 5, 2004

• #137

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Dont see how you worked that one out.

 

• Dec 5, 2004

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and it looks like it'd lact the fuel capacity to support an early jet enigne............

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??? The volume within that wing is huge. Look at the pics carefully, the wing is quite thick for a lot of its span.

 

• Dec 6, 2004

• #139

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Exactly

 

• Dec 6, 2004

• #140

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yes but they wouldn't be able to fill that with fuel would they..........