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So the box-fins are bulkier?The cylindrical fin on British and German bombs was usually the same diameter, or less, as the body of the bomb.
Was there a reason for the different bomb-shapes? The British seemed to have a better knowledge of aerodynamics than us, so I'm curious if that's it.Some of it has to do with the shape of the bombs.
Was there a reason for the different bomb-shapes? The British seemed to have a better knowledge of aerodynamics than us, so I'm curious if that's it.
And with short fat bombs requiring deeper and wider bomb-bays the lesson evidently is "design your bombers with long cavernous bomb-bays", and never build several small bomb-bays when one huge one will doLong, streamlined bombs need longer bomb bays than short fat bombs
Is there any thread on this site regarding bomb-dimensions used by the USAAF, USN, RAF, and RN/FAA if not the Luftwaffe and former USSR?wuzak said:An example of how the size changed for the later bombs is the difference between the 1,000lb MC and GP (British) bombs.
From memory, the 1,000lb GP bomb was 13.5" in diameter. The 1,000lb MC bomb was 17.75" in diameter. I can't recall the lengths, but I believe the MC was significantly shorter than the GP.
Technical section has manuals for all I believe
The British changed the shape of their bombs to something similar to the American shape.