I feel sorry for the gunners... if they couldn't feather those props those guys were either going to go down with the plane or become salsa...
By the way what was that window in the nose?
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I feel sorry for the gunners... if they couldn't feather those props those guys were either going to go down with the plane or become salsa...It had a crew of 5, it would have needed better engines , it was to heavy and slow, some bombers were faster. Below is the exit plan.
I feel sorry for the gunners... if they couldn't feather those props those guys were either going to go down with the plane or become salsa...
By the way what was that window in the nose?
For aiming the bombs?
Like dropping them on bomber formations?For aiming the bombs?
What kind of fire-control?The gunners didn't aim the guns; maybe the nose glazing was for the fire control system
What kind of fire-control?
I'm not sure, but I think it aimed and fired the 37 mm, which were flexibly mounted.So it pulled lead-computation and maneuvered the aircraft?
Considering all the other problems, cooling was just one more symptom of an intrinsically flawed design.From what I hasve read one of the main problems was enginge cooling. The engines would quickly overheat just ideling on the tarmac. One of the photos above shows a make shift attempt to solve this problem with blowers piping air into the cowling air intakes (7th photo from the top)
Was this due to the lack of a slipstream?From what I hasve read one of the main problems was enginge cooling.