Best Aircraft in many different roles

[cheddar cheese]

 

[Nonskimmer]

Btw CC, love the sig!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Not bad is it

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeah its great. And yes lanc I have always found Brit humor hard to follow.

 

[Nonskimmer]

You're not alone.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Maybe I should watch Monty Python some more.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yes you should

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Maybe I will.

 

[Gemhorse]

Thanks Adler for that excellent post on the Pe-2....I must admit that I'm not that knowledgeable on Russian aircraft...Our 'national' Warbird magazine here has been running a series on restored Russian fighters lately [ www.classicwings.com ] and it's been a great read, but I've not learned much on the Pe-2 until your post....

Pray keep safe over there, you're right on the coal-face of this war against the terrorists....

And also, I do agree that that's an excellent sig CC, really shows the size of those bombers.....

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

No problem if you go to the website it lists many aircraft from many different countries. It really is a neat site. I too dont know too much about Russian aircraft but I try to learn as much as possible.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well that stirling was something of an exeption, she had extremely high undercarrage..................

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yup, but thats because the conventional undercarriage had problems in test flights. 8)

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yup, but thats because the conventional undercarriage had problems in test flights. 8)

Actually it was because your Royal Air Force wanted it changed.

As a result of its test flying of this prototype, however, the Royal Air Force requested greater wing incidence: Short had selected an incidence of 3° for the best possible cruise performance, but the RAF was more concerned with improved take-off performance and asked for the incidence angle to be increased to 6,5°. This was a major redesign, however, requiring time-consuming revision of the central fuselage, so the compromise reached was a considerable lengthening of the main landing gear legs to given a higher ground angle.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/shorstirling.html

 

[cheddar cheese]

Ah, the place I got that from wasnt a very reliable source so that explains it

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I dont know maybe my source was not very reliable, you could be correct. I just go by what I have read.

 

[cheddar cheese]

I read what I put a while ago as well so I probably forgot what the actual truth is. You're probably right.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Maybe I will see if I can find some more sources of info on it.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

interestingly the reason she had such a small wingspan was so she could fit into RAF hangars, at the time with an opening of 100ft

 

[cheddar cheese]

Is that why it was the worst of the 3 heavys, or because it was the first?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeah that is what I had read.