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[GermansRGeniuses]

Nope, the F-2 has a 15mm in the nose and two 7.92mm machine guns above the engine, but the F-4 and G-2 both have a 20mm cannon in the nose and two synchronized 7.92mm machine guns above the engine...

 

[Lightning Guy]

Weren't post-war 109s fitted with RR engines? Those never looked right to me.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Nah, those were licence-built Hispano Ha-112, "Buchons," made in Spanien...

 

[plan_D]

And Pre-War -109 prototypes were fitted with RR Kestrels.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Didn't the Ju-87 V-0 and V-1 have that engine since the Jumo had problems?

 

[plan_D]

I don't know about that one, RR engines were sluts of the aviation world they got around a bit. So it's possible.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Just checked, they did indeed...


I always found the V-1 interesting, if only so for its engine and twin-tail...

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Better photo...

8)

 

[plan_D]

I've seen that picture before, I just didn't know anything about it.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Why was the twin tail ditched? Surely it would have increased stability?

 

[Lightning Guy]

I'm not sure it would. The single tail probably offered a greater surface area. It's interesting to note that some of the last versions of the B-24, the PB4Y2 and the B-24N featured a single tail in place of the twin fins of the earlier models.

 

[cheddar cheese]

I thought that the width of the twin tail would make it more stable. Avation obviously different to motoring in that respect then.

 

[Yeomanz]

planes fly cars dont

 

[cheddar cheese]

Unless youre driving a Lamborghini Miura, which was so unaerodynamic it began to take off at 80mph...seriously

 

[Medvedya]

planes fly cars dont

What about the Hafner Rotabuggy then eh? eh? eh?

 

[plan_D]

Those late B-24s weren't Liberators were they? They were called Privateers?

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

No, Privateers were totally (not by much) aircraft, kinda like Wellingtons and Warwicks...


Fairly similar but acutally different planes.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Whats a Warwick?

 

[Nonskimmer]

Basically, a bigger version of the Wellington. I don't think many were used.
Could be wrong, I'll have to look it up.

 

[cheddar cheese]

There we go. I think it was a transport rather than a bomber.