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It should also be noted that the Spitfire, Hurricane, and Bf 109 all had similar aileron control issues to the Zero, with the Spitfire later fitted with metal ailerons to improve this.
I believe this was due to the use of wire-pully type controls and partially to the type of ailerons used, I think most of the US aircraft had push-pull rod operated controls, this is what gave the Fw 190 shuch good aileron control)
I think it depended on what aircraft you were talking about.interesting tidbit is that the Brit aircraft had 2 cables in case one was damaged whereas the Germans used a single cable
IMO not really - also remember that there were still a lot of dirt and grass fields and in that environment the tail dragger was better ground handling. Unless designers took an approach like Bell did with the P-39, designing many WW2 aircraft in a tri cycle configuration would have been difficult.Question is, the design of almost all single engine WW2 AC because of engine placement and size of engine would not allow for the nose gear to say nothing of added weight and complexity. Was there a solution to those issues?