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Which company designed, built and flew the second jet airliner?
Australia still produces and uses Whitworth.
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Australia's latest version of metric recently introduced the 13mm bolt
Been around for some time on Holden Commodores; anyone who has done an oil change on an LS1 engined Commodore will know that the big iron plate protecting the oil sump is fitted with 13mm bolts!
Absolutely mate. I remember buying my first SAE tap and die set and was gutted after using the 1/2 inch tap to find none of my bolts would fit the cut thread.
Turns out they were Whitworth bolts.
Thanks, I was not aware of that.
Arguably (I speak as a US engineer who has done fatigue testing of bolts...) the Whitworth thread form was better, as contemporary US thread had a very sharp angle in the root, vs the radiused one in the Whitworths.
No aluminum industry as of 1940. No aircraft engine industry either. The land of Oz must import aircraft just as happened historically.
Canada is a different story. They've got a bottomless supply of aluminum and Packard Motor Company is just across the river. So they can build almost any aircraft type as long as it's powered by Packard made Merlin engines. Build a Castle Bromwich size Spitfire plant in Windsor. This would be ILO building Hurricanes in England.
No aluminum industry as of 1940. No aircraft engine industry either. The land of Oz must import aircraft just as happened historically.
Canada is a different story. They've got a bottomless supply of aluminum and Packard Motor Company is just across the river. So they can build almost any aircraft type as long as it's powered by Packard made Merlin engines. Build a Castle Bromwich size Spitfire plant in Windsor. This would be ILO building Hurricanes in England.
No aluminum industry as of 1940. No aircraft engine industry either. The land of Oz must import aircraft just as happened historically.
Canada is a different story. They've got a bottomless supply of aluminum and Packard Motor Company is just across the river. So they can build almost any aircraft type as long as it's powered by Packard made Merlin engines. Build a Castle Bromwich size Spitfire plant in Windsor. This would be ILO building Hurricanes in England.
that may explain it.One problem with all this, the Buffalo has a better performance than the Boomerang as produced.
Given that Curtiss were setting up production lines for the P-36 in both India and China then perhaps they should have set one up in Australia too.I was amazed to read that the Boomerang had 0 air to air kills!
that may explain it.
Given Australia only had the twin Wasp 1200hp made locally they may have been better off making Wildcat F4F-3. Although the Hurricane airframe should be easiest to make, Here is someones mock up of a twin wasp powered Hurricane!
View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/6847225752/in/photostream/
6M2I was amazed to read that the Boomerang had 0 air to air kills!
that may explain it.
Given Australia only had the twin Wasp 1200hp made locally they may have been better off making Wildcat F4F-3. Although the Hurricane airframe should be easiest to make, Here is someones mock up of a twin wasp powered Hurricane!
View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/6847225752/in/photostream/