There is typical and then there are exceptions, the Hurricane didn't even start off as a stressed metal fighter.
Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules
There is typical and then there are exceptions, the Hurricane didn't even start off as a stressed metal fighter.Depends on the plane, depends where on that plane. If I had to take a wild guess I'd say 18 swg is typical.
As a very young man talk of a "wooden aeroplane" led me to believe it was somehow cheap and substandard. It is actually just a different branch of advanced engineering. The QA/QC systems they used I find really interesting, I was always involved in metals, it is amazing that the work of metallurgists was rivalled with a natural product.The thicknesses shown in the photograph in post 28 aren't entirely correct. Herman1rg's description in post 29 is correct but what is omitted is that both the outer and inner plywood skins vary in thickness depending on where on the aircraft they are located. The only consistent thickness is the balsa and the various reinforcing pieces between the plywood, these being 7/16 inches thick (closer to 11mm than 12) but the plywood varies between 1.5 and 3mm in thickness. So, the over thickness of the fuselage does vary.
Some compound curves and overall finish on the Mosquito would be hard to achieve in a mass produced metal plane. In some ways any photo or actual Mosquito looks like a model, there are no rivets and few seams.The A-20 is probably the closest metal equivalent to the Mosquito both in size and timing.
With R-1830s it is a bit lighter and with R-2600s it is a bit heavier.
A metal Mosquito might have been a few hundred pounds heavier or a few hundred pounds lighter.
You could say that, but you have to design a pressed structure. Producing a Blackburn Roc with a 50,000 ton press wont do much for its performance.That is what presses are for.
You could say that, but you have to design a pressed structure. Producing a Blackburn Roc with a 50,000 ton press wont do much for its performance.
I couldn't agree more, somethings just should never have happened.But putting a Blackburn Roc INTO a 50,000 ton press might save a few aircrew's lives.
It's comparable speed was due more to a clean design with smooth surfaces that were facilitated by the wooden construction.
The thicknesses shown in the photograph in post 28 aren't entirely correct. Herman1rg's description in post 29 is correct but what is omitted is that both the outer and inner plywood skins vary in thickness depending on where on the aircraft they are located. The only consistent thickness is the balsa and the various reinforcing pieces between the plywood, these being 7/16 inches thick (closer to 11mm than 12) but the plywood varies between 1.5 and 3mm in thickness. So, the over thickness of the fuselage does vary.
What exactly do I enter?: What's the typical metal gauge thickness for an aircraft designed to pull some g-load that would go eventually to 8g ultimate?You don't know how to use Google or other 'search' programs?
Okay, what would a plane of about the same size built for the same g-load as the Mosquito weigh in probably?It makes no difference. You have already had a lot of information. Wood isn't metal, when you build in wood you use different rules of physics.
Okay, what would a plane of about the same size built for the same g-load as the Mosquito weigh in probably?
In my opinion (just an opinion) they would be about the same weight. However many things get confused in the discussion. The mosquito was fast and light for a bomber, but weight doesn't have a huge effect on speed. The P51 was heavier and bigger than a spitfire but also faster. DH had a lot of experience racing and using wood, the mosquito used wood, but also hade a very advanced cooling design, it used recently produced RAF aerofoil profiles, it had very smooth clean lines. If a company like North American were given the design brief of a small unarmed two seat bomber with two Merlin engines it would have come out about the same in performance, whatever difference in weight their was is actually of small consequence, how many designs have maximum weight as a criteria?Okay, what would a plane of about the same size built for the same g-load as the Mosquito weigh in probably?