They were more concerned with fixing the problems with the aircraft supposedly already in service than with modifying the way the guns operated.
The actual serviceability rates are laughable. This wasn't just the well known and fatal problems with slats and wing tips, which caused the type to be grounded, but problems with failed welds in the carburetor intake ducts, exhausts, fuel breathers, tail wheel oleo, rear bulkhead and rudder hinge casing, failed hydraulic pipes, fuel tank sealant in the fuel filters, partial canopy collapse etc., etc.
When the Whirlwind was more or less forced into service in late 1940 it was far from the finished article.
Cheers
Steve
The actual serviceability rates are laughable. This wasn't just the well known and fatal problems with slats and wing tips, which caused the type to be grounded, but problems with failed welds in the carburetor intake ducts, exhausts, fuel breathers, tail wheel oleo, rear bulkhead and rudder hinge casing, failed hydraulic pipes, fuel tank sealant in the fuel filters, partial canopy collapse etc., etc.
When the Whirlwind was more or less forced into service in late 1940 it was far from the finished article.
Cheers
Steve