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so I suppose the loads illustrated above would be feasible with some jiggery pokery.
If I'm getting it right - in case we have a LR bomber, but now there is a need for the SR bomber, we need to either order the SR bomber from Heinkel, or send the LR bombers back to the factory and let them modify them accordingly? I don't think so, and the diagram posted earlier does not agree with that either. It clearly says that tanks 4 and 5 can be replaced with bigger tanks if neded.
@Tomo, Griehl usually isn't a great author to get technically accurate performance data from in the sense of providing all of the conditions such as speed, altitude, engine limits, aircraft fit out and date nevertheless we have an accurate data sheet for the He 177A3 above showing 550kmh as its top speed probably at some kind of WEP rating. One could assume a speed at the Military Rating of at least 500kmh (312mph) which would mean about 30 minutes.
The He 177B was essentially a 4 engine version of the He 177A1 or A3 using the BMW801. (The A3 had a slightly longer fuselage to allow for CofG manipulation due to the heavier engines in new nacelles.) The He 277 was far more radically modified, it did fly, with a 33% greater wing area, twin tail fins to handle the extra torque of the DB603 engines and a much higher MTOW, reconfigured accommodation and bomb bay. The He 277 designation wasn't some slight of hand designation to hide a 4 engine development.
A something more down to earth - the He 111H-16:
"jiggery pokery" are obscure words also a translator can not help can put the mean in a different way?
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I have my doubts about how good the MG FFM in the nose was. Pretty good against ground targets or ships/boats, against fighter planes????
It is taken from the manual, 1st such gun layout seem to date from the He 111H-11. S means side angle/arc, H means elevation:I don't know how valid this drawing is as it is from a wargaming site:
Posed picture? no magazine/drum is visible.
Handily outpaced by a Wellington X. Ouch.
The 30-round drum used for the MG FFM here does not help the things out either.
Handily outpaced by a Wellington X. Ouch.