Even later, the throttle response wasn't that good.
For example, the Hawker Hunter's throttle slam test called for an 8 second response time.
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Even later, the throttle response wasn't that good.From what I've read - and especially in conjunction with nations operating smaller carriers - slow throttle response time was also a major problem with early jets.
Taken from an interview with the first man to deck land a jet aircraft, a certain posters supposedly 'less than stellar pilot', drawn from 'a pool of very mediocre pilots'
"Deck landing", Eric says, "all depends on lift control", given that the boat does not lie flat and still like a runway. "On a piston engine, throttle movement provides it". Should you need lift, just open the throttle and as the airscrew revs up, the pilot gets lift from the propeller's wash. If he needs drag, to reduce speed, he simply throttles back to achieve it. Landing the Vampire would require a whole new technique. The problem facing anyone hoping to land a turbo-jet aircraft on a carrier was that none of them could then remotely offer throttle reaction like that of a piston engine. When first flying jets, Eric had been surprised to find they had such slow acceleration due to their centrifugal compressors, taking fifteen seconds to go from zero idle to full power before the brakes were released. Yet if he needed more lift when landing the Vampire on the carrier, Eric realised he would need to increase its speed – and that option just wouldn't be there in an emergency. That's what made deck-landing the Vampire potentially so dangerous. The answer would lie in faster axial-flow engines but these were some years off."
An Interview With Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown On The First Jet Landing On An Aircraft Carrier - Vulcan To The Sky
Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown is credited with over 2,400 carrier landings (no one else has come close) as well as being the holder of numerous 'firsts'. Hevulcantothesky.org
.... The FAA continued with props and contra props for the time being until the operational issues had been worked through and jets improved- which lead to the Wyvern going into service and aircraft like the Firefly and Fury soldiering on until the FAA finally got what it wanted in the form of the Sea Hawk.
Do you actually read what's posted?
The war was loooooong over before the first contra prop Spitfire/Seafire entered service
Notice the size of the cannon stubs, fairing them over and streamlining the bulges aka Seafire III is good for another 10-12mph.Never seen that plane before. Thanks.
Most Spitfires had vicious torque issues. It's what happens when you put a powerful engine in an otherwise small aircraft. The Spitfire XII probably had more problems because it looked like an IX. You set the rudder to counteract the massive torque of your Merlin 61 and you get a surprise.Correct, the higher powered Griffon engined versions had vicious torque issues - a small light airframe with too much power.
Took an age to get into service - and was already far eclipsed by jets - and quickly exited stage left
Yeah but still a honey
That looks a bit overpowered, do you have any pics of a slower one?View attachment 685795
Yeah but still a honey
That's awesome, Bill!Another 'slower one'. May father's sixth Mustang,JANE VI 44-72253, purchased in 2019 in UK by Pacific Fighters, restored/re-built to this point and sold to Fagen Fighters to complete this project. This P-51D-20-NA was the last Mustang in which my father achieved victory credits - all four on the ground on April 13 1945. He received a new P-51D-25-NA, 44-72953 and named it JANE VII.
JANEVI was recoded to WR-L. It was lost in mid ai collision with WR-K flown by James Jabara.
Photo credit Fagen Fighters on their Facebook page.
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That looks a bit overpowered, do you have any pics of a slower one?
Thank God for that, I will be able to have eggs and milk tomorrow.
Thank God for that, I will be able to have eggs and milk tomorrow.
Looking at the rear end photo of the MkV, what are the four strakes inboard of the cannons?.