Kai Stemm
Airman 1st Class
Weird idea
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Crimea_River
Marshal
No weirder than other things that were tried.
Welcome aboard ArtofFlight. Read your other posts and look forward to your input.
Welcome aboard ArtofFlight. Read your other posts and look forward to your input.
Kai Stemm
Airman 1st Class
But as a engineer you should be thinking about how unstable it would get
michaelmaltby
Colonel
"....we can all agree it was a very bad idea indeed. "
It was ....? Why?
It was ....? Why?
michaelmaltby
Colonel
supermen ....
Kai Stemm
Airman 1st Class
Was worth a try... If the spitfire was proving so good then why not try to recreate it with available materials
Kai Stemm
Airman 1st Class
Funny how life goes on a biker just peddles past
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
TheArtOfFlight
Airman
Very. Although not unique. There were many weird concept and hybrid aircraft built by both the allies and axis during ww2
I was thinking more in terms of looks rather than functionality. The Spitfire is after all arguably the most beautiful looking aircraft ever designed. But yes i agree anything is worth trying. Wasnt it the Red Baron himself who had his mechanic fit a Bentley engine to his Albatros Dlll...
The best dogfighters are unstable. The less accurate your turns are the less likely you are to be shot down (have your enemy keep up with you). Thank you kindly for the welcome
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Kai Stemm
Airman 1st Class
Japanese Carrier Akagi in 1930 note the 3 flight decks
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
There's plenty of data available.
That is a Spitfire Vb, EN380, downed by German flak over France on 18 November 1942. It safely landed in a turnip field, it and it's pilot, P/O Scheidhaur (Free French AF) were captured - he was later shot during a mass escape of POWs from Luft Stalag 111. The captured Spitfire was designated CJ+ZY.
The Spitfire was evaluated off and on for several years and in 1944, it was fitted with a DB605A-1, complete with a Bf109 prop. The re-engined Spit proved to to have impressive performance above 11,000 feet also having a max. ceiling of 41,666 feet - 5,000 feet higher than a Merlin 45 powered Spitfire Vb. This project never went anywhere, though and further testing was cancelled.
The Germans had also installed a DB601 in a captured Spitfire before this project.
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
michaelmaltby
Colonel
... Canadians inspect 88 self propelled gun
TheArtOfFlight
Airman
A P-47 Thunderbolt of the U.S. Army 12th Air Force flies low over the crumbled ruins of what once was Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden, Germany, on May 26, 1945. Small and large bomb craters dot the grounds around the wreckage.
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michaelmaltby
Colonel
Ferdinand ....
.... note the kill rings on the barrel. I believe this is Kursk offensive.
.... note the kill rings on the barrel. I believe this is Kursk offensive.
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michaelmaltby
Colonel
.... no kill rings or bravado here.
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