Picture of the day. (16 Viewers)

[hawkeye2an]

In 1942, there was an aero engineer who thought to himself, "Ya know, there's got to be a way to make this plane uglier…"

....and let's put the boom on upside down to REALLY mess with people

 

[MiTasol]

Douglas B-18B (SN 37-530, originally a B-18A) with the MAD tail boom WIKI
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I had not known that MAD existed that far back.

 

[c1951]

Bell P-400 Airacobra USAAF 13AF 347FG 67FS White 6 Henderson Guadalcanal Oct 1942 ASBIZ
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Look at the British serials!

 

[Glider]

I had not known that MAD existed that far back.

I was very surprised when I found out that the Japanese had an effective MAD during WW2 which had a number of successes.

 

[GTX]

 

[Viking1066]

P-63 and ladies 1944 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

USAAF crew working on a P-39 Airacobra (original color) REDD

 

[Viking1066]

WAAF INHG

 

[GTX]

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss P-40N Warhawk 10AF 80FG88FS Burma Banshee White 1 McElroy India 1944 ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina REDD

 

[GTX]

 

[syscom3]

Ground crew work on a B-17 prop on Espiritu Santo, December 1942

 

[Viking1066]

B17-E of No.220 Sqd Coastal Command May 1943 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV 1940 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark IIIs of No.12 Sqn RAF leaving Medenine on a sortie REDD

 

[MiTasol]

I was very surprised when I found out that the Japanese had an effective MAD during WW2 which had a number of successes.

I did not know they had MAD but they did have centimetric radar so that makes the MAD less surprising.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[special ed]

Ground crew work on a B-17 prop on Espiritu Santo, December 1942


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Makes me wonder how did they balance it?

 

[Zippythehog]

Makes me wonder how did they balance it?

The drum looks like it's got liquid in it. Maybe the hub is on a spindle attached to a submerged float?