Spitfires or 5 Series Italian fighters (More beautiful)

[Nonskimmer]

Hee-hee, I knew that too.


No really, I did.

 

[Dogwalker]

More Difficult. Who knows the little asymetrical secret of Reggiane's?

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

you do

 

[Chocks away!]

I'd say that objectively speaking, (if there is such a thing) the Spitfire is by far the most graceful machine. The griffon engined variants are also deadly looking. The daimler benz engined italian machines are all very good looking, while also being slightly weird if you like, so they are more interesting to look at. Especialy the rear fuselage of the Re-2005 looks like a work of art. But overall , I think a Spitfire IX ,V OR XIV is more beautiful.

 

[red admiral]

More Difficult. Who knows the little asymetrical secret of Reggiane's?

Asymmetric 1000kg hardpoint underfuselage on 2005. I might be confusing things but weren't the wings of different airfoil section to counteract torque, rather than increasing length (or just putting up with it like everyone else)

 

[Dogwalker]

Asymmetric 1000kg hardpoint underfuselage on 2005.

That's true, but it's not the "secret" I was thinking of.

I might be confusing things but weren't the wings of different airfoil section to counteract torque, rather than increasing length (or just putting up with it like everyone else)

Reggiane used another, very simple, solution to conteract torque, and that's the "secret" I mean.

DogW

 

[hole in the ground]

engine aligned sligtly off center?

 

[Dogwalker]

It's not the engine, nor the airscope or something in the wings. It's visible in this 5-wiew drawing of the Re.2005 ( http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/fww2/re2005/re2005-1.gif ) in the high-left wiew.

 

[Jank]

The tail isn't aligned along the center of the aircraft. How strange.

Dogwalker, do tell.

 

[Dogwalker]

The tail isn't aligned along the center of the aircraft.

Is this.
The asymmetrical tail is the system chosen by Longhi to counteract torque in the Re.2000. It worked well, infact it was left identical in all the subsequent Reggiane fighters.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Wow, interesting, thats something I never knew before!

 

[red admiral]

Dogwalker, do you happen to have any pictures of the Re 2001 modified with leading edge radiators? You mentioned elsewhere that the exhaust was over the top of the wing, how? Similar types like the Sea Fury have the exhaust underneath;

http://www.airwarfareforum.com/upld/img2/O-1112127704-MsoRWAxU.jpg

 

[Dogwalker]

Yes, the exaust was over the wing, I have a pair of pictures, I can try to scan them tomorrow.

 

[Dogwalker]

That's the Re.2001 with the internal radiators.

Copyright Giorgio Apostolo

DogW

 

[red admiral]

Many thanks.

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

I think the Spit looks a bit more cool and exciting. The Macchi and Re. look grimly deadly and quite elegant. The one above in the pictures remindes me of a "Raiden Jack" a little bit. Wonder if the Japanese based their design on the Series 5 or not.

 

[trackend]

I still like the Spit

 

[Nonskimmer]

Me too.

 

[Gnomey]

Yep, me as well. 8)

 

[mosquitoman]

Same