The best biplane fighter of the war

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i can tell you didn't read them, i said it wasn't a fighter, i just said it was worthy of note.......................

 

[kiwimac]

I understand both the Swordfish and Albacore were used a light bombers as wll.

Kiwimac

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

i can tell you didn't read them, i said it wasn't a fighter, i just said it was worthy of note.......................

same with kiwi but bronze accuses him... it seems we have a racist to nzers! (j/k)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

I understand both the Swordfish and Albacore were used a light bombers as wll.

well, it was the swordfish more than the albacore, they were used as carrier born torpedo bombers, but towards the end of the war they were used on D-Day as well.......................

 

[cheddar cheese]

surprisingly good for such an outdated plane too 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well i wouldn't say that, it was just that it had no effective opposition...............

 

[cheddar cheese]

well it was hardly the most modern WW2 plane was it

 

[Lightning Guy]

A note on the bi-plane dive-bomber bit, the very first dive-bombers were bi-planes.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i haven't got time to get the book, but i was reading about a jet dive bomer in which the pilot laid in the prone posistion..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

the prone position?

 

[Lightning Guy]

Yeah, it cut down on the G-forces a pilot would experience on pull-out from the dive. Here is a link with some pretty neat CG images of what it would have looked like. The Hs-132

http://www.luft46.com/mmart/mm132.html

 

[cheddar cheese]

cool 8) looks kinda like a He-162 8)

 

[Lightning Guy]

I had heard somewhere that a pilot was supposed to be able to handle a 12G pullout since the G-forces would be going through his chest, front to back, rather than up and down.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

did you know that it theory short fat women are the best at withstanding G-Forces.......................

 

[cheddar cheese]

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

in which case my mum could be the best fighter pilot the world's ever seen.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

i wouldnt mind going in one of those machines they put fighter pilots in to test how they withstand G-Force 8)

 

[Lightning Guy]

I've been in a low-powered centrifuge. It only pulled 3Gs but sustained it for a few minutes. It's a pretty weird feeling.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i wouldn't mind giving it a go, but C.C, u realise that as you're taller you, in theory, wouldn't be able to pull more G's than the rest of us..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

ive experienced just over 1G under acceleration 8)