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Another beauty is the French Cauldron Renault CR 714. Very unique design, because its radiator is symmetrically on a line with the fuselage.
And what business would that be? The Beau looks like a failed attempt at out doing the French. We should all be thankful that they didn't succeed at the endeavor.Like the A-10, the Beaufighter is beautifully ugly. You can see at a glance that this airplane means business.
And what business would that be? The Beau looks like a failed attempt at out doing the French. We should all be thankful that they didn't succeed at the endeavor.
Well it was based on a racing plane.I like the CR.714 myself. Take away the ridiculous gun pods and you have a very nice, fast, good-climbing sport airplane. Heck I'd fly one with fresh wings on it.
I like the CR.714 myself. Take away the ridiculous gun pods and you have a very nice, fast, good-climbing sport airplane. Heck I'd fly one with fresh wings on it.
The FW190 had similar gun pods View attachment 682442
I have never understood why they made them so bulky, surely having them in the wings with bulges like a Spitfire would have been a better idea?.Those pods were to give the aircraft a heavier punch when attacking Allied heavy bombers. The pods replaced the outboard 20mm cannon installed in the wing. They added drag and weight which lowered performance.
Yes. Quick solution comes to mind given the stage of the war.I have never understood why they made them so bulky, surely having them in the wings with bulges like a Spitfire would have been a better idea?.
But there was a 20mm gun bay there already, use it with the second gun an a slim blister burried as much as possible into the wing, I assume they were looking for a quick fix.That probably involved cutting too much metal out of the wing spar and/or changes to the rear spar that change the aileron system in order to make enough room for the gun. Pods were used on a lot of other aircraft such as the P-unmentionableQ.
Haha, the forum really has it in for the ''unmentionable" hasn't it.Sorry - missed that. Thought it was like on the unmentionalbe - upgrading from smaller to larger calibre guns
I have never understood why they made them so bulky, surely having them in the wings with bulges like a Spitfire would have been a better idea?.
It was also that the Fw 190 used two different 20mm guns, the MG 151/20 in the wing roots and the MG FF/M in the outer wing.The Fw 190 started with 4 x 20mm cannons in the wings. But 6 x 20mm cannons is even better in terms of knocking down four-engine bombers, hence the removal of the outboard cannons in the wing to save some weight to offset the weight of the twin 20mm cannon pod. To get three 20mm inside each wing is going to require a lot of redesign of the wing, and then incorporating such redesign onto the production line.
I believe they did, in the A6 and onwardI don't believe the 190 ever got MG 151/20 inside the outer wing?