TLooks like we'll both be disappointed.
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TLooks like we'll both be disappointed.
That is a well rehearsed Ad-Lib if ever I saw one, in fact I have seen it several times before, usually in "The Guardian" comments. Have you and about chess pigeons or wrestling with pigs? Or would you like to get back to the point that the FW190D was not in any way a response to the 8th Airforce bomber offensive?
Fw 190D wing essentially Fw 190A wing. The primary difference was longer in-line Jumo an fuselage plug to extend the fuselage to maintain CG location.I was thinking more about the FW-190D and Ta-152. Perhaps they arrived at those designs due to earlier testing -- and made a design decision under the pressure of a high-altitude bombing campaign?
Or perhaps you think the Germans weren't really worried about 8th AF, I don't know. <shrug>
No, is the wing aspect ratio I belive.Wild guess, the 7.7 aspect ratio refers to the propeller blade?
I have no idea why the wing aspect ratio is listed under the propeller blade information and not with other wing information.
Why did the Germans seems to put more emphasis to a high wing-aspect-ratio on their fighter planes than other national?
Testing the Fiat G.55 Centauro they noted the higher wing-aspect-ratio compared to the Me 109 and Fw 190 to be an advantage.
By contrast, there were 225 Spitfire Mk. PR XIX built and delivered, they had a spare parts logistics chain established for maintenance, and went into regular squadron service. They weren't exactly numerous, but they were in huge number when compared with the actual appearances of the Ta 152 in combat.
It would have been pretty neat if the Allies had asked the Germans to produce a few Ta 152s post-war for evaluation and possible service, but the development of jets made that less than important. Just over 2 years after WWII was over, the U.S.A. was flying F-86s and the British were flying Vampire and Meteors, which made Ta 152s seem unnecessary as well as a bit obsolete. The Ta 152 was simply developed at exactly the wrong time for a piston super plane to make a splash.