Worst aircraft of WW2? (3 Viewers)

[the lancaster kicks ass]

when do you leave for the trip?? midnight aint it??

 

[cheddar cheese]

1am...gotta be at school at 12.30

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ah, bring me back something nice.............

 

[Grampa]

How about the Avro 679 Manchester? 25% of those 202 build planes was destroyed in crashes. And it was manly because of the unreliability 1760 hp Vulture-engines.

 

[mosquitoman]

It was only problems with the engines, Manchester+4 Merlins=Lancaster

 

[cheddar cheese]

Actually no, the Lancaster was going to have 4 Vultures instead of 4 Merlins, but when they saw their unreliability on the Manchester they were switched.

(See lanc, I DO use your information )

 

[mosquitoman]

Same airframe though

 

[cheddar cheese]

Pretty much. Early Manchesters had 3 tail fins...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it was actually changed to two larger fins on the Mk.IA manchaster because of the crap engines, if one cut out the larger tails almost directly behined the engines would offer far better directional stability...........

and the manchaster was a good plane but for those engines, damn them.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yeah, good range and payload for a twin engine.

Who knows, the range may have been even further than we know if the engines could have lasted long enough to complete a whole sortie

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it was always gonna be replaced by a four engine though, the manchester held little advantages over other 4 engines..............

 

[redcoat]

Actually no, the Lancaster was going to have 4 Vultures instead of 4 Merlins, but when they saw their unreliability on the Manchester they were switched.

(See lanc, I DO use your information )

No, the Lancaster came about because the designers of the twin-engined Manchester, Avro, got wind that Rolls-Royce was having major problems with their 1,760 h.p. Vulture engines, so as a fail-safe re-designed it with four 1,130 h.p. Merlins instead, this aircraft being known originally as the Avro Manchester Mk III.

They never had any plans to fit four Vultures to it.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Im still believe lanc...hes got THE knowledge on the Lancaster!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the design for the lancaster did not come about because of the problems with the manchester, even before the manchester entered production roy chaddwic started working on designs for a four engined replacement..........

 

[Chocks away!]

fairey battle..............

Come on man , the battle isn't that bad. It may have suffered great losses , but it gave a good account of itself.

 

[cheddar cheese]

The Breda 88 was far worse. Looked good though.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

no not really

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yeah it did. Look at its dominance in my siggy...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

hey loving the new siggy........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Thanks. I made it myself!