What aircraft (any side) would you develope further

[kool kitty89]

Originally Posted by Henk

kool kitty89, yes that is true about the engines and also when the factory send the Horten brothers the dimensions of the Jumo 004B engines and they created mock ups and build the center part of the V2 prototype, but when the real engines arrived they were not the same dimensions as the mock up engines they fitted to the V2 prototype.

Mate the control spoilers that you are talking about in the picture in the NASM is the center section of the aircraft and not the wing.

I re-read the caption, it's the airbrake...

And the engine mock-ups were smaller than the engines, right?

[Henk]

Yup, they had that problem with the Ho-229 V2. check these out.





You can see in the pictures the mock-up engines they used. They look very real too.

[kool kitty89]

The length looks right, so it was just the diameter that was off. Hmm...

All 3 pics are with the mock-ups? (the center one looks different)

[renrich]

Has anyone mentioned the Vought XTBU Seawolf? It would seem to have a number of advantages over the Avenger.

[Henk]

Originally Posted by kool kitty89

The length looks right, so it was just the diameter that was off. Hmm...

All 3 pics are with the mock-ups? (the center one looks different)

Yes, the V2 prototype did not have any covers over the engines to make testing better without any problems.

[kool kitty89]

And we've been calling the yaw control devices spoilers, which isn't correct as spoilers are designed to decrease lift by altering the flow over the uper wing surfaces, these devices are designed to create drag. They extend above and below the wing to create equal drag above and below the wing. They are basicly "fence type" airbrakes, like those on the inner wings of the Meteor.

[HealzDevo]

Accelerate progress of the B-36 Peacemaker Bomber. An enlarged B-29 Stratofortress to fire-bomb Japan and Germany. It actually reached production in 1946 and although not used as a bomber gave sterling service in reconnaissance over Russia in the Cold War. It therefore would have given the Allies a greater edge in heavy bombing capability if the War had lasted a year longer...

[kool kitty89]

Bombing from high altitude proved very difficult in the PTO due to jet streams.

And seing as ceiling would be the only real advantage over the B-29 (or you get into larger bombload per bomber vs larger numbers of B-29's) it would be moot. The B-36's would be sitting ducks with max speeds barely over 200 mph at medium altitudes, and these wouldn't be getting the jet boosters either. (which was one of the saving graces to the design, allong with the nuclear capability)

But in a conventional sense the'd be much harder to utilize and escort than B-29's or B-50's. (which had much better performance)

[HealzDevo]

But was that lack of performance because they never reached their intended role or not? I am saying that engines would have been produced for them that would have given them suitable performance if they had been needed.

[kool kitty89]

The jets gave that for short periods, otherwise there was nothing better around than the R-4360. And it was already using six of them.

[SoD Stitch]

Originally Posted by HealzDevo

Accelerate progress of the B-36 Peacemaker Bomber. An enlarged B-29 Stratofortress to fire-bomb Japan and Germany. It actually reached production in 1946 and although not used as a bomber gave sterling service in reconnaissance over Russia in the Cold War. It therefore would have given the Allies a greater edge in heavy bombing capability if the War had lasted a year longer...

Well, that was the original reason for developing the B-36; Army Air Force planners anticipated losing England as an airbase, so they wanted to develop a bomber that could fly all the way from the East coast of the US to Berlin and back, AND carry a decent bomb load.

[kool kitty89]

But even if that had occured there would be no escorts, and even if it flew above the ceiling of intercepting fighters, (assuming accuracy was acceptable, which it may not have been) development of a super high altitude fighter could have been done, and with more concentrated effort than occured in reality, as Germany would already be in better shape with England taken out.