 | Worst aircraft of WW2? (Continued)| Aviation Discuss Worst aircraft of WW2? (Continued) in the World War II - Aviation forums; And with that huge wing area the P-59 was a good glider, a property appreciated during testing when the ... |
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02-27-2008, 01:55 PM
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Country:  | And with that huge wing area the P-59 was a good glider, a property appreciated during testing when the fairly unreliable I-A engines would fail (or sometimes the plane would just run out of fuel due to the high fuel consumption)
dead stick glide landings were relatively mild in this plane, particularly when you have unlimited hard pan to land on stretching for miles. (Muroc AAF base)
It was this feature which largely limited the performance of the a/c as well, the thick airfoil caused shock stall problems above ~48,000 ft, and the high drag of this huge (ironically laminar flow) wing prevented the craft from reaching high speeds, particularly at low altitude. (opposed to the Meteor I which could reach ~420 mph at 10,000 ft) Plus there were aerodynamic problems (most noticeably with the intakes and nacelle/wing-root interaction) which could have been solved had Gen. Arnold (for all the good he did for the advancements of high performance a/c) prevented Bell from testing their design in decent wind tunnels and working with the NACA-- due to secrecy issues... | 
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03-22-2008, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcel  "kamakzies"  Qu'est que ce? Ma francais est tres mal. | Il signifie qu'un avion qui a été exprès conçu rencontre un autre bateau, de cette façon sacrifing le pilote. Espérer qu'ait répondu à votre question. | |
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03-23-2008, 06:13 AM
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03-23-2008, 01:25 PM
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__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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03-23-2008, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet He seems to speak French much better than English! | I think that was Fly Boy, not Flyboy2  His English is even way worse than mine 
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03-23-2008, 02:13 PM
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__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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03-23-2008, 04:55 PM
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03-23-2008, 05:40 PM
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03-24-2008, 02:48 PM
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03-24-2008, 03:19 PM
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here is a pic of the worst aircraft of ww2. | |
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03-24-2008, 03:31 PM
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__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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03-24-2008, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet Probably this weekend. I am going through and finding quotes at the moment. There are a lot of threads to go through my friend... | Great, it'll be fun, I'm looking forward to it.
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03-24-2008, 06:43 PM
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