Recent content by ridato

Well, You need to know max g and airspeed, the so called V-n diagram. Dive bombers has high max G but them use dive airbrakes to control airspeed. Every aircraft has a Vne (airspeed not exceed), for the F4U was 787 km/h, for the last model Zero A6M5c was 740 km/h. The thickness of wing skin is...

This report contain aerodynamic data about different aircraft

This report has very interesting information about different aircraft.

Hawker Typhoon flight test report

A Westland Whirwind wind tunnel report.

Gloster Meteor IV performance flight test report.

Report with flight test data about the first British jet

Some P-51 Mustang reports. Includes a very interesting aileron test.

Some Spitfire reports. Include a very interesting aileron performance comparison with Curtiss Hawk.

Some Hurricane reports. Very interesting

Here a british report for a captured Bf 109E. Very interesting.

well, stall should start at wing root in a good designed aircraft to provide a good stall warning with aileron control, if stall start at wing tip you loose the aileron and the aircraft could enter to a spin. Usually wings have a washout of about -2 or -3 degrees, so the angle of attack in...

First Merlin engine Models use carburettors, late models use indirect fuel injection (german DB use direct fuel injction). Regarding to the shape of wings, Spitfire has elliptic wing. This type of wings offer the minimum induced drag. This type of wing was used frequently a this time, see He...