Recent content by Shortround6

There seems to be little doubt that the BV 222 had turrets on the wings. The question is if they were remote control or manned. I haven't seen any pictures but models (?) seem to have transparent domes/canopies. Descriptions say turrets, no mention of remote control.

Actually while he had experience with planes in Nautical conditions from a corrosion/weather standpoint, He didn't have much experience designing planes for carrier operations. Aside from using the Seagull/Walrus family from carriers. Mitchell was skilled and could see outside the box. He...

The Sea Otter went through 4 propellers in test. A two blade fixed, a 3 blade fixed/? A 4 blade fixed with unequal spacing and finally a 3 blade Rotol constant speed prop. Getting a prop to transmit the desired power while being compact for easy stowage and not getting hit by too much spray...

Not to derail an existing thread more than it is already. A lot of things happened in 15-20 years. The Walrus was designed (over 4 years) to be an improved Seagull Biplane. Perhaps instead of comparing to later aircraft we should look at what they were replacing and the conditions the plane...

Well, considering that the customer wanted wanted a 4 man crew, 2 machine guns and 1 1/2pdr recoilless rifle over 9 hours of endurance and a searchlight And somebody decided to do all that with a pair of 100hp engines (200hp total and not a misprint) things were going to get rather strange...

Well, we can look at amazing coincidences, like the wing being within 1in (25mm) in width and being within 1 sqft of area. Maybe somebody has details of the actual construction, like number of spars and ribs. The 40mph is partially covered by the different landing gear, and the fact that the...

More TP please!

Leaving jets, and especially jets with high amounts of thrust of this, we need to figure out what "zoom" climb is. You can "zoom" climb for level flight. You won't zoom quite as well as zooming after pulling out of dive (booming) at higher than level flight but........................... Now a...

My problem with the Defiant is that the time lines and claims to how effective it was don't seem to line up. it performed better than the available alternatives until the radar equipped Blenheims came into full service and were still useful until both were overtaken by the Beaufighter. I...

1940-41 covers a great deal of time and my own suspicion is that the Defiant's combat history has been 'tweaked' to keep the idiots who ordered/kept it in production from even further criticism/ridicule. It appears that the Defiant didn't get radar (at least in squadron service) until Sept...

So was anything within a few thousand yds.

It is hard sorting out the actual timing. 1938 was too early. The contact in April 1939 for the P-40s was first for more than few dozen engines, (in 1938 a contract for 20 engines for the YP-37 was expanded by 39 engines for the YFM-1 (Airacuda) but contracts took a while. Allison only completed...

It did on some airliners. First two objectives were protecting the pilot while allowing him/them to see out. Streamlining was usually (but not always) 3rd. The sloped forward windshields were supposed to reduce reflections of the instruments in the windshield/s. Figuring out to keep...

Aspirin or equivalent in large economy sizes.

Hoping that Mrs. Marshal is doing well.