Jesse C. Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 The Japanese built version had an output of somewhere between zero Horsepower and design maximum. Depending on the skill and greed of the subcontractors that made the parts. The finished engines that eventually pased pre flight acceptance had the uncanny knack of siezing up just as the Tony came within effective accurate range of B29 .50 caliber machine guns! That's why surviving Tony's were retrofitted with radial engines. Slightly inelegant, but the pilot got to come home. Actually, the main change to Radials was because the factory that made the DB was bombed and destroyed. The re engine'd planes became the Ki-100 2 Quote Link to comment
Burabuda Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 ^ what i read too, but maybe mike knows another story about the folgore aka "thunderbolt" : The C.202 also had its defects: like its predecessor, the Macchi C.200, it could enter a dangerous spin.[8] It was insufficiently armed, with just two machine guns that easily jammed. The radios were unreliable, forcing the pilots to communicate by waggling wings. The oxygen system was inefficient, causing 50 to 60 per cent of the pilots to break off missions, sometimes even causing fatal accidents.[2] 1 Quote Link to comment
Burabuda Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 succesor was C.205 Veltro, "Greyhound" used the DB 605 262 built near end of war.. 3 survive: 2 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Fiat G55 / G59 One is currently being built to air worthy 3 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 \\ As Artie Johnson would say "Very interesting!" 1 Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/australia-needs-to-show-spine-over-joint-strike-fighter-expert/7218478 Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 As Artie Johnson would say "Very interesting!" You are showing your age! That I know this is showing mine! But it was pronounced "Veery In-ta-rest-ing". 1 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 You are showing your age! That I know this is showing mine! But it was pronounced "Veery In-ta-rest-ing". I was leaving for work, and didn't have the time to do it right. :crying: 1 Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 There is a bumper crop of P-40s in Oklahoma this year! Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Hughes/Kaiser HK-1 "Hercules" on the road! It was not ever officially called "The Spruce Goose" When Henry Kaiser threw in the towel, it became the H-1. 1 Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Der Leadden Schleadden 2 Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 My buddy Mat has a FAA Repair Station at KDTO that includes Carbon Cubs. This is the upgraded model with big tundra tires and wing vortex generators. The shortest takeoff roll in this configuration is 38'. That was with a moderate headwind. They installed the aerodynamically controlled leading edge slats on the aircraft. Now the takeoff and landing performance is on the edge of insane. Mat says with a 20 knot headwind, the Carbon Cub with the slats should be able to land on the roof of a parked bread truck! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Escuadron 201, 201st Squadron of the Mexican Air Force operating in the Philippines in 1945 in the ground support role. 2 Quote Link to comment
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