Could the first Gloster F.9/37 prototype have been built with 2 Hercules instead of 2 Taurus engines and the second with 2 Merlins instead of 2 Peregrines?
Would either have been better than the Beaufighter?
Could the first Gloster F.9/37 prototype have been built with 2 Hercules instead of 2 Taurus engines and the second with 2 Merlins instead of 2 Peregrines? Would either have been better than the Beaufighter?
From what I can see the PZL50 would have been fine for an aircraft entering service in 36 or 37 as a stop gap, but for an aircraft first flying in 39 was hopelessly slow. The chose the wrong engine.
I'd have them do what the Romanians did. Order the PZL24 then possibly working with Romania turn it into a fully modern fighter. I can't see any fundamental reason they couldn't have some in service to meet the Germans in September 39.
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The Italians certainly built beautiful fightersView attachment 349612
Since this isn't a matter of what was ideal in 1940, but rather what would have been, a slightly revised Macchi wouldn't be too out of place.
The Italians certainly built beautiful fightersView attachment 349612
Since this isn't a matter of what was ideal in 1940, but rather what would have been, a slightly revised Macchi wouldn't be too out of place.
The Italians certainly built beautiful aircraftView attachment 349612
Since this isn't a matter of what was ideal in 1940, but rather what would have been, a slightly revised Macchi wouldn't be too out of place.
why are the wings so far forward?
I wonder about this layout--would the propwash from the two tractor engines interfere too much with the airstream for the pusher?
I wonder about this layout--would the propwash from the two tractor engines interfere too much with the airstream for the pusher?
Looks like a Dornier Do-335 to me and I think its a rather large aircraft to be considered generic, most push-pull aircraft were much smaller than the Do-335.
Looks like a Dornier Do-335 to me and I think its a rather large aircraft to be considered generic, most push-pull aircraft were much smaller than the Do-335.
Again, it is too bad we don't have our own AHF full-scale wind tunnelI really don't know if two is worse than just one, or if it works any better than my Lightning 3M. You know they closed the Langley wind tunnel.