Author Topic: Tophe's slanting views (Read 356184 times)

Tophe · « **Reply #650 on:** November 13, 2014, 02:23:06 AM »

Compared to the Daunltless, the Dauntless-II had a more powerful engine and a bubble canopy:

Tophe · « **Reply #651 on:** November 13, 2014, 05:24:35 PM »

As readers of History books, you probably don't understand why the very classical Douglas SBD Dauntless won the tremendous victory of the Midway battle. Well, what historians did not know is the decisive use of the very much improved SBD-25Z Dauntless-II-II:

finsrin · « **Reply #652 on:** November 13, 2014, 05:32:20 PM »

While doing SBD configurations. Might I suggest-request applying your skill to SBDJ Dauntless II

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=2747.0

Tophe · « **Reply #653 on:** November 14, 2014, 01:11:30 AM »

You are very right: while the Douglas SBD-25Z was the secret winner of the Midway Battle, the Finsrin SBDJ-2 was the secret winner of the Leyte Battle, 2 years later:

finsrin · « **Reply #654 on:** November 14, 2014, 04:27:35 AM »

Right on; thanks, thatz a splendid rendering :)
SBDJ and SBDJ-2 served well before Navy went to pure jets.

apophenia · « **Reply #655 on:** November 14, 2014, 10:01:22 AM »

Great improvements to the Dauntless ... but I love the twin-boomed Hurricanes!

Tophe · « **Reply #656 on:** November 14, 2014, 03:37:20 PM »

Thanks to all!

Quote from: finsrin on November 14, 2014, 04:27:35 AM

SBDJ and SBDJ-2 served well before Navy went to pure jets.

Uh? I thought it was still stop secret... The SBDK and SBDK-2 were the winners of the Okinawa Battle and that was why the Finsrin factory in Auburn was awarded the Medal of Honnour:

Tophe · « **Reply #657 on:** November 15, 2014, 01:27:16 AM »

You probably know the reason of the W shape of the Corsair wing: having a short (solid) undercarriage even with the giant propeller. This was cured differently on the F4U10 with smaller contraprops:

Tophe · « **Reply #658 on:** November 15, 2014, 07:07:36 PM »

Of course, both versions have been zwillinged into Twin-Corsairs, the F4U10Z being best for 2 reasons:
- less different parts (no need of propeller in the other direction)
- fuselages closer (less asymmetry if one engine fails):

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #659 on:** November 16, 2014, 03:05:10 AM »

I like. Maybe do as nightfighter with one crew member being radar operator.

Tophe · « **Reply #660 on:** November 16, 2014, 03:04:12 PM »

Yes, you are very right: with a Vought licence, the GTX factory in Australia built the F4U10N night fighter (the most successful asymmetric airplane ever!):

Tophe · « **Reply #661 on:** November 18, 2014, 01:12:56 AM »

On the opposite direction came the F4U14: 2 engines but only one pilot (with less drag than a P-38 or Mosquito):

lauhof52 · « **Reply #662 on:** November 18, 2014, 04:03:22 PM »

Very nice Tophe! Matbe I draw it someday. :)

ericr · « **Reply #663 on:** November 18, 2014, 08:21:01 PM »

some of these designs should really be built

Tophe · « **Reply #664 on:** November 24, 2014, 12:13:10 AM »

Thanks!

Was the P-56U a twin-fuselage plane or a twin-pod flying-wing?

Tophe · « **Reply #665 on:** January 02, 2015, 11:33:14 PM »

Contrary to the Arado Ar-340, the Ar-340-II was a fighter:

lauhof52 · « **Reply #666 on:** January 03, 2015, 09:06:12 PM »

Love the Arado!

apophenia · « **Reply #667 on:** January 04, 2015, 05:45:52 AM »

Me too ... although that straight-winged Twin Corsair is also very tasty!

Tophe · « **Reply #668 on:** January 17, 2015, 07:00:16 PM »

Thanks!

Well, when Fw-190D pilots met the first Mistangs in the sky, they reported that their own radial ugly radiator was not necessary and the Focke-Wulf engineers proposed the Fw-190E with a belly scoop:

Tophe · « **Reply #669 on:** January 17, 2015, 07:14:49 PM »

As the Mustangs were still winning in the air beauty contests, Focke-Wulf designed the Fw-190E2 with a more streamlined nose:

Tophe · « **Reply #670 on:** January 17, 2015, 07:27:54 PM »

Of course, the final result was the twin-plane Fw-190EZ, otherwise I would not be much interested...

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #671 on:** January 18, 2015, 03:28:02 AM »

Not far from reality - the Fw-190C had a belly intake for the turbocharger:

No where near as streamlines/attractive as your though.

Tophe · « **Reply #672 on:** January 18, 2015, 02:05:19 PM »

Thanks for this historical expertise, while I was crazily dreaming with my "air beauty contests" in the early 1940s...

Tophe · « **Reply #673 on:** January 18, 2015, 06:41:34 PM »

Quote from: GTX_Admin on January 18, 2015, 03:28:02 AM

Not far from reality - the Fw-190C had a belly intake for the turbocharger:
No where near as streamlines/attractive as your though.

You are right, GTX, the best cooling may have been this: in-line liquid-cooled engine + radial-air-radiator + belly intake for the supercharger, and this was the principle of the North-GTXan P-51W Mustooling (thanks to your grandfather)...:

Tophe · « **Reply #674 on:** January 21, 2015, 02:41:18 AM »

The PP-51B & 51D Mustangtang used a Packard Tandem-Merlin V-3300 engine:


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