gwalchmai Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Eric said: The Brits really know how to design beautiful airplanes, huh? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted April 13, 2023 Author Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2023 39 minutes ago, gwalchmai said: The Brits really know how to design beautiful airplanes, huh? As ugly as it is and they call it 'Short seaman'? The poor thing probably got laughed at constantly. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Eric said: Which one is Jimmy Stewart? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted April 13, 2023 Author Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2023 Just now, railfancwb said: Which one is Jimmy Stewart? 27th from the left. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Just now, Eric said: 27th from the left. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Eric said: As ugly as it is and they call it 'Short seaman'? The poor thing probably got laughed at constantly. “Everything is beautiful in its own way..” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 8 hours ago, Eric said: First time I went to Lockheed Martin in Houston Texas I drove the road to the F-16 plant and on a small storage field along the road was one of those flying wings. It was smaller than I had imagined it from the pictures I had seen. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted April 14, 2023 Author Administrators Share Posted April 14, 2023 This is a remarkable photo of a mighty warbird. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 11 hours ago, railfancwb said: Which one is Jimmy Stewart? He's standing next to the rabbit... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 9 hours ago, Eric said: This is a remarkable photo of a mighty warbird. Three blade vs four blade… why? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 My best guess is that the four-bladed propeller was better with the upgraded R2800 engines. Propeller efficiency and performance is based, in part, on blade surface area. Longer blades lower the velocity where the tips go supersonic, thus, higher RPM. More blades equal more surface area, longer blades equals more RPM. Faster aircraft. This blade geometry is especially critical with helicopters. The have no wings for lift, so the propeller blades are doing it all. Or, I may be completely wrong. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 28 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Three blade vs four blade… why? I was curious about this photo as well. Then it occurred to me that these are Warbirds, and may be amalgams. Which would explain the early .50 armament on a later (-5?) airplane and the 20mm on the earlier (-3?) 3-blade model. Or I could be wrong... BTW, are those cowl flaps wired down on the later plane? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gwalchmai Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 11 hours ago, Eric said: Are those 37mm? I wish we had a pic of it wearing the brazzier. Cause you KNOW they made one as a gag. Here is an innnerstin' article about the evolution of Browning's aircraft armaments. https://nuclearcompanion.com/from-glory-to-disgrace-the-browning-aircraft-machine-gun-story/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gwalchmai Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Looks like .50s.. https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/478772-boeing-b-29-25-bw-sn-42-24441-we-dont-need-fancy-remote-controlled-stuff/ This B-29 was part of an experimental B-29 modification program called "Project S68", which was a manned turret evaluation of B-29 type airplanes conducted in October 1944. The airplane used in the evaluation, B-29 42-24441, was re-designated as a B-29-25-BW. The airplane featured manned turrets in place of remote controlled turrets as found on standard production model B-29 airplanes. One of the big differences was that the airplane featured remotely controlled forward firing Emmerson Model 136 "Jowl Barbettes" , one on each side of the nose and equipped with a single 50 cal in each barbette. The two turrets on the top of the airplane were now replaced with two manned Martin upper turrets . The airplane was also equipped with two Sperry ball turrets in place of the original ventral turrets, one was a Sperry A-2 Ball Turret mounted in the lower forward position and a modified Sperry A-13 ball turret in the lower aft position. More at the link. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted June 20, 2023 Author Administrators Share Posted June 20, 2023 It doesn't look like the engines were running when it went in. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gwalchmai Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Eric said: It doesn't look like the engines were running when it went in. How can you tell? The props aren't feathered. Gear's down, which I wouldn't expect for ditching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Generally, if the engines (jet or propeller) are running at the terminal event, the propellers or the blades inside of a jet engine will be bent when they strike the ground or water. As noted, the propellers in the picture are not bent. And no pilot that isn't insane tries a wheels-down ditching. Landing gear contacts the water, aircraft does energetic death dance milliseconds later. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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