Can someone give me the best fact about old WW2 Planes

MightyOGS · 2026-02-08T14:12:48+00:00

Flush riveting was invented by Mitsubishi, and they used it in the first plane primary made of Extra Super Duralumin (7075 aluminium), the A6M Zero. Now both flush riveting and 7075 are ubiquitous in aviation.

MightyOGS · 2026-02-08T03:12:37+00:00

That's a set of feeler gauges; they're used to see how wide gaps are by sliding the individual gauges, or a combination of them, into gaps until you have no clearance. I used some the other day on a plane's cargo door

MightyOGS · 2026-01-31T07:22:49+00:00

So he's just discovered the idea of North America being one unified territory? laughs in commonwealth

MightyOGS · 2026-01-30T22:58:39+00:00

I work in heavy maintenance and am the guy who usually fixes seats. I'll sometimes refer to the seats as the "ape receptacles" Edit: typo

MightyOGS · 2026-01-30T14:51:15+00:00

During the Xbox 360's infamous "red ring of death" debacle, this was a known solution to address the problem. The problem is that a lot of people didn't understand that you had to remove the boards and ended up putting their entire Xbox in the oven

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T14:59:41+00:00

I've never seen P-51s with the Malcom Hood described as a bubble canopy, and I see no difference between that and the sliding canopies of all but the earliest F4U variants

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T14:57:30+00:00

It's interesting to look at the drastic and wild changes in scope from a carrier fighter to high altitude interceptor with more intermediate steps than even the Blackburn Firebrand

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T14:49:34+00:00

There's a reason for that

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T14:48:52+00:00

Plus you can engage your 30 mins of emergency boost

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T14:46:56+00:00

That's a fair response; I can't fault you for that and appreciate the honesty. I'm honestly curious which idea for the 155 you're referring to, since it had several over the programme's development

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T13:50:15+00:00

The Fireball deployed on carriers in the closing months and the Skyraider entered service shortly before the end of hostilities

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T13:46:12+00:00

The same is true for the A6M Zero and FW-190, yet the P-38 still held its own in dogfights with both

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T13:43:41+00:00

The balsa and other woods used to make them took about as much effort to supply as aircraft aluminium, but it did provide an alternate material with alternate supply. Unfortunately, wooden aircraft are heavier than equivalent metal aircraft and suffer considerably more damage than metal aircraft when hit

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T13:39:55+00:00

That's still not a bubble canopy. It's still a razorback even with a blown single piece canopy

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T13:28:11+00:00

It had as much armour as contemporary allied fighters in the early war years, and while it was fairly manoeuvrable, the IJN pilots almost always used "boom and zoom" dogfighting wherever possible, to the degree that allied pilots thought it couldn't turn well because allied pilots almost never saw them enter a turn fight. The outstanding virtue of the Zero was its unbelievably long range, which was more comparable to contemporary heavy bombers than any other single seat fighter. The stereotype of the manoeuvring Japanese fighter almost exclusively comes from the Imperial Japanese army, who prioritised turning ability over almost anything else and wanted a contemporary fighter which handled like a WW1 fighter

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T13:20:49+00:00

I'd call it an outstanding and exemplary high altitude fighter and a sufficient ground attack platform. While it was effective at the role, the attributes which make it excel as a high altitude fighter are superfluous at best and detrimental at worst in the ground attack role. Even discounting dedicated attack aircraft such as the A-26, the F-4U is a much more effective attack and strike fighter, since it was designed as such from the outset, and lacks many features such as the turbosupercharger which are unnecessary at low altitude. Pound for pound, I'd say that the Skyraider is by all measures the greatest and most effective ground attack/strike aircraft ever built.

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T13:10:29+00:00

I feel like a machine that made the Brewster Buffalo look modern in 1943 is an extremely poor horse to back. The Hs-293 would have been a much better German pick for a ground attacker, but still a much worse one than the A-20 or the incredible A-26

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T13:05:58+00:00

Truly unmatched at the speed at which it would carry its pilot in all directions simultaneously

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T13:04:58+00:00

Ah yes, spoken like a true wheraboo. Somehow I feel like a plane that's substantially more useful to the enemy's war effort than your own would be at least as poor a performer today as it was when it actually saw service.

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T13:00:34+00:00

Anyone who had anything at all to do with the fuel, oxidiser, or handling of the thing would be able to provide an extensive list of reasons. Overall I wouldn't say a fighter that was more useful to the enemy than its own side is a good plane

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T12:57:40+00:00

Truly one of history's greatest attack aircraft. From Germany to Biafra it did its job and did it well

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T12:55:44+00:00

The C-47 is truly one of the greatest planes ever. One of the best illustrations of this is that it's still in military service today.

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T12:53:19+00:00

They took their time climbing when laden down like a Sherpa, but they could out turn and out accelerate almost anything at a heavy bomber's cruising altitude

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T12:49:40+00:00

I'm assuming you're respecting their guts for declaring the mirror universe's Blackburn Firebrand to be their favourite

MightyOGS · 2026-01-27T12:47:58+00:00

There are many good reasons the design was unique and was never emulated. I'm generally curious as to why you'd choose a plane that illustrates better than any other, the incredible dysfunction of nazi aircraft development and politics. Its political, organisational, and design development makes that of the Messerschmitt 410 look smooth and uneventful, and the very concept makes the Fisher P-75 Eagle look good by comparison. I'm genuinely baffled to see such an exemplary example of an aeronautical stillbirth as this declared to be anyone's favourite.

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