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they were originally supposed to have both a supercharger and a turbo charger but when they built them they just couldn't fit the turbo with all the pipework it needed so it ended up with just the supercharger and it killed the mid to high altitude performance - exactly the zone the European air war was fought, so they dumped them on the Russians who found that anything was better than the i16's
I doubt it was fun to crash any prop fighter, it would be difficult to choose between being squashed by a big engine and squashing into one either way it would leaver little to recover
although there was that heinkel that had one in from and one behind the pilot so you got both versions
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Quote: although there was that heinkel that had one in from and one behind the pilot so you got both versions Ahh you mean the Dornier Do335 Dornier Do 335 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^] not sure but I seem to remember some thing about it being the fast prop aircraft of WWII. As they say 'Taking off is optional, landing not so much!'.
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that's the one, IIRC only a handful of pilots ever flew it (including Brown by the way) and whilst fast was a pig to fly and had a tendency for the rear engine to overheat and either sever the rear controls or set off the explosives that were installed to blow off the tail (so the pilot could bail out)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Mad, this weekend I am going find my copy of 'Wings on my sleeve', didn't he also fly the Me-163 (with out the rocket!) and a He-162 (wings held on with glue!)...
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If anyone deserved to be knighted for services to his country, he did.
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I must agree!
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I am a recall point for Snickers, just bring them to my house and drop them off and I will properly dispose of them.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta tomorrow (noun): a mystical land where 99% of all human productivity, motivation and achievement is stored.
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A mars a day helps you work rest and...
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... neigh?
it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Geez. That's a way back. You'd never get away with saying there was "even more sugar" like it was a good thing today!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Indeed! Thems were strange days!
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Superb!
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Wow!
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Do computer literate foxes watch Ewetube?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Do computer-literate frogs read Reddit?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Do computer-literate fish use codproject for their daily tech reading?
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I fell for that one, hook, line, and stinker.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Well done you. I had to read it half a dozen times before I realised that he's left out the 'e'!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Nah, they'e too busy playing "Grand Theft: Hen House."
«In art as in science there is no delight without the detail ... Let me repeat that unless these are thoroughly understood and remembered, all “general ideas” (so easily acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn passports allowing their bearers short cuts from one area of ignorance to another.» Vladimir Nabokov, commentary on translation of “Eugene Onegin.”
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No, that would be computer literate Welshmen who watch ewetube.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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computer literate Welshmen? is there such a thing?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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How long do you give it before we mess that up too? 2-3 days?
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