planes edit
Fokker D.VII Fokker D.VIII Fokker Dr.I Sikorsky Ilya Muromets Siemens-Schuckert D.IV
Westland Whirlwind Westland Welkin Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Seafire Supermarine Spiteful Supermarine Seafang Hawker Hurricane Hawker Typhoon Bristol Blenheim Bristol Beaufort Bristol Beaufighter Bachem Ba 349 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Messerschmitt Me 163 Messerschmitt Me 210 Messerschmitt Me 262 Avro Arrow Shorts Stirling Heinkel He 111 Macchi C.200 Macchi C.202 Macchi C.205 Mitsubishi Zero Aichi D3A Dornier Do 17 Dornier Do 215 Dornier Do 335 Fieseler Fi 165 Gotha Go 229 Polikarpov I-16 Ilyushin Il-4 Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Heinkel He 219 Heinkel He 112 Heinkel He 100 IAR 80 Henschel Hs 129 Arado Ar 80 Arado Ar 196 Arado Ar 234 Blohm und Voss Bv 155 Dewoitine D.520 Junkers Ju 188 Junkers Ju 388 XF-91 Thunderceptor Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 Arsenal VG-33 Caudron C.714 Arado Ar 232 Arado 240 Blohm und Voss Ha 137 Blohm & Voss Ha 137 Bomber B
Brabazon Committee Lockheed L-2000 Boeing 2707 Convair 880 Convair 990 Lockheed Vega Boeing 7E7 Sud Aviation Caravelle Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle Bristol 223 Bristol Brabazon Bristol Britannia Avro Jetliner Vickers Viscount Vickers Vanguard Vickers VC-10 BAC 1-11 Hawker-Siddeley Trident Avro 748 Fokker F100 Handley Page Jetstream
I am indebted to Rod for many of the pictures I have used in these articles. http://www.luftwaffepics.com/
That instability problem on the Me 210 edit
Dear Mr. Maury:
The PIPE Here again...About the Messerschmitt Me 210's double angle-wing...IF you've checked the Me 210 article here at Wikipedia a bit MORE recently...at [File:Me 210 w trzech rzutach.jpg] , that "cranked" double angle leading edge that COULD have led to many serious handling problems on the 210's initial design is CERTAINLY there for all to see...just thought I'd inform you about it...and if you check the article on the "most produced warplane of all time", at Ilyushin Il-2#Operational history...
"In 1943, the IL-2 Type 3 or Il-2m3 came out with redesigned wings that were swept back 15 degrees on the outer panels, and nearly straight trailing edges, resulting in a wing planform somewhat like the AT-6 trainer."
And I've even heard from one Bob Underwood, a famous radio control scale aircraft enthusiast and former Academy of Model Aeronautics officer, who's flown an Il-2 RC scale model for as long as I've known him, had to change his model for scale accuracy based on that above statement. The Il-2 made a major change to its outer wing panels that gave it a double-angle leading edge, since the added rear gunner sitting in tandem behind the pilot (formerly the only crew on the initial design) had shifted the two-seat Il-2m3's center of gravity rearwards, so some wing area "had to go along for the ride" in a slightly rearwards direction to keep everything flying safely.
With the two-seat Il-2, the change TO a double-angle wing was needed...but the Me 210 had this already (with the rearwards-located outer wing panels' area), and it seemed to have helped to throw the plane "out of kilter", aerodynamically speaking, which apparently bringing the outer wing area "forwards", as with the Me 410 Hornisse, seemed to have some positive effect on solving.
The image of Wikipedia's Me 210 three-view actually SHOWING the double-angle leading edge on the drawing prompted me to add this commentary!
Yours Sincerely, The PIPE (talk) 01:16, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
people, companies and organizations edit
Bristol Aeroplane Company Short Brothers Fokker Scourge interrupter gear Air Ministry Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) Albatros Flugzeugwerke Focke-Wulf Coastal Command Commonwealth Air Training Plan Fleet Air Arm Royal Naval Air Service Morane-Saulnier Harry Ricardo Hanna Reitsch Adolph Malan (Sailor Malan) Battle of the beams Arthur Travers Harris Josef Kammhuber Elsie MacGill Anselm Franz Wop May Billy Bishop Roy Brown Ludwig Prandtl Theodore von Kármán Anselm Franz Lycoming Stanley Hooker Pratt & Whitney Siemens-Schuckert
terminology and tech edit
interceptor aircraft heavy fighter strike fighter bomber destroyer torpedo bomber dive bomber ground attack aircraft patrol bomber light bomber medium bomber heavy bomber patrol aircraft liaison aircraft night fighter day fighter Selbstopfer Schräge Musik Sabre dance SACLOS non-directional beacon radio navigation radio direction finder feederliner supersonic transport amphibious aircraft stick shaker ram-air turbine VHF omnidirectional range Leigh light Hispano-Suiza HS.404 Oerlikon FF
aerodynamics edit
power-to-weight ratio power loading angle of incidence angle of attack leading edge extension boundary layer vortex generator center of gravity center of pressure gee radio navigation radio direction finder flying wing Coanda Effect sonic boom drag coefficient streamline sound barrier monocoque chord (aircraft) planform delta-wing swept-wing swing-wing waverider compressibility critical mach wave drag area rule transonic supersonic hypersonic glide ratio lift to drag ratio (L/D ratio) wind resistance induced drag form drag mass fraction payload fraction slow flight deep stall performance envelope relaxed stability extra power doghouse plot useful load fraction high-lift device blown flap flap slat
engines edit
Rolls Royce Merlin all the Bristol engines Napier & Son Napier Lion Napier Sabre Napier Nomad Napier Deltic Hispano-Suiza Hispano-Suiza 12Y Hispano-Suiza 12Z Marquardt Hirth Argus Motoren Lycoming Continental Motors Rolls-Royce RB.211 Junkers Jumo 205 BMW 801 Junkers Jumo 222 Junkers Jumo 004 BMW 003 Wright R-3350 Jendrassik Cs-1 Metrovick F.2 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Bramo 323
aircraft engine pulse detonation engine hyper engine inline engine rotary engine radial engine diesel cycle Wankel engine Miller cycle Evaporative cooling turbocharger supercharger jet engine specific fuel consumption stratified charge engine pollution pump compression ratio hybrid car volumetric efficiency Timeline of steam power Newcomen steam engine bypass ratio Timeline of jet power turboshaft
anti-aircraft edit
anti-aircraft Skysweeper Kerrison Director barrage balloon SA-1 Guild SA-2 Guideline Mid-Canada Line DEW Line Pinetree Line CFB North Bay 88 mm gun MITRE
other military topics edit
tech edit
Blitzkrieg Shillelagh missile Enzian missile SA80 Lee-Enfield New Model Army Claymore mine glide bomb anti-tank Bazooka PIAT HEAT HESH Bangalore Torpedo Ontos M551 Sheridan Mauser Ross rifle Lee-Enfield R4M rocket Velvet Glove missile X-4 missile MBT-70 Leopard MBT recoilless rifle Rheinbote Chobham armour SOSUS missile guidance semi-active radar homing anti-ballistic missile Leopard MBT Carl Gustav recoilless rifle base bleed driving band GC-45 howitzer CRV7 cruiser PzH 2000 .303 British 25-pounder Gyrojet 7.62 x 51 mm NATO flechette Special Purpose Individual Weapon Close-Assault Weapon System Advanced Combat Rifle M16 AR-18 AR-10 Picatinny rail MG42 MG34 StG44 trainband Vickers 6-Ton smokeless powder muzzle brake flash hider Trento class cruiser Zara class cruiser Pedersen device AGM-48 Skybolt
battles edit
Battle of Callinicum Battle of Mycale Battle of Shrewsbury Passchendaele Vimy Ridge Western Approaches GUIK gap Battle of the Atlantic (1940) Battle of the Bulge Battle of Kursk Battle of Stalingrad Operation Market Garden Battle of Ad Decimum Battle of Ticameron Battle of Killiecrankie Battle of Clontarf Third Battle of Panipat Falklands war Battle of the Philippine Sea Battle of Omdurman Battle of the Thirty Battle of Dien Bien Phu Battle of Khe Sanh Dorr Rebellion Battle of Dak To Battle of Halhin Gol Battle of the Bulge Battle of Tarawa Battle of El Guettar Tunisia Campaign Battle of the Kasserine Pass Battle of Cape Spartivento Battle of Taranto Battle of Calabria Battle of Poltava
commanders, groups and personalities edit
Erich von Manstein Erwin Rommel Gerd von Rundstedt Bernard Montgomery Karl Doenitz Muhammad Ahmad (the Mahdi) Indian Army Hiram Stevens Maxim Thomas Wyatt the younger DRE Valcartier/CARDE RAFDC