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I disagree. Look at the USN procurement requests pre-war as an example. The USN between 1936 and 1941 funding and wish list was for...
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All the German ships were sunk when they strayed too close to the White Cliffs of Dover, where a tank battalion of Victors were testing...
Monday at 2:16 PM
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So something like this (original drawing from Shipbucket, authors as shown)
May 2, 2024
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If it's 5,000 ft (purely because that's one of the set number in the pilots notes) then it's only 50 gallons of fuel used in the climb...
May 2, 2024
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And rightfully so! Keeping PH as it is would certainly not be ASB or even unrealistic, while changing it would mean a loss of focus on...
May 2, 2024
El Pip
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For the Stirling it would be helpful but nothing incredible. Short Stirling pilot notes say it carried 2,254 gallons standard and burns...
May 1, 2024
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1941, Friday 05 December; The summary was finished, the facts (as much as they had) laid bare. All the senior officers and the aides...
Apr 21, 2024
El Pip
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The best route would probably be an earlier Butt Report and Tizard/Blackett winning out in the subsequent bun fight. So it is accepted...
Apr 19, 2024
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Which was entirely justified. A large number of bombers started out as transport aircraft. Douglass B 18 Dornier Do 17 Focke Wulf FW...
Apr 15, 2024
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France Fights on did something with a Stirling MPA Minimum at maximum range 2000lb. This is the Sunderland gross load and that was...
Apr 14, 2024
El Pip
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Given the Lancaster only had a 102ft wingspan, the 99ft wingspan on the Stirling should have been fine. The real problem with the...
Apr 14, 2024
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Alternate Bristol Engine Development (Mercury & Pegasus)
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There shouldn't be much extra metal in the block and if anything the manifold might be a bit smaller as you'd (probably) have fewer...
Apr 14, 2024
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It is not just the meme. I have people in a discussion here saying that they did not understand statistics (or even simpler figures)...
Apr 4, 2024
El Pip
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I admire the effort but the meme is too strongly established at this point. It is far easier for the fanboys to blame HM Treasury rather...
Apr 4, 2024
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I just add on that the USN's Mk 15 torpedo (the standard destroyer torpedo) was also initially very unreliable. As it was developed...
Apr 3, 2024
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