GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 19, 2024 Posted February 19, 2024 Here is a tip: The aircraft would not have been used in Europe. Saluti Giampiero
cmatthewbacon Posted February 19, 2024 Posted February 19, 2024 The Curtis P-36 Hawk? Evaluated by the RAF but not selected, then undelivered French orders came to the RAF but went to India, along with some built locally, but there they were known as the Mohawk, which is a Native American tribe not a bird of prey… best, M.
Jure Miljevic Posted February 20, 2024 Posted February 20, 2024 Perhaps Reggiane Re.2000 GA Falco? Built with with integral wing tanks to reach Italian colonies without refueling? Cheers Jure
GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 20, 2024 Posted February 20, 2024 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jure Miljevic said: Perhaps Reggiane Re.2000 GA Falco? Built with with integral wing tanks to reach Italian colonies without refueling? Cheers Jure You are absolutely right!The RAF ordered 300 Reggiane Re2000 to be used as standard fighter aircraft in the middle East but it was cancelled when Italy entered the war. Saluti Giampiero Edited February 20, 2024 by GiampieroSilvestri
GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 20, 2024 Posted February 20, 2024 14 hours ago, cmatthewbacon said: The Curtis P-36 Hawk? Evaluated by the RAF but not selected, then undelivered French orders came to the RAF but went to India, along with some built locally, but there they were known as the Mohawk, which is a Native American tribe not a bird of prey… best, M. No,it is not a American built aircraft. Saluti Giampiero
Jure Miljevic Posted February 20, 2024 Posted February 20, 2024 Hello! Which oversized and overcompressed aircraft engine was still in regular service post-WW II, albeit not in the land of its origin? Cheers Jure
Jure Miljevic Posted February 21, 2024 Posted February 21, 2024 It is often erroneously believed that was the first V-engine, produced by that manufacturer. Cheers Jure
Jure Miljevic Posted February 22, 2024 Posted February 22, 2024 It was produced under license in two other countries. Cheers Jure
Jure Miljevic Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 It was not a French engine. By the beginning of the WWII most of the non-radial engines in the country of its origins were of inverted V configuration. Cheers Jure
pigsty Posted February 23, 2024 Author Posted February 23, 2024 Is it the BMW VI? Although I'm not sure about "oversized".
Black Knight Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 The Hispano Suizas were Spanish engines
GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 2 hours ago, pigsty said: Is it the BMW VI? Although I'm not sure about "oversized". You should be right but according to wikipedia the engine was built from 1926 to 1937 and it was only installed in pre war aircraft. Saluti Giampiero
cmatthewbacon Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 19 minutes ago, GiampieroSilvestri said: You should be right but according to wikipedia the engine was built from 1926 to 1937 and it was only installed in pre war aircraft. Saluti Giampiero It did get licensed and built in Russia and Japan, and the Russians used their license built version in tanks as well… best, M.
GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 (edited) 1 hour ago, cmatthewbacon said: It did get licensed and built in Russia and Japan, and the Russians used their license built version in tanks as well… best, M. Yes,but the Russian Mikulin engine was built until 1937.The list of aircraft and Tanks that were equipped with it only shows pre war types.I also think that Pigsty is right. Saluti Giampiero Edited February 23, 2024 by GiampieroSilvestri
Jure Miljevic Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 Hello! Congratulations, it is BMW VI. It was still in use post-WWII in Yugoslavia, installed in at least two ex-NDH Do 17 E/F aircraft, converted to transports. License built version M17 also powered a handful of remaining R-5 in Soviet Union, Iran and Mongolia. During Polish campaign III./KG 77 still flew Do 17 E bombers with BMW VI engines, although they were replaced shortly afterwards. It also powered some other minor types, like He 60 maritime reconnaissance aircraft, which flew combat missions in Greece and on Crete. Second line use also included courier aircraft like He 70. Possibly some of the older types with BMW VI engine had been later converted into nuisance bombers. BMW VI was twelve cylinder V-version of six cylinder inline BMW IV, which in turn was developed from WWI BMW IIIa. Max Friz started working on this famous engine before the name of the company had been changed from Rapp to BMW. Earlier in the war Rapp produced V-8 engines for Austro-Hungarian air force, which was the first V-engine of the company. All three types were overcompressed and oversized. I think for BMW VI version with the highest compression ratio "zero-altitude" was set on 3200 m. In thin high altitude air engine overcompression certainly helped, but while volume of the air would be sufficient, its mass would not, hence oversized engines. There was a NACA paper on this topic, translated from German, which offers detailed explanation, but I cannot find it on the web at the moment. Black Knight: agreed, Hispano-Suiza originally was Spanish company (owned by Spaniard and with chief engineer being French from Suisse), but from 1914 on its main factory was in Bois-Colombes in Paris. I understand vast majority of HS WWI aircraft engines had been built there. Over to you, Sean. Cheers Jure
pigsty Posted February 23, 2024 Author Posted February 23, 2024 Well, that's us told! Today's question: which civil aircraft was shot down twice?
pigsty Posted February 23, 2024 Author Posted February 23, 2024 That's not it. I'm not after a type of aircraft - it's a specific airframe.
GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 DC-2 Kweilin in 1938 during the second China Japan war? Saluti Giampiero
pigsty Posted February 23, 2024 Author Posted February 23, 2024 That's the one. Though it wasn't called that the second time around. Someone must really have hated that aircraft.
GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 23, 2024 Posted February 23, 2024 (edited) What "astronomical" aircraft was built completely in metal but was later planned to be built identical in wood? Saluti Giampiero Edited February 23, 2024 by GiampieroSilvestri
GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 24, 2024 Posted February 24, 2024 11 hours ago, cmatthewbacon said: Lockheed Sirius? best, M. No,it is not American.Here is a tip.The place where it was built is famous for something completely different. Saluti Giampiero
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