The P-47 Thunderbolt is just an absolute beast….didn’t have the greatest range as an heavy bomber escort but it brought hell upon the German ground forces.
Ok, not bad BUT the Avenger was used by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and Royal Navy, later post-war by several countries (including Japan!) BUT it was NOT used by the USAF or the RAF!
7:39 Type 0 carrier-based fighter 52 aka Zero Fighter The format is A6M5 The installed engine is "Sakae San Ikko" Manufactured at the Koizumi factory of Nakajima Aircraft around March 1944. The production number is 5357 The assignment of this aircraft belonged to the former Imperial Japanese Navy 261 Naval Air Corps. After passing through "Iwo Jima", he was assigned with the 261st Naval Air Corps to defend Saipan Island. On June 15, 1944, the Battle of Saipan broke out. Four days later, the Saipan No. 1 base where the unit was deployed fell into the hands of the US military, and 24 Zero Fighters, including this machine, were recovered. The paint at the time of recovery was camouflage paint After the US military's technical research was completed, all Zero fighters owned were sold to the private sector. This aircraft was acquired by Edward T. Maloney, founder of the Planes of Fame Air Museum. It has been repainted several times during restoration and is now painted by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Although it is called the Chinese Air Force, it is actually five Zero Fighters captured by the Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force and is not in operation. The operational country officially used in the war was the Indonesian independence guerrilla During the Indonesian War of Independence that broke out in 1945, independent guerrillas captured a Zero Fighter and fought against the Dutch army. Anyway, zero is the pride of us Japanese.
Everyone fawns over the buttery smooth sound of a RR Merlin and I do appreciate their sound, but what really gets me going are the radical pops from a big radial like a Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone or a BMW 801.
Question, why are aircraft engines so difficult to get started? I notice even the straight, not just the rotary engines are hard to start. Quote of the day: "Never feel sorry for a man who owns a plane" What movie is it from, and who said it? 🙂
It’s actually a cordite cartridge, appreciably gruntier than a shot gun shell 🙂 Gases from the burning cartridge impinge on either a piston and rack arrangement or a vane/piston motor which connects to the engine crankshaft through a clutch arrangement like a conventional electric starter. Usually specified on front line or naval aircraft where they may be operating on remote airstrips with limited infrastructure like APUs. Search for ‘Coffman Starter’
Dale con el dedo de una vez, y ya verás como arranca, se va a quedar sin Batería el roplano leches. No hay. Nada más que mirones en la pista y detrás de cámara .. Desde luego es que la informática no ayuda Nada, van de Mirones Como no tienen que poner o comprar baterías, no ponen ni el dedo , pa ayudar al motor.🤣🤣🤣
AH1 sky raiders provided higher survivability due to air cooling vs water cooling and ice seen radials with cylinders blown off and the plane and pilot RTB. For low level ground pounding it’s radials high altitude vertical fighting goes to in lines
