Author Topic: Explain this me.... (Read 833 times)

Corsair · « **Reply #15 on:** December 22, 2003, 10:10:00 PM »

Anyone else grateful the war ended in 1945?

RTR · « **Reply #16 on:** December 22, 2003, 10:41:37 PM »

Torque in a helicopter is effected more by the gearbox that drives the main rotor than the main rotor itself. This is evidenced by autorotation in a normal helicopter. Once the power is removed the torque drops off dramatically.

This could conceivably work, provided that no torque was created in driving the rotor blades.

Cheers,

RTR

Arlo · « **Reply #17 on:** December 23, 2003, 12:05:01 AM »

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Originally posted by Corsair
Anyone else grateful the war ended in 1945?

Anyone else think that if it didn't the Luftwaffe would have really have had the resources to waste on fantasy planes?

capt. apathy · « **Reply #18 on:** December 23, 2003, 01:40:43 AM »

IMO, from an aircraft design standpoint, there was no real point to continue the war as the f4u was already in use.

Rasker · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2003, 10:44:47 PM »

The fantasy writer alludes to the factory workers acting as volunteer pilots. I recall reading where workers at the plant making the Heinkel "Salamander" jets actually flew them in defense of that plant. Has anyone else come across this?

SunTracker · « **Reply #20 on:** December 27, 2003, 11:04:35 PM »

I think that the United States today (2003) would have a VERY hard time building and flying one of those. Nazi Germany, even if it werent being bombed, could not have made that thing fly.