A Little Harder Questions

[earl1937]

  Some other questions which will provide you with "food for thought"!

#1- In aviation, there is a term, "7075T6". What is it and how is it used?

#2- What does the term "VASI" mean and how is it used?

#3- In WW2, the RAF used a term, "Buster"! What did it mean to pilots?

#4- On the right side of the cockpit on a P-51, is a handle right below the canopy, what is it and what was its use?

#5- If you are flying at a ground speed of 180 Knots, and you have 45 miles to go, what is the estimated flying time?

#6- At the "eyebrow" of the instrument panel on the P-51, there is a device which has written words, "no hand hold", what is it and how is it used?

#6- What event occurs in an radial engine when it starts "donating"? What is the usual first event?

#7- What was discovered on a German submarine which had an effect on all Allied aircraft in the second world war?

#8- The F4F series of aircraft had a post on top of the fuseledge just behind the cockpit, what was it?

#9- How is the term, "Follow Me" used though out the aviation world?

#10- In the standard landing pattern of aircraft, what is referred to as the "base leg"?

[nrshida]

#4- On the right side of the cockpit on a P-51, is a handle right below the canopy, what is it and what was its use?

Deploy balls lever. Not widely used in Aces High 

[colmbo]

#3  Buster meant to go quickly, best speed.  Used during GCI.  I think it is still used today.

#4  Canopy jettision...be sure to duck down a bit so the canopy doesn't hit you.

#9  Usually said right after "Hold my beer".      Or found written on the back of a ground vehicle, used to guide aircraft to parking.

[Karnak]

#9  Usually said right after "Hold my beer".   

I thought that was "Watch this." 

[Charge]

#6 Gunsight.
#6 It starts losing oil through lower cylinders. First symptom is difficulty in turning the propeller when emptying the cylinders before start. (Wild guess)

-C+

[Puma44]

#4 Earl, are you referring to the canopy crank handle or the jettison lever?

[Puma44]

I thought that was "Watch this." 

When you hear that, head for the nearest exit!    

[Puma44]

Disregard, double tap.

[bortas1]

Some other questions which will provide you with "food for thought"!

#1- In aviation, there is a term, "7075T6". What is it and how is it used?

#2- What does the term "VASI" mean and how is it used?

#3- In WW2, the RAF used a term, "Buster"! What did it mean to pilots?

#4- On the right side of the cockpit on a P-51, is a handle right below the canopy, what is it and what was its use?

#5- If you are flying at a ground speed of 180 Knots, and you have 45 miles to go, what is the estimated flying time?

#6- At the "eyebrow" of the instrument panel on the P-51, there is a device which has written words, "no hand hold", what is it and how is it used?

#6- What event occurs in an radial engine when it starts "donating"? What is the usual first event?

#7- What was discovered on a German submarine which had an effect on all Allied aircraft in the second world war?

#8- The F4F series of aircraft had a post on top of the fuseledge just behind the cockpit, what was it?

#9- How is the term, "Follow Me" used though out the aviation world?

#10- In the standard landing pattern of aircraft, what is referred to as the "base leg"?

#7 the enigma machine

[earl1937]

#3  Buster meant to go quickly, best speed.  Used during GCI.  I think it is still used today.

#4  Canopy jettision...be sure to duck down a bit so the canopy doesn't hit you.

#9  Usually said right after "Hold my beer".      Or found written on the back of a ground vehicle, used to guide aircraft to parking.

Buster was first used by the RAF, when they scrambled fighters for intercept of German Bombers and they wanted them to expedite getting to the bombers.

#4- Crank for opening and closing canopy.

#9- In most cases, when an military aircraft lands at a base other than his own, he is usually met with either a jeep or pickup truck, with a sign in the back which says "Follow Me", as you point out for assistance in going to the proper parking spot for transit aircraft.

[earl1937]

#7 the enigma machine

Correct!

[earl1937]

#6 Gunsight.
#6 It starts losing oil through lower cylinders. First symptom is difficulty in turning the propeller when emptying the cylinders before start. (Wild guess)

-C+

#6- It is part of the gunsight, and what you had to do was set the converge point that you knew was set on your aircraft and when the target aircraft fit the gunsight, wingtip to wingtip, you knew you were the right distance for best firing solution.

Detonation in a internal combustion engine is caused by pre-ignition in a cylinder or cylinders, usually caused during the down stroke by that cylinders piston stroke. It can occur on either up or down stroke, but at any rate, the ignition timing is out of sync for proper firing sequence. When an engine detonates, it does not produce any productive power and usually is followed by a failure of the piston in that cylinder and with the intake valve open on the down stroke, many times an "induction" fire is started.

[earl1937]

#4 Earl, are you referring to the canopy crank handle or the jettison lever?

yes

[Karnak]

Correct!

Only in as much as it was relevant to hunting the Kreigsmarine.  The different German military branches used different Enigma systems and the Kreigsmarine was, by far, the strictest with information security.  All of the others, Luftwaffe, Wehrmacht and SS, had already been broken by Bletchley Park before the Kreigsmarine's was captured.

[earl1937]

Only in as much as it was relevant to hunting the Kreigsmarine.  The different German military branches used different Enigma systems and the Kreigsmarine was, by far, the strictest with information security.  All of the others, Luftwaffe, Wehrmacht and SS, had already been broken by Bletchley Park before the Kreigsmarine's was captured.

Thanks, that is a part of the Enigma system that I was not familiar with. I only knew that because of the movie that was made about it several years ago! Thanks again for the correction!