Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
08-31-2010, 08:53 PM
#2552
Senior Member
RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
ORIGINAL: proptop
IMO that's better than letting the thread grind to a halt for a couple days while waiting for someone to come with a new question...(after he's answered one correctly )
ORIGINAL: Evil_Merlin
MEh if thats the case I'm done with the thread.
Anyone can type something in Bing or Google and get an answer or question.
MEh if thats the case I'm done with the thread.
Anyone can type something in Bing or Google and get an answer or question.
IMO that's better than letting the thread grind to a halt for a couple days while waiting for someone to come with a new question...(after he's answered one correctly )
08-31-2010, 09:08 PM
#2554
Senior Member
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RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
ORIGINAL: ARUP
Oh I'll just do this one!
1) I was invented in Poland and applied to an Axis airplane
Oh I'll just do this one!
1) I was invented in Poland and applied to an Axis airplane
Zygmunt PuΕawski (October 24, 1901 - March 21, 1931) was a Polish aircraft designer and pilot. He invented a gull-wing aircraft design, also known as "PuΕawski wing" and constructed a series of Polish PZL fighters
He was born in Lublin. In the summer of 1920, during the Soviet offensive in the Polish-Soviet War, he volunteered for a Boy Scout battalion. In late 1920 he commenced studies at Warsaw University of Technology. He was a member of the Aviation Section of the Students' Mechanical Club, where he constructed some gliders. He distinguished himself as a thorough and able student. In 1925 he graduated from the University, receiving the Engineer title, and left for practice in the Breguet works in France. After his return, he served in the national service, completing military aviation school in Bydgoszcz and becoming a pilot. From 1927 he became a main designer of the Central Aviation Workshops (CWL) in Warsaw, soon reorganized into the PZL (PaΕstwowe ZakΕady Lotnicze - State Aviation Works).
To meet a requirement of the Polish military department, in 1928 PuΕawski designed a modern all-metal high-wing fighter with an inline engine, PZL P.1. For the P.1, he invented a gull-wing design, giving the pilot an excellent view from his cockpit. The P.1 was flown in 1929 and met with great interest in the world. Its wing design became also known as "PuΕawski wing" or "Polish wing", and was later copied in some other designs in the world. The P.1 was not produced, in a favour of PuΕawski's next designs with a radial engine, preferred by the Polish Air Force. A development of the P/1 was the PZL P.6 with a radial engine, first flown in 1930. With a pilot BolesΕaw OrliΕski, it won a National Air Races in the USA. It was named the best fighter in the world by some of military press at that time. Its improved variant, PZL P.7, was produced for the Polish Air Force (150 made). In early 1931 PuΕawski designed another fighter development PZL P.8, returning to his favourite inline engine. In 1930, he was also ordered to start working upon the P.7 development, with a stronger engine and begun design work upon the PZL P.11 then.
PuΕawski also flew aircraft in the Warsaw Aeroclub. He died on March 21, 1931 in a crash of his newest amphibious flying boat PZL.12 in Warsaw, at the age of 29 (the plane fell due to strong wind, after take-off). After his death, the PZL P.11 project was finished by WsiewoΕod Jakimiuk, becoming the main Polish fighter during the Invasion of Poland 1939. Additionally, a faster export model PZL P.24, based entirely on PuΕawski's construction features, was developed and sold to some countries.
PuΕawski was one of the most talented Polish designers. Partly due to his death, PuΕawski's fighters, most modern in the early 1930s, had not been replaced with modern successors before 1939, when they were already obsolete.
08-31-2010, 09:29 PM
#2555
Senior Member
RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
Hi Ernie P 'Marco' - 'Polo'- you're getting warmer.
4) the Polish enginner who designed me has a first name that rhymes with the type of Bovine animal known for the milk it produces best used for the making of butter! There is a picture of me in Heinz Nowarra's ME109 book (a giveaway).
4) the Polish enginner who designed me has a first name that rhymes with the type of Bovine animal known for the milk it produces best used for the making of butter! There is a picture of me in Heinz Nowarra's ME109 book (a giveaway).
08-31-2010, 10:09 PM
#2557
Senior Member
RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
Bingo! The 'V' tail was invented by Dipl.Ing. J. Rudlicki. It was first tested on a Hanriot HD 28 and then the Lublin R-XIX. There are two pictures of this on the Bf109 which can be seen on page 299 of Heinz Nowarra's great book on the subject. The V-tail was used on many different aircraft but most notable the Beech Bonanza after WWII. Many examples are still flying today!
Okay cfircav8r- you're up! Next question! And make it snappy or somebody on here will climb your @$$!!!!!! (not me- I'm chillin')
Okay cfircav8r- you're up! Next question! And make it snappy or somebody on here will climb your @$$!!!!!! (not me- I'm chillin')
08-31-2010, 10:14 PM
#2558
RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
ORIGINAL: ARUP
FYI- Question presented in less than 24 hours!
ORIGINAL: proptop
IMO that's better than letting the thread grind to a halt for a couple days while waiting for someone to come with a new question...(after he's answered one correctly )
ORIGINAL: Evil_Merlin
MEh if thats the case I'm done with the thread.
Anyone can type something in Bing or Google and get an answer or question.
MEh if thats the case I'm done with the thread.
Anyone can type something in Bing or Google and get an answer or question.
IMO that's better than letting the thread grind to a halt for a couple days while waiting for someone to come with a new question...(after he's answered one correctly )
My apologies ARUP, my post wasn't directed toward you...
08-31-2010, 10:52 PM
#2561
RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
What aircraft am I? (I will start harder and work towards easier.)
1. A design feature of an improved version led the way to "High Alpha" flight.
2. The feature was not intended to have this effect.
3. I only saw limited use in combat, and still in use today.
1. A design feature of an improved version led the way to "High Alpha" flight.
2. The feature was not intended to have this effect.
3. I only saw limited use in combat, and still in use today.
08-31-2010, 11:15 PM
#2563
RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
Not the 105
What aircraft am I? (I will start harder and work towards easier.)
1. A design feature of an improved version led the way to "High Alpha" flight.
2. The feature was not intended to have this effect.
3. I only saw limited use in combat, and still in use today.
4. I entered service in 1964
What aircraft am I? (I will start harder and work towards easier.)
1. A design feature of an improved version led the way to "High Alpha" flight.
2. The feature was not intended to have this effect.
3. I only saw limited use in combat, and still in use today.
4. I entered service in 1964
09-01-2010, 12:14 AM
#2566
RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
No and no.
What aircraft am I? (I will start harder and work towards easier.)
1. A design feature of an improved version led the way to "High Alpha" flight.
2. The feature was not intended to have this effect.
3. I only saw limited use in combat, and still in use today.
4. I entered service in 1964
5. twin engine fighter that was heavily exported to 2ND tier air forces.
What aircraft am I? (I will start harder and work towards easier.)
1. A design feature of an improved version led the way to "High Alpha" flight.
2. The feature was not intended to have this effect.
3. I only saw limited use in combat, and still in use today.
4. I entered service in 1964
5. twin engine fighter that was heavily exported to 2ND tier air forces.
09-01-2010, 12:45 AM
#2568
RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
Proptop you got it.
The F-5E variant was lengthened when they added larger engines so they could add fuel capacity. To increase wing area they added wing strakes. The pilots noticed during testing that this increased stability at higher angles of attack. The following testing revealed the unintended benefits of the design.
The F-5E variant was lengthened when they added larger engines so they could add fuel capacity. To increase wing area they added wing strakes. The pilots noticed during testing that this increased stability at higher angles of attack. The following testing revealed the unintended benefits of the design.
09-01-2010, 08:20 AM
#2569
RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
Verrry interestingggg...(as Artie Johnson might say...some of youze guys will get that reference...
)
OK...next question...might be an easy one...we'll see.
Looking for a Manufacturer...
1) Only one original aircraft from this manufacturer survives.
)OK...next question...might be an easy one...we'll see.
Looking for a Manufacturer...
1) Only one original aircraft from this manufacturer survives.
09-01-2010, 08:51 AM
#2574
RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
No...not Hughes...not Horten.
2) In 1919, when passenger planes were basically just converted military planes, this company built the first aircraft designed for commercial aviation. (the company later went on to build military aircraft )
2) In 1919, when passenger planes were basically just converted military planes, this company built the first aircraft designed for commercial aviation. (the company later went on to build military aircraft )