designed to fight at extremely high altitudes, in the stratosphere; the word welkin meaning "the vault of heaven". First conceived in 1940, it was built from 1942-43 in response to the arrival of modified Junkers Ju 86P bombers flying reconnaissance missions that suggested the Luftwaffe...
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Another suggestion for a grip was to add a Cabane structure above the fuselage, like a lot of WWI monoplanes. I've got a separate page on this one...Photoshopping Drew's "Stringbag"Drew Fidoe made baaaaad mistake a couple of years back. He sent me a very good picture of his recentl...
WW2 planes had a little bit of dihedral. so pilots didn't have to keep their hands on the stick on long missions. but not too much so the plane was still maneuverable during dogfights. Step 4: Center part detail. I planked the center bottom. I was thinking to put the aileron servo ...
Once in the air, use your trim tabs to make the plane fly level. If you feel the plane wants to nosedive, then it may be nose heavy. Try moving the battery forwards and backwards to change the Center of Gravity. Many of my planes want to climb aggressively when full power is applied...
Once these planes are restored, they usually either go to one of the many collectors of vintage aircraft around the world, or are placed in working or living museums. When in these museums, they are put on display and continue to be flown for air shows and private rides. According to War...
Picture - A section of the rear fuselage from a Warwick showing the geodesic construction in duralumin. On exhibit at the Armstrong & Aviation Museum at Bamburgh Castle. The Warwick was designed to meet Air Ministry specification B.1/35 for a two-engined heavy (by the standards of the day)...
Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War: Fighters, Volume Two. London, Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1961. Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. WW2 Fact Files: RAF Fighters, Part 2. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-354-01234-7. ...
In December 1943, No. 263 Squadron, the first and last squadron to operate the Whirlwind, turned in their planes and converted to the Hawker Typhoon. On 1 January 1944, the type was officially declared obsolete. The remaining serviceable aircraft were transferred to No. 18 Maintenance Unit, wh...