2nd WW2 Cumulative History Quiz

[privatehudson]

I'll have to wait for the english translation then

 

[Adler17]

What is now the question here???
For the aircraft question: The FW 190 was an outstanding plane but had trouble in greater heights. So this plane it is. Also Fokker XXI was not a German but a Dutch plane.

Adler

 

[FriendlyFire]

The one without the supercharger/fuel injection/money put into the research.

THe DXXI would probably die off first..

Wasnt fuel injection specificly for planes when climbing ?
When a plane climbs the G forces on the planes results in fuel not getting to the engines.

Poor performance at high altitudes are the result specifly of low engine power. At higher altitudes the less horse power an engine has the more sluggish it performs in the thin atmosphere.

I have no idea what the specific horse power rating of german engines are.
But it will be the plane with the weakest engine.

 

[FriendlyFire]

What's a "whirley one"

your questions are way to hard to connect the dots
Remember the one about shore guns and bibical figure ?
(Its like super hard)

 

[BananaLee]

Wasnt fuel injection specificly for planes when climbing ?
When a plane climbs the G forces on the planes results in fuel not getting to the engines.

Poor performance at high altitudes are the result specifly of low engine power. At higher altitudes the less horse power an engine has the more sluggish it performs in the thin atmosphere.

I have no idea what the specific horse power rating of german engines are.
But it will be the plane with the weakest engine.

Negative Gs.
When a carbed plane dives, it has to do a half roll to simulate the aircraft climbing and maintain the apparent 'postive-G' level in the engine.

I always had the thought that injection was more effiecient than carbs, hence improving horspower.

But the main factor would be the supercharger.

However, 25,000 ft is... er... what's that in metric? 8,000 metres? I would say the non-supercharged planes woul fall off first hence the Fokker. That's the wrong answer so I'll venture my next guess.

As far as I know, the Me Bf109 never had its engines souped, the Fw190 did at one stage, and the Ju-88 was a medium bomber, chances are, it got itself souped. Can't remember, but is it the Bf109?

 

[CruddyLeper]

I seem to recall that the reason the Me109 was kept in service was because the FW-190 pupped at high altitude.

So I'd say FW-190. Specially the A variant.

 

[privatehudson]

your questions are way to hard to connect the dots
Remember the one about shore guns and bibical figure ?
(Its like super hard)

Oh well... I think I'll leave things alone in future.

 

[BananaLee]

I seem to recall that the reason the Me109 was kept in service was because the FW-190 pupped at high altitude.

So I'd say FW-190. Specially the A variant.

I could've twisted them around.

Blame Patrick O'Brian for tearing me off WW2 addiction.
Mmmmmm... prize money.....

 

[steviejay]

Oh well... I think I'll leave things alone in future.

no no no please don't. thats the purpose of quizes, to quiz the mind and besides, I love finding out all these little tit bits of history

 

[privatehudson]

It'd be much easier to just post some trivia every now and then than that though

 

[cidknee]

What is now the question here???
For the aircraft question: The FW 190 was an outstanding plane but had trouble in greater heights. So this plane it is. Also Fokker XXI was not a German but a Dutch plane.

Adler

DING DING!!!
Focke Wulf Fw-190A is the answer

 

[FriendlyFire]

DING DING!!!
Focke Wulf Fw-190A is the answer

can you explain why ???

 

[CruddyLeper]

Power/Weight ratio. It's a much heavier plane with only a small relative advantage over the ME109. Take out the powe advantage (because there's only so much oxygen to supercharge) and the extra weight becomes a liability.

Over to you Adler. I didn't notice you had already got it right.

 

[cidknee]

Power/Weight ratio. It's a much heavier plane with only a small relative advantage over the ME109. Take out the powe advantage (because there's only so much oxygen to supercharge) and the extra weight becomes a liability.

Over to you Adler. I didn't notice you had already got it right.

exactly, those old superchargers were mainly a BIG block of lead once they were useless. And after around 25000 ft where theres very little oxygen, they were almost useless. So power to weight ratio is right

 

[Adler17]

Although the Me 109 was in the last years in disadvantage with other allied planes it was preferred by nearly all Luftwaffe aces. They were not liking the FW 190. However they fought still well and could mostly cope with the danger of other planes.
Nevertheless a new question:

Why in ww2 fist fighter were used against small birds?

It is a bit tricky.

Adler

 

[FriendlyFire]

Small birds posse a danger to aircraft ?
Iam sure they used to clear birds around the airfields with loud speakers during ww2

 

[CruddyLeper]

Was there a danger of small birds being sucked into jet engine intakes on the Me262?

 

[Adler17]

No guys. You are on the very wrong way. It is not so that there were some fist fighter attacking some birds near an airfield! Think much more abstract.

Adler

 

[CruddyLeper]

Propaganda pictures? la la la

 

[Adler17]

No! There were no evil Germans or Russians treating small birds. Again think more abstract. I mean there were also codes like a tank for a Panzer (ww1 example).

Adler