Re: Red Baron Pt. 99
From Stuart Moore <stu...@bigfoot.com>
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· 31 Oct 2000 20:27 · View full thread
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<ewd...@ece.concordia.ca> wrote in message news:8tmr1t$edj$4...@newsflash.concordia.ca... > Ool <ulr...@t-online.de> wrote: > : <ewd...@ece.concordia.ca> wrote in message news:8tl111$491$7...@newsflash.concordia.ca... > > :> But Allied planes didn't have synchro's.... they just armour plated the > :> propellers... > > : They did? Well, I only sort of scanned the article about the German > : planes--maybe I misread the purpose of the synchronization device in > : that one, too. I can understand a propeller could be built to with- > : stand the odd bullet, but isn't there a non-negligible danger in that > : of stray ricochets backfiring at plane and pilot? > > Germans did indeed invent a synchro, which allowed them to shoot through > the propeller. Allies took alot longer to get one. > So... either they had an observer shooting, say in a rear turret... > or then had a high gun, mounted on top of the top wing (usually). > Some people had guns shooting through the propeller with armour plated > blades. > > Yes, there is a danger of being killed by your own bullet's ricochet. > However when life expectancy is 2 weeks, does it make that much of a > difference? > The thought occurs, could that be why the life expectancy is 2 weeks? God, they must have been brave knowing that not only were the other side out to get them, but also that each bullet they fired had a decent chance of killing them...
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