Well, he is asking what type of equipment and specifically mentioned a windtunnel so I’m going way out here and guess that they used a tank of water to conduct tests. Maybe?
[:o)] …baling wire and duct tape?
Sticks & Mirrors.
Or to add onto mojodoctors answer, a fluid level, a.k.a. clear garden hose?
We were getting close with the oscillation answer. I will be back in a couple days to have a look at the answers. The shape of the airplane is a big hint. Good Luck!
A sidewinder in a bell-tower
Would it be something like the following, only with an f-104 as opposed to an Avro Arrow?
That’s close enough for me!!! Yes, they used rockets to test the wing and tip tank design. I remember watching the afore mentioned movie and one immediately broke up after launch. Another had the severe oscillation then failure of the wing as the background went spinning lol. Then they finally got it right. Sorry it took so long guys.
Milair the floor is yours.
What was the world first pure turobprop aircraft to fly?
What turboprops did it use?
When did it first fly?
I believe the first turboprop equipped airplane to fly was a converted British Meteor with two Rolls-Royce Trent turboprops in 1945. The performance was found to be less than a Meteor with the jets but the engines were highly successful.
Correct, it’s all yours.
Ok.
Who was most likely the first person that broke the sound barrier?
What plane was he flying?
What else is he famous for?
(Hint: Not Chuck Yeager’s official flight or the early German claims. This flight did not recieve official credit because their was no equipment on the plane to relay speeds to the ground.)
Would that be George Welch flying the XF-86 doing a supersonic dive ahead of Yeager’s flight.
Welch had 4 victories against the Japanese on Dec. 7th. defending against the attack on Pearl Harbor. He would later add at least 4 more victories flying P-400’s over New Guinea. Later he flew a P-38 and ovtained his last kill with it. His final score was 9 victories all occuring in just three missions.
Mike T.
That would be correct. He made two flights that supposedly went supersonic ahead of Yeager. The people on the ground reported hearing a loud bang but they did not know what it was because nobody really knew of the sonic boom yet or when it occured. Good job. You have the floor.
This should be an easy one.
Name the WWI fighter ace whose personal symbol is more famous than the man himself.
Mike T.
The Red Baron?
Would that be Count Francesco Barraca, who gifted his prancing horse emblem to the Enzo guy? As far as I know, the emblem came from his roots in the Italian Cavalry?
There is an interesting site at http://www.museobaracca.it/index.htm if anyone is interested.
Maybe Werner Voss and the eye design on the front of his triplanes?
Enzo? Try, “Ferrari”. Dunno Enzo.
Count Francesco Barraca’s personal symbol became the Ferrari symbol. I think you Milairjunkie, got it.
Fast & furious the night (depending where your holed up)?
This aircraft was proposed by the manufacturer to have an additional rocket booster for added performance, but the customer wasn’t to keen on having to handle the fuel involved, It was very innovative & slightly over complex at the time of its introduction, claimed several records & there are no more clues.
…hmmm sounding like some desperate heavy fighter program from the Japanese…