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For all you War Thunder-ers out there. How to do defensive firing from a bomber, by the experts c.1944

 

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I saw that video the other day , guess we have a similar recommended.
It was from a link in a video I was watching. Can't remember which it was though. Might have been a follow on from yet another Mosquito documentary
 

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Dutch and British CH-47s doing CH-47 things. Doing hi - speed, low level flights and making all the noise in the world.


Despite being big transports, Chinooks are rapid and very maneuverable bits of kit and it's a helluva ride in one if you've got a good pilot that likes cutting the grass on the way in.
 

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Dutch and British CH-47s doing CH-47 things. Doing hi - speed, low level flights and making all the noise in the world.


Despite being big transports, Chinooks are rapid and very maneuverable bits of kit and it's a helluva ride in one if you've got a good pilot that likes cutting the grass on the way in.
Chinooks are crazy to see flying in person. There was one that did a few passes over a park by my home one day maybe a thousand feet up. Absolute beast of a machine.
 

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Chinooks are crazy to see flying in person. There was one that did a few passes over a park by my home one day maybe a thousand feet up. Absolute beast of a machine.
They're far more nimble than something that big has any right to be. And the noise the thing makes...


Restored Mosquito beating up the crowd.
 

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Here’s a couple of questions:

How do you maximize the distance a glider can fly? Do you try to keep the nose up, and not lose height, or do you let it lose height slowly to maintain horizontal speed, and therefore, lift?

How can the X-36 and the B-2 fly straight and turn without a yaw? Engine gimballing? RCS? I don’t thing they have any of that...
 

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How do you maximize the distance a glider can fly? Do you try to keep the nose up, and not lose height, or do you let it lose height slowly to maintain horizontal speed, and therefore, lift
A max of neither and both. The biggest thing is called thermals, warm air up drafts which large birds of prey also use to push them upwards with no effort.

Updrafts and Downdrafts


How can the X-36 and the B-2 fly straight and turn without a yaw? Engine gimballing? RCS? I don’t thing they have any of that...
Rudder-vators. Using the elevators on one side to slow one wing down, rotating the aircraft around.
 

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How do you maximize the distance a glider can fly? Do you try to keep the nose up, and not lose height, or do you let it lose height slowly to maintain horizontal speed, and therefore, lift?
Best "lift/drag ratio". Every plane has a particular angle where it is producing just enough lift with a minimum of drag.
Use it to get to the thermals and lifting wind, which are the only thing that can give you height without an engine.
 

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Rudder-vators. Using the elevators on one side to slow one wing down, rotating the aircraft around.
Oh, so they increase the drag produced by one wing to yaw the aircraft in that direction? Hmmm, that actually makes sense. Especially on the B-2 with all that wingspan. These rudder-vators could have a massive effect if mounted on the wingtips.

A max of neither and both. The biggest thing is called thermals, warm air up drafts which large birds of prey also use to push them upwards with no effort.

Updrafts and Downdrafts
Best "lift/drag ratio". Every plane has a particular angle where it is producing just enough lift with a minimum of drag.
Use it to get to the thermals and lifting wind, which are the only thing that can give you height without an engine.
So, basically using wind currents, and the correct angle of attack. Interesting. What if there is no wind current, or the one there is is not what you need?
 

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So, basically using wind currents, and the correct angle of attack. Interesting. What if there is no wind current, or the one there is is not what you need?
Simple. You're screwed.