FE2B World War 1 aircraft
Aug 5, 2017 04:42:24 #
This aircraft is a bit unusual with the "Push" propeller. The gunner at the front was at some risk when this aircraft went into battle due to the low cockpit in which he was sitting.
Aug 5, 2017 05:05:03 #
Aug 5, 2017 05:14:11 #
Captkirk wrote:
This aircraft is a bit unusual with the "Push" propeller. The gunner at the front was at some risk when this aircraft went into battle due to the low cockpit in which he was sitting.
Great image!!!
Aug 5, 2017 06:45:50 #
Aug 5, 2017 06:45:54 #
Aug 5, 2017 09:25:50 #
Active on the Western Front through most of 1916, this was one of three types of RAFC (British) "Pusher" aircraft; the other two were the DH2 and the FB5 "Gunbus".
They were ranged against the Fokker Eindecker, an otherwise unremarkable aircraft that had enjoyed air superiority from July 1915 to early 1916, as it was fitted with Anthony Fokker's (Dutch aircraft engineer, working for Germany) interrupter gearing for machine guns, allowing one, two, or even three guns to be fired through the propeller arc... Without shooting of their own propellers! That was the theory. In practice, timing issues with bullet propellants and machine gun gearing, engine speed variations, and the fact that interrupter gearing was basically a prototype rushed into production, meant that the aircraft had its own share of problems. The "Fokker Scourge" shot down a lot of planes over the Western Front... With virtually ever German Ace also shooting himself down (by blowing away his own propeller) at least once during his career with this aircraft!
The three British Pusher types also weren't the best designed and built aircraft, but when flown in formation, they performed well with their front mounted machine guns... If for no other reason than they were in no danger of taking themselves out of the dogfighting early, by shooting off their own propellers...
Thanks for the pic, great to see a faithful copy of this old bird in flight.
They were ranged against the Fokker Eindecker, an otherwise unremarkable aircraft that had enjoyed air superiority from July 1915 to early 1916, as it was fitted with Anthony Fokker's (Dutch aircraft engineer, working for Germany) interrupter gearing for machine guns, allowing one, two, or even three guns to be fired through the propeller arc... Without shooting of their own propellers! That was the theory. In practice, timing issues with bullet propellants and machine gun gearing, engine speed variations, and the fact that interrupter gearing was basically a prototype rushed into production, meant that the aircraft had its own share of problems. The "Fokker Scourge" shot down a lot of planes over the Western Front... With virtually ever German Ace also shooting himself down (by blowing away his own propeller) at least once during his career with this aircraft!
The three British Pusher types also weren't the best designed and built aircraft, but when flown in formation, they performed well with their front mounted machine guns... If for no other reason than they were in no danger of taking themselves out of the dogfighting early, by shooting off their own propellers...
Thanks for the pic, great to see a faithful copy of this old bird in flight.
Aug 6, 2017 13:39:40 #
Aug 6, 2017 17:04:55 #
bobsisk
Loc: Chandler, Arizona
One of those 'capture-the-photo-now-or-lose-it-forever' moments.
Great Photo!
Great Photo!
Aug 6, 2017 23:42:24 #
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