Curtiss BF2C
Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:29 am
Curtiss BF2C Bombing 5 1936
Last edited by Jack Cook on Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:13 am
Wasn't someone going to build some replicas of those? Or am I just dreaming?
Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:19 pm
Is that a panel coming away from the underside?
Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:28 pm
I have seen that bit in front of the drop tank on several pics. It does look rather odd though!
Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:42 pm
Glyn wrote:Is that a panel coming away from the underside?
It's aparently an airflow improvement device used when the external tank is unstalled.
Tom-
Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:23 pm
GilT wrote:Glyn wrote:Is that a panel coming away from the underside?
It's aparently an airflow improvement device used when the external tank is unstalled.
Thank you. I don't think I've seen that feature on any other aircraft. I wonder if it was a NACA solution for an observed problem?
Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:37 pm
Glyn-
Since the BF2C was one of the first uses of the NACA cowl it is probable that NACA was involved in a general drag reduction.
Tom-
Since the BF2C was one of the first uses of the NACA cowl it is probable that NACA was involved in a general drag reduction.
Tom-
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:45 pm
If I recall correctly they had a bad habit of shedding their top wing and were withdrawn from service rather quickly with many being dumped into the water off North Island.