Also called a synchronising gear, the propeller was linked by a shaft to the trigger to block fire whenever they were in line. By the autumn of 1915 Fokker was fitting his Eindecker monoplanes with interrupter gear, therefore producing the first true fighter aircraft. It was now possible for a pilot in a single-seater aircraft to successfully fire a machine-gun.Īnton Fokker, a Dutch designer who had set up an aircraft factory in Schwerin, German, was also trying to develop a machine-gun that could fire through revolving propeller blades. These small wedges of toughened steel diverted the passage of those bullets which struck the blades. In 1915 the French pilot, Roland Garros, added deflector plates to the blades of his propeller. What made the achievement so remarkable was that all three German aircraft were armed with machine-guns. After forcing it to land he brought down two more enemy planes. Flying a single-seater Bristol Scout and armed with a single-shot cavalry carbine mounted on the starboard side of the fuselage, Hawker attacked an enemy two-seater over Ypres. The first Victoria Cross for air combat was won by Captain Lanoe Hawker on 25th June, 1915. As well as using guns, some crews carried grenades which they tried to drop onto enemy fliers below them. By October 1915 the Royal Flying Corps decided to fit this safety harness to all their aircraft. Strange's gunner, Rabagliati, used a Lewis Gun and was soon bring down German aircraft over the Western Front. He devised a safety strap system in his Avro 504 so that it was possible for his gunner to "stand up and fire all round over the top of the plane and behind". One of Britain's first star pilots was Louis Strange. This was an amazing achievement as his Sopwith was not armed. The first dog-fight is believed to have taken place on 28th August 1914, when Lieutenant Norman Spratt, flying a Sopwith Tabloid, forced down a German two-seater. Dogfights were extremely difficult because the pilot would have to dodge other enemy aircraft while listening to the commands of the gunner as to where to fly to get the enemy into his sights. These early fighter aircraft had two two seats, with a man sitting in the rear controlling the guns. The first fighter planes were only equipped with machine-guns which were fixed onto the top wing. As the First World War broke out not long after the aeroplane had been invented, there had not been time to develop guns which could be built into the body of a plane. You will see every maneuver from my pov in the cockpit and we will go through advantages and disadvantages when we analyse it in Tacview.The early definition of the word 'dogfight' meant an aerial battle between two or more aircraft. The first episode will be theory-only, because we have to clarify a few terms. I want to get rid of this "problem" and showcase the various maneuvers for you out there. For me it was a huge difference to see it "live from the cockpit" and I had more than one aha experience! ![]() I don't know about you, but I can't imagine how to fly a maneuver by reading about it and looking at a quite complex image of it. But I didn't find any videos and certainly not from a cockpit pov. Whenever I search for documents or information regarding BFM, I found very well written documents explaining the various maneuvers and showing them with some pictures. This guide tries to explain the basic theory and practical use of the maneuvers used in the BFM - the Basic Fighter Maneuvers. The complete playlist is available on YouTube here. The majority of this guide will be in form of a video. If you like this guide, then please rate it! And, of course, feel free to subscribe to me on YouTube - this way you will always be notified when a new video is released! :)
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