Vultee A-31 - Warbird Wednesday Episode
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David Rasmus is a gentleman located in Western Australia who is currently restoring a Vengeance fuselage
Hey, I had that very model, a 1/16th scale P 40 done with Chinese markings. It was the pride of my collection.
You missed the second most interesting feature of the Vengeance! It had an internal bomb bay with side-by-side bombs, so the bomb crutch was built like a weird twin stroller.
Great point. Thank you for the observation.
I absolutely love finding shows that talk about obscure aircraft. Instant subscribe:) But I'll pass on the drink...at first I was thinking Dr Pepper (which is the only soda that I actually like), but nah, no thanks. I live in Hong Kong and get enough weird drinks shoved at me.
I was fortunate to see the A31 at Camden Air Museum many years ago. Sadly the Museum has been closed to the public for several years now.
Hmmm any idea what happened to the plane?
You can still organise a look through it
@PalmSpringsAirMuseum the collection is still intact
Divebombers dove oriented straight down. Wing lift pulled it forward so the dive slope was actually about 70 degrees.
Thanks for the comment. The Vengeance was uniquely designed as opposed to some other dive bombers to dive vertically without lift from the wing pulling the aircraft off target. To this end, it had a 0° angle of incidence on the wing to better align the nose of the aircraft with the target during the dive. This resulted in the aircraft cruising in a nose-up attitude, giving a poor forward view for the pilot, particularly during landing. It had an unusual, W-shaped wing planform. This resulted from an error in calculating its center of gravity. Moving the wing back by "sweeping" the center section was a simpler fix than re-designing the wing root. This gives the impression of an inverted gull wing when seen from an angle, when in fact the wing has a more conventional dihedral on the outer wing panels. Again, thanks for your comment.
Without the vengence bombing supporting the 14th army at Kohima The Japanese would have Gotten into India and caused the Allies all kinds of grief
Just amazing that the type disappeared into history - like so many others from WWII.