TRIVA FUN

[k0ua]

There are 4 planets with confirmed rings around them. Which planets are they?????

Well everyone knows saturn of course.. but maybe also Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune I think have some rings.

 

[RSKY]

What was the design defect in the MIG15 that when discovered allowed American fighter pilots to achieve a higher kill ratio against the Communist aircraft.

Hint: it had nothing to do with the aircraft's performance specs.

 

[Redneck in training]

What was the design defect in the MIG15 that when discovered allowed American fighter pilots to achieve a higher kill ratio against the Communist aircraft.

Hint: it had nothing to do with the aircraft's performance specs.

Bad ergonomics, comfort and lack of AC and heating. It was hard if impossible to control at high speed in example during diving.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Bad ergonomics, comfort and lack of AC and heating. It was hard if impossible to control at high speed in example during diving.

Rings a bell. I also seem to recall that it was, or could become, uncontrollable in a dive. The Japanese Zero had a similar handicap. I believe a defector delivered an intact MIG 15 which we were able to evaluate. We acquired a Zero that had crash landed, put it back in flying condition for evaluation in a similar manner.

 

[RSKY]

If the American pilots could lure or force the MIGs to dive their canopies would fog up cutting the pilots vision. The anti-fog system did not work well. Sometimes this didn't work but mostly it did. MIGs once had a fearsome reputation but now are considered very unsafe, hard to fly, and unreliable.

 

[crash325]

What was the "Bombard"???

 

[RSKY]

Wasn't the Bombard a crude mortar that threw rocks?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

On or about the year 1953, a fellow by the name of Art Afrons constructed a six-wheeled vehicle powered by a 12 cylinder Allison aircraft engine. What was this vehicle designed for and what was its name?

 

[Jim Shooz]

On or about the year 1953, a fellow by the name of Art Afrons constructed a six-wheeled vehicle powered by a 12 cylinder Allison aircraft engine. What was this vehicle designed for and what was its name?

Art Afrons (and his brother Walt) was into land speed records and his vehicles were usually called Green Monster.

 

[crash325]

Wasn't the Bombard a crude mortar that threw rocks?

It was a 2 piece cannon that screwed together. The rear held the gun powder. The front was loaded with 300lb round rock balls.
It had great range & power for its day.