There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4347125 - 03/27/1710:55 AMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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At the 12min mark I find myself wondering if they dressed up for the filming. Wood working in shirt and tie?
#4347126 - 03/27/1711:04 AMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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Originally Posted by RSColonel_131st
Wood working in shirt and tie?
Even well into the 1990's the IT company I worked for fricking made us wear a dress shirt and tie for doing desktop support stuff. I think it was just a cultural thing back then just like how pretty much every adult man and woman wore a hat when they were outside.
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#4347129 - 03/27/1711:07 AMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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It's pretty mind boggling really if you think about it.
First they had to design the structure so that it was light but mechanically strong. The maths for that came for example from the way bridges were constructed. All done by hand and abacus, on drawing paper.
Then they had to design a way to build the parts, from where to start and where to finish. Also how to actually connect them.
Then to have that workflow in such a way that people could easily follow it, even less skilled workers.
Then to build the tools and rigs.
That's a lot of intellectual work before the first part is ever build. And they came up with two or three new designs every year of the war.
#4347138 - 03/27/1711:17 AMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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Originally Posted by RSColonel_131st
It's pretty mind boggling really if you think about it.
First they had to design the structure so that it was light but mechanically strong. The maths for that came for example from the way bridges were constructed. All done by hand and abacus, on drawing paper.
Then they had to design a way to build the parts, from where to start and where to finish. Also how to actually connect them.
Then to have that workflow in such a way that people could easily follow it, even less skilled workers.
Then to build the tools and rigs.
That's a lot of intellectual work before the first part is ever build. And they came up with two or three new designs every year of the war.
Yeah it really is quite amazing stuff. And just think; before too long, most of that kind of work will be done by robots!
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#4347201 - 03/27/1702:45 PMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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You forgot having to do all that in formal business attire!
I have a drawer full of shredded ties from my early IT days as they would constantly get stuck on the backs of PCBs or the side of PC cases.
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#4347225 - 03/27/1704:02 PMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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Loads and loads to talk about in that film!
Springboard logging to soldering the ferrules of the wing wires on both ends before assembly. Explains some of the floppy wires one sees later on in field movies.
My special smiles:
The microphones and speakers for the headsets were taken directly from telephone switchboard equipment. This standard is still used today, which is why only aviation headsets work with aviation radios.*
Pilot weight on the rudder. That's one way to let everyone know the CG calculations were done, I guess.
Love the precision of the lines on the SPAD's camouflage paint scheme. Now I don't feel so bad about the job on my Nieuport.
* There are conversion boxes, but the output of a certified aviation radio is to the old standard.
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The profiling machine at 29:25 is really clever. But really the whole thing is. Low tech tools, lots of manual labor, and still perfect mass production.
#4347259 - 03/27/1705:05 PMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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They really haven't much changed how they make wooden propellers today, Col.
Culver props churning out another one:
[edit] Turn the sound down on the video pretty quickly. It's very loud. [/edit]
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Must have been lots of eye injuries back in the day - lack of safety glasses.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4347311 - 03/27/1709:00 PMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4347328 - 03/27/1709:54 PMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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At the 12min mark I find myself wondering if they dressed up for the filming. Wood working in shirt and tie?
A lady was telling me yesterday that during her doctor visit the nurses and assistants were all wearing street clothes, jeans with those rips down the front and such. I thought it odd, too, but time marches on. Who knows.
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#4347422 - 03/28/1711:21 AMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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Fascinating video on the making of the Albatros. Thanks for posting that KK!
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#4347794 - 03/30/1705:19 AMRe: Manufacture Of Early Military Aeroplanes - 1918 Educational
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