Low Tech Tips for Previous Wars

If you could go back in time, what would be the worst errors you could correct for various wars. These should be things that could be implemented pretty fast without first developing a whole new industry.

For example, planes in WWII had swept back wings when they should have been swept forward.

Bret Cahill

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Bret Cahill
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Pretty sure the Germans (at least) tried forward sweep, but the examples prototyped never made it to production.

There were quite a few planes with straight leading edge wings and all the sweep at the back.

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Ian Field

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The aircraft wing was just an example and very possibly a wrong one at that.

There must be all kinds of simple tricks in radar and other electronics that appeared over the years that could be easily implemented with the older technology.

Even today there are patents being granted that are not dependent on modern technology and could have been invented a century ago. This list would include that as well as anything else that appeared in the mean time.

You are going back in time and they are demanding fast results.

Bret Cahill

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Bret Cahill

"Bret Cahill = nutcase troll

** Very, very few WW2 planes has any such thing - d*****ad.

There is no advantage for a plane that does not approach the speed of sound to have swept back wings.

The famous ME262 jet had wings that were somewhat swept, but that was an after thought to correct a C of G issue.

See pic of the Bell X1 - the first plane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight.

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No sweep.

... Phil

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Phil Allison

Oh, really? Name one...

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fungus

** The only example is the Me163 rocket powered interceptor, capable of 1000 kph.

.... Phil

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Phil Allison

If you could go back in time, what would be the worst tech errors you could correct for various wars. These should be things that could be implemented pretty fast without first developing a whole new industry.

Bret Cahill

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Bret Cahill

Bret Cahill wrote in news:5f15e77c-25cb-4e59- snipped-for-privacy@i10g2000pbh.googlegroups.com:

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Sjouke Burry

"Bret Cahill"

** OK - think I have one for you.

The " G suit " or more correctly, " anti G suit " .

A low tech solution to the problem of fighter pilots blacking out in high G manoeuvres.

Towards the end of WW2, practical G suits became available ( to the Allies at least) and were VERY effective.

Had they been available earlier, as was technically possible, thousand of pilots lives would have been saved AND the pilots that had them would have possessed a HUGE advantage during " dog fights " and diving manoeuvres over those who did not.

Very dumb not to have pushed forward the idea much earlier.

.... Phil

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Phil Allison

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_XP-55

and, leading edge swept:
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John Fields

"John Fields"

** Poor performer, few built & never operational.

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** ROTFLMAO !!

John says the DC3 had a " swept wing " !!!

What a hoot.

.... Phil

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Phil Allison

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He swept it every day with his very own brush.

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Ian Field

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That's irrelevant since the request was for an example of one airplane
in WW2 with swept-back wings.
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John Fields

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A 'worst error' wouldn't be much of an error. If you're gonna screw up, it should be much grander, like 'The BEST error' or 'Unsurpassable error' or 'an error of ALWAYSWRONG magnitude'

As for wars, the vast majority of them could have been prevented years before by the Natives killing every missionary landing on their shores and then burning the ships down to the waterline.

=2E..repeat as necessary...

mike

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I'm not sure of the wisdom of having a tech discussion with somebody who thinks WWII aircraft had swept back wings.

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fungus

"John Fields"

** WRONG.

You cannot fairly include planes that were only ever experimental prototypes.

Such planes did not go to war and whatever their characteristics, had NO effect on the outcome.

OTOH, the 1000 kph Me163 did become fully operational and did shoot down a number of USAAF bombers over Germany.

... Phil

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Phil Allison

"fungus"

** This one did.

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Which looks not too dissimilar to this plane:

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... Phil

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Phil Allison

Yes, but he said:

"For example, planes in WWII had swept back wings when they should have been swept forward."

Seems to me like there's a lot of basic work to be done before you can start a real discussion.

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fungus

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Depending on how you want to define "planes in WW2", there were, AIUI,
only one or two aircraft with wing leading and trailing edges swept
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John Fields

You should probably refrain from mixing crack, LSD & crystal meth all at once - then you wouldn't fantasize I'd said things I didn't.

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Ian Field

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