D.H. 98 Mosquito to fly in New Zealand!

Also had handed props so should have been easier on take offs.

Interesting. How did other planes with similar tail arrangments cope with this? P-51s for example have the vert stab&rudder almost behind the horiz stab (which is located much closer to the cg than the Mossie, so wouldn't elev. authority be even less, all else being equal which of course it isn't).

 

I didn't quite explain things well. I'm a bit slow on mental stuff today. The DH98 fin is tall as is the rudder, elliptical planform, . At high AofA the horizontal tail's wake can blank the fin and rudder unless you move the fin and rudder forward so that there is enough fin and rudder exposed in a stall or near a stall.
The P-51's rudder is well below and aft of the horizontal tail so that there is no loss or less loss of rudder authority at high A of A. Fuselage configuration airflow and engine location enters into the equation also. Hope I'm not too blurred with this , now.

 

Jim- Affirmative, loss of keel area affected the P-47D-25 and later Jugs, too, and my Dad's last -30 had a factory fitted dorsal fin addition. They also retrofitted the dorsal fins to older models. Dad said the early P-47D"s and the early P-51D's nose tended to hunt or almost Dutch roll until the fin was added. Can see where a Hornet would need one even more with all that torque.

 

The P-51 Fastback didn't suffer from the turbulence left behind the bubble canopy. Another compromise with drag or loss of visibility in a dog fight and with the DH98 the compromise was with the shorter tail moment arm or loose rudder control and stability near a stall.

 

If you extend a line from the LE of the stab upward, you can see what will possibly be blanked in a high angle stall. On the -51 there is a lot of rudder left below the stab and enough above the stab to maintain control.

 

Hornet looks good here.
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So my daughter is flying in New Zealand and sends me stuff that she thinks I would be interested in.
This sure got me thinking today.

NZ Civil Aircraft: Avpecs on Seven Sharp Tonight

 

Another one rolled out, maybe to fly before the end of this month.

MRC Aviation: De Havilland Mosquito ZK-FHC - UPDATED 12 AUGUST!

 

Read a book on the Red Army...

"The Il-2 Sturmokik is as essential to the Red Army as air and bread" - Stalin

I think it was the most manufactured plane of WW II.

 

Stand by - the build time of ZK-FHC has been incredible.

 

That citation is true, but somewhat taken out of it context, which changes its meaning slightly. Stalin wrote that sentence because he was very upset about the slow output of one the factories. He therefore wrote a letter/telegram to the managing director of the "Zavod" in question, and in that letter Stalin said exactly:

"You have let down our country and our Red Army. You have the nerve not to manufacture IL-2s until now. Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats. Shenkman produces one IL-2 a day and Tretyakov builds one or two MiG-3s daily. It is a mockery of our country and the Red Army. I ask you not to try the government's patience, and demand that you manufacture more ILs. This is my final warning".

The last part was underlined twice with his customary blue pencil...
I think I still may have it in Russian and Cyrillic somewhere;

Rgds

 

First engine run for TV959

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSce-L-uog

 

Looks like she will get air under her wings tomorrow - Saturday
Here we go again - Mosquito at Avspecs | Wings Over New Zealand

 

MRC Aviation: Mosquito Takes to the Skies!

and you can hear it here! http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_147488667215713&key=bbb516d91daee20498798694a42dd559&libId=itjxejxm010004m6000DAtzkczzb19ck0&loc=http%3A%2F%2Frnzaf.proboards.com%2Fthread%2F22621%2Fagain-mosquito-avspecs%3Fpage%3D14%26scrollTo%3D243030&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1460697974205041%2Fvideos%2F1738642986410537%2F%3Fhc_ref%3DNEWSFEED&title=Here%20we%20go%20again%20-%20Mosquito%20at%20Avspecs%20%7C%20Wings%20Over%20New%20Zealand&txt=www.facebook.com%2F1460697974205041%2Fvideos%2F1738642986410537%2F%3Fhc_ref%3DNEWSFEED

 

633 squadron (Cliff Robertson)
Mosquito Squadron (David McCallum)

both classic movies.

Incidentally check this out.. HJ711