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WW II Hellcat & Fabric Covered Stab. Why ?
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Saw a video on the WW II Hellcat, and on the walk-around it was mentioned that the Stab. was fabric covered. Not sure if anything else was. Really surprised. Why did they use fabric on the Stab. ? Was fabric covered surfaces "common" on US WW II fighters ? Why ? Thanks,'Bob |
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WW II Hellcat & Fabric Covered Stab. Why ?
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Hello, Saw a video on the WW II Hellcat, and on the walk-around it was mentioned that the Stab. was fabric covered. Not sure if anything else was. Really surprised. Why did they use fabric on the Stab. ? Was fabric covered surfaces "common" on US WW II fighters ? Why ? Thanks,'Bob fighters, transports , also on Bombers, Short answer... before the days of hydraulic assisted surfaces, it took a great deal of strength to move those surfaces. fabric covered made the work a little easier. (my aunt was a seamtress prior to the war, and during the war she sewed fabric for Grumman) |
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WW II Hellcat & Fabric Covered Stab. Why ?
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John Szalay john.szalayatatt.net wrote: Bob wrote in : Hello, Saw a video on the WW II Hellcat, and on the walk-around it was mentioned that the Stab. was fabric covered. Not sure if anything else was. Really surprised. Why did they use fabric on the Stab. ? Was fabric covered surfaces "common" on US WW II fighters ? Why ? Thanks,'Bob fighters, transports , also on Bombers, Short answer... before the days of hydraulic assisted surfaces, it took a great deal of strength to move those surfaces. fabric covered made the work a little easier. (my aunt was a seamtress prior to the war, and during the war she sewed fabric for Grumman) The stab and fin were usually metal (or wood), while the control surfaces were fabric-covered, which made for lightweight structures (easier to mass-balance, to counteract flutter). Even the P-51 had a fabric-covered rudder; the B-29 had all control surfaces fabric-covered. Early models of the Corsair had fabric-covered outer wing panels ans wooden-framed, fabric-covered ailerons. |
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