-
Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.
Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Kanji translation request on 10x50 wide field (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Foss
- Start date
Silly question: was this aircraft launched from the submarine via the torpedo tubes? Just joking, except, how did they launch it? Presumably they had a hatch and lift big enough for the fuselage with floats attached and then mounted the wings when it was floating, and recovery was the same procedure in reverse. However they did it the sub and plane must have been vulnerable for a fair length of time.
Lee
It says it took 2.5 minutes to assemble and 1.5 minutes to disassemble or vice versa.
Some of the aircraft were launched by catapult and then recovered when it landed on the floats.
A biplane might only need 50 knots to stay airborne. If the wind was 10 knots, only 40 knots is needed to launch.
Other countries including Britain had similar aircraft but didn't pursue them.
The Navigation officer may actually be what we called the Observer, who would use the binocular to identify shipping.
The biplane is bright orange all over and the registration number covers almost the whole of the top wing to prevent attack by Zeros.
At 10,000ft one can see 125 miles.
The ceiling was over 20,000ft presumably on oxygen.
The aircraft was slow, but all the observer needed was height.
B.
Some of the aircraft were launched by catapult and then recovered when it landed on the floats.
A biplane might only need 50 knots to stay airborne. If the wind was 10 knots, only 40 knots is needed to launch.
Other countries including Britain had similar aircraft but didn't pursue them.
The Navigation officer may actually be what we called the Observer, who would use the binocular to identify shipping.
The biplane is bright orange all over and the registration number covers almost the whole of the top wing to prevent attack by Zeros.
At 10,000ft one can see 125 miles.
The ceiling was over 20,000ft presumably on oxygen.
The aircraft was slow, but all the observer needed was height.
B.
Last edited:
