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To: zeebee
Do you know why the wings were shaped that way?

So Zero pilots could easily identify what was about to blow them out of the sky... ;-)


54 posted on 01/24/2009 11:25:23 AM PST by 6SJ7 (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: 6SJ7; zeebee

The “bent wing” was to provide the extra ground clearance needed by the 13’ propellor, because the landing gear could not be made longer (either because of strength or to fit into the chord of the wing, I don’t know which).


90 posted on 01/25/2009 6:16:36 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead (3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87))
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