Comments by "Neil of Longbeck" (@neiloflongbeck5705) on "The Short Stirling; First of the British Big Boys" video.

  1. The Hangar Myth is also laughable due to most maintenance on the Stirling being intended t9 be carried out in the open air (as stated in the specification).
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  2. ​ @allangibson8494  the Manchester and HP.56 were both medium bomber not heavies.
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  3. The aerofoil section was selected for the Stirling was to ensure adequate take-off performance. As for the selection of aerofoil sections by British aircraft designers, many, like Sydney Camm,reliable on data supplied by bodies like NACA. In the mid-1930s NACA produced a report on laminar flow aerofoil sections that showed that they had no advantages over conventional aetofoil sections. This report was later withdrawn after NACA discovered that their windtunnel was faulty. But by then many designs had been finalised and production drawings and blueprints were being created.
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  4.  @allangibson8494  classifications like light, medium, and heavy and relative terms.
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  5. The Manchester was designed to meet specification P.13/36, the specification written after that for the Stirling (B12/36).
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