Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Bf 109 “Rival”; The Focke-Wulf Fw 159" video.

  1. The 159 always looked to me like they forgot to add the bottom wing to a biplane. Other that the fact it looks like the trainer I do wonder what advantage having the wing on the top would give, especially when you consider the how much sky it blocks out.
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  2.  @javiergilvidal1558  Went from the FW-159 to the FW-190. Quite a leap.
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  3. I may have missed something but I thought the parasol wing had been around for sometime. As for Gloster their next aircraft was a jet. Bypassed the piston engined monoplane entirely. Just shows how warfare speeds up technology.
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  4.  @xmeda  And watching you undercarriage fall off.
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  5.  @bob_the_bomb4508  I did think of that but as a fighter the wing would make it easy to bounce from above, especially as the enemy is most likely to be ahead of you.
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  6.  @mahbriggs  And the biplane had just reach its peak. Even so low mounted wings were very common by this time.
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  7.  FlitzerFlash  Yep, your right. Still get to watch it happen though
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  8.  FlitzerFlash  When you look at aviation history it is often surprising how much earlier things were. There was a British swept wing aircraft in the early 1920s. Over 20 years before the likes of the Me-262. And I am sure there was others before that.
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