Comments by "" (@ronjon7942) on "Supermarine Nighthawk – the First Night Interceptor" video.

  1. I stumbled on a doc or video that indicated there actually were (a couple, certainly not many) even-numbered, single-row radials, which of course weren’t terribly balanced. If/when I find it, I’ll post. I think I posed the question to DuckDuckGo and to my surprise….
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  2. Did it actually loiter for 18hrs, or did it take that long to reach altitude? Seriously, tho, I’m confused about the Davis gun. I don’t understand what extra damage the Davis would do as compared to a Lewis; wouldn’t it just make a somewhat larger hole in the bag? Or was the intended target the gondola, or were the 37mm shells incendiary (I didn’t think they’d been invented yet, but I’m just getting into WWI and the origin aircraft periods so I guess I don’t know)?
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