P-51 and the Tempest

[CountZero]

7 minutes ago, MiloMorai said:

That is a bit of a myth. There was about 6 that could be proven that the tail broke off.

Considering that game Tempest brakes its wings so easy i expect Typhoon will lose tail just by atempting take off ?

[cardboard_killer]

It's entertainment. Glocks are made to sound like revolvers in movies because that is the sound people expect to hear; if the tail weak spot is believed by enough people, the devs will have no choice but to make it so.

[ShamrockOneFive]

7 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

With the later model Typhoon we are getting, will the weak rear fuselage issue still be there?

 

Most later model Typhoon's had additional reinforcing plates around the weak point in the fuselage to try and prevent tail separation. It helped but I don't think it was until the introduction of the Tempest tailplane on very late model Typhoons that the problem was entirely resolved.

 

The Typhoon Mark IB went through several variations over its production life without an additional designation which does make it a bit challenging to follow its development. The car door style from 1941 through 1943 had a lot of modifications done including the addition of plates around the tailplane. Then the bubble canopy was adopted (which was then shared with Republic for the P-47) in 1944 and by late 1944 you have the Tempest tailplane and four bladed propellers showing up. Production continued because the Typhoon had become so essential as a close air support aircraft so it adopted a lot of the Tempests features given the similarities.