Merci pour ces excellents posts! J'ajouterais une chose: le bois avait un autre avantage que de faire gagner sur la masse de l'avion. C'est un matériau non stratégique, disponible en grandes quantités, plus facile à se procurer (surtout sous blocus!) et beaucoup moins cher que l'aluminium.

Tout à fait exact Keffer. Sa tombe -et celle de son navigateur- sont en Hollande. Cheschire, du 617 lui aussi, a volé dessus également, de mémoire il a eu un vol haut en couleurs sur cet appareil.
On a oublié de dire que le Mossie a été, comme le Spitfire d'ailleurs, en service au sein de l'Us Army Air Corps. Pour la reconnaissance photo et des relevés météo. Et c'est oublier les appareils du Bomber Command chargés des premières missions ELINT (ELectronic INTElligence) destinés à écouter les émissions radio allemandes, brouiller les conversations comme la couverture radar.

Je veux bien que tu m'en dises plus long Catalina sur cet exposé. En y réfléchissant j'ai souvenir de cones de radar de Mig-21 en bois et ça m'avait surpris d'ailleurs.

le Miles M20 fut aussi un avion tout bois,avec,de plus un train fixe,et il avait des performances supérieures à celles des Hurricane de Hawker

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Miles M.20 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search M.20TypeManufacturerMaiden flightIntroducedPrimary usersNumber builtDeveloped from Second prototype of the Miles M.20 Lightweight fighter Miles Aircraft 15 September 1940 Cancelled Royal Air Force (intended) Fleet Air Arm (intended) 2 prototypes Miles Master The Miles M.20 was a Second World War fighter developed by Miles Aircraft in 1940. Designed and built as a simple and cheap alternative to the Royal Air Force Spitfire and Hurricane, its design was overtaken by events. Contents [[url=http://deuxiemeguerremondia.forumactif.com/javascript:toggleToc()]hide[/url]] 1 Design and development 2 Testing and evaluation 3 Specifications (M.20, as tested) 3.1 General characteristics 3.2 Performance 3.3 Armament 4 See also 4.1 Related development 4.2 Comparable aircraft 5 References 5.1 Notes 5.2 Bibliography 6 External links // [edit] Design and development During the Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force was faced with a potential shortage of fighters. To meet the Luftwaffe threat, the Air Ministry commissioned Miles to design the M.20; nine weeks and two days later the first prototype flew.[1] To reduce production times the M.20 was of an all-wood construction, used many parts from the earlier Miles Master trainer, lacked hydraulics, and had streamlined fixed landing gear. The engine was a complete Rolls-Royce Merlin XX "power egg", and was identical to those used on the Avro Lancaster and some Bristol Beaufighter marks. The design also featured a bubble canopy for improved pilot visibility, one of the first fighters to do so. [edit] Testing and evaluation The first prototype, with the serial U-9 first flew 15 September 1940 and tested at the A & AEE as AX834 in compliance with Specification F.19/40. Armed with the same eight .303 Browning machine guns as the Hawker Hurricane, the M.20 prototype was faster than the Hurricane and slower than the Spitfire types then in production, but carried more ammunition, and had greater range than either. As the Luftwaffe was defeated over Britain, the need for the M.20 vanished and the design was abandoned without entering production. The first prototype was later scrapped at Woodley. A second prototype, U-0228 and later serialed as DR616, was built to Specification N.1/41 for a Fleet Air Arm shipboard fighter, equipped with an arrestor hook and catapult launch points. It first flew on 8 April 1941. This variant was also fitted with jettisonable undercarriage so it could be used from catapults on CAM ships (Catapult Aircraft Merchantmen), however these ships had no flight decks so the aircraft had to be ditched into the sea after just one mission. Old and tired Hawker Hurricanes took on this role, relegating the M.20 as superfluous and consequently leading to the scrapping of the shipb

oui certe le bois devait avoir un avantage mais l'avion devait être plus faible face au chasseur non? Une balle sur du bois normalement le bois éclate.

Non,je peux garantir que le contreplaqué n'éclate pas.Dans mon club de tir nos plaques porte-cibles sont en contreplaqué un projectile découpe un trou rond,c'est tout,même les gros pellots de calibre 58,69 ou 75 ,les planches de bois en revanche éclatent bien....

Comme promis, j'ai fait un court exposé sur la furtivité radar là: http://deuxiemeguerremondia.forumactif.com/cantine-f4/furtivite-t5685.htm

merci