Timeline for Why are the exhaust pipes design on the Ilyushin Il-2 not very popular?
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Mar 12, 2016 at 19:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAviation/status/708729849406423040 | ||
Jan 29, 2016 at 8:20 | history | edited | sharptooth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
A link to high res would better be preserved
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S Jan 28, 2016 at 15:15 | history | edited | jklingler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Improved formatting, imporved spelling & grammar
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S Jan 28, 2016 at 15:15 | history | suggested | Josef | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Improved formatting
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Jan 28, 2016 at 14:25 | answer | added | Jan Hudec | timeline score: 5 | |
Jan 27, 2016 at 22:37 | comment | added | egid | Compare to other aircraft of the same period, I think you'll find it very common indeed. | |
Jan 27, 2016 at 14:53 | answer | added | Andrius | timeline score: 5 | |
Jan 27, 2016 at 14:31 | comment | added | rbp | also, this aircraft has a V12 engine ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikulin_AM-38 ) like the Merlin in the Spitfire, so the layout makes sense. with radial engines and flat opposed engines, this type of exhaust configuration wouldn't make sense | |
Jan 27, 2016 at 14:21 | comment | added | Ron Beyer | I think a lot of it has to do with noise. This design was popular on propeller driven fighter (military) aircraft that didn't care about noise. | |
Jan 27, 2016 at 14:10 | history | asked | sharptooth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |