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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 00:19:31 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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   @troubledturtle @Paultron The aerodynamics actually weren’t known by then though. I was just reading about this, the other day. There were aero studies in the states that were openly published, until it was disbarred in 1938. Had the krauts paid attention they could have made a much sleeker BF109, which would have paid off handsomely throughout its life cycle.

   Notable that the Spitfire and Messerschmitt were designed and tested around the same time, but one ended the war as a highly competent fighter, while the other was merely passable after a series of kludges. Aerodynamics count for a lot, and when you have rosenbergs poking around everywhere I can at least get why the gov was trying to limit knowledge transfer as much as it could. The russians ended up with a lot of alien, dead end tech because they were forced to stumble around and develop things on their own -the US has always been a research powerhouse in terms of resources to throw at engineering.