| David
Looking at the Dora it certainly seems a bit of a “botch” job.
They extended the nose to accommodate the larger engine and for aerodynamic reasons needed to lengthen the fuselage tail section. Presumably because of the necessities of war they literally chopped off the tail and inserted a parallel section ignoring the “look” of the modification; a typical pragmatic German approach to the problem.
The longer nose will certainly save on nose weight to get the C.G. correct but I prefer a standard 190 from an aesthetic point of view, but it’ll make an interesting topic of conversation at the flying site, I just hope you can convince the sceptics that it was a German “botch” and not yours!
As for retracts I agree with you that the usual “bang bang” system looks terrible, almost as bad as leaving them hanging down permanently; I’m just glad I concentrate on “golden oldies” with fixed gear.
Grahame |