A synchronization gear, or a gun synchronizer, sometimes rather less accurately called an interrupter, is attached to the armament of a single-engine tractor-configuration aircraft so it can fire through the arc of its spinning propeller without bullets striking the blades.
Excellent comments. I’ll channel my inner Sheldon Cooper and ads that the early planes were only used for reconnaissance. It wasn’t until the enemy started doing the same thing that they decided to arm the planes to keep the other side from taking back vital “position” information to their superiors.
allen@home about 4 years ago
Ya think
cdward about 4 years ago
One would have thought he would be an expert, at least with the plane.
A# 466 about 4 years ago
I think this sort of thing did happen. Eventually, designers developed a way to synchronize the gun to the prop’s position.
HarryLime Premium Member about 4 years ago
A synchronization gear, or a gun synchronizer, sometimes rather less accurately called an interrupter, is attached to the armament of a single-engine tractor-configuration aircraft so it can fire through the arc of its spinning propeller without bullets striking the blades.
J Short about 4 years ago
I believe I once read they first made the back of the blade bullet proof, but the ricochets were too dangerous to the shooter.
Plods with ...™ about 4 years ago
What was your first clue?
WCraft Premium Member about 4 years ago
Excellent comments. I’ll channel my inner Sheldon Cooper and ads that the early planes were only used for reconnaissance. It wasn’t until the enemy started doing the same thing that they decided to arm the planes to keep the other side from taking back vital “position” information to their superiors.