Were biplanes heavy in World War 1?

Answer 1

When the war began, airplanes were used primarily for observation and to carry messages. However, aircraft had been used for bombing as early as the 1911 Italo-Turkish war. As armies realized the potential of aircraft, the relatively friendly early aviators soon became deadly enemies.

Airplanes became a powerful weapon of the war, used for bombing and strafing enemy positions, and able to attack well behind the front lines. Using their machine guns, they would conduct aerial combat against other aircraft (dogfights). Soon the opposing sides had to build antiaircraft defenses to defend against attacks from the air.

Answer 2

Bi-planes are aeroplanes with two wings, Tri-planes are with three and monoplanes have only one. Almost all aircraft today have only one wing for reduced drag resistance but during World War 1 the technology behind the structure of wings was still new and materials available then either weren't economically viable or understood well enough to produce a wing stiff enough to take all the strains on it so the biplane design was used for better stiffness at a cost of speed.

Therefore biplanes were the most common type of aircraft and were used for almost every job a plane could do from primitive reconaissance, bombing and interceptor duties to transport.

Answer 3

Biplanes had a limited, but important role in WW2. They were used for recon, bombing and fighter aircraft.

In May 1941, the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber was instrumental in the sinking of the Bismark. Quite a number of biplanes were still flown during WW2: The Gloster Gladiator, The Fiats CR.42 and CR.32, the Polikarpov I-15 family (I-15, I-152, I-153 etc.), Bristol Bulldog, Avia B-534 among the most well known.

Quite a few of the pilots managed to become aces while flying these aircraft.

Answer 4

When you consider they were made of wood, not metal, and much shorter than their successors like the Spitfires, yes they were quite heavy for their size.

The Sopwith Camel weighed 930 lb (or 420kg) empty. When fully loaded (pilot, ammo, guns etc) it was 1,455 lb (660 kg).

The Fokker Triplane 895 lb (406 kg) empty and 1,292 lb (586 kg) loaded.

The big bombers of the war were pretty hefty as well. The German Gotha bomber weighed in at an impressive 6,039 lbs (2,739 kg) with no load. When fully loaded with bombs, ammo etc it came in at 8,745 lbs (3,967 kg)

Answer 5

Reconnaissance, bombing, dogfights, dropping spies behind the lines

Answer 6

They had flew in the air killing alot soluders by bomming them to peces

They flew in the air using widespread wings, killing *a lot of *soldiers by *bombing them to *pieces

Answer 7

Biplanes were used for every conceivable use in aviation during the 1910's to 1930's

Answer 8

Biplanes were used all over the world.