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Old 27 April 2005, 10:29 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Eric- He removed the Vickers. He also replaced the fuel tank. The standard tank was contoured to accept the semi-submerged Vickers installation. Ball replaced the standard tank with one which conformed to the decking shape, gaining a bit more fuel capacity in the process. When Ball's aircraft was restored to the normal armament configuration, the non-standard fuel tank was retained. As a result, the Vickers on Ball's aircraft had to be mounted externally.
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References: The S.E.5 File, 1996, and Aeroplanes of the Royal Arircraft Factory, 1999

...The choice fell to a semi-sumerged Vickers gun using the newly developed Constantinesco hydraulic synchronizer.
Small nitpick - the CC gear was hydrosonic, not hydraulic - a different operating principle.

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