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[locopiston]

i assume it is an open round situation...
Lets go with an suuuuuper easy one to try relive this tread
What plane is it?

[sniperton]

It's the single-seater, fighter variant of the Ilyushin Il-1, the successor (!) to the Il-2, and the predecessor of the Il-10. Soviet designations are pure fun, they seem to follow the pattern of the knight's movement in chess 

[P51vsFw190]

Sniper,

Now that you mention it, it really does follow a similar pattern.

I wonder why?


James

[sniperton]

There was a rule, probably even today, that odd numbers are for fighters. This explains why the "1" came after the "2". Then why 10 next? 4, 6, and 8 were already used up for other designs, so the next unused even number happened to be the "10".
I think it's a bit like the various Spitfire variants, where higher numbers do not necessarily designate later designs.

[locopiston]

yes!
Your turn Sniperton!
Don't think it lacks a bit of visibility to be a fighter?  

[sniperton]

Then let's have another (much earlier) fighter with poor visibility (sorry for the image quality):

[mexchiwa]

Forget the Russians - I never understood the German designation system.  Can anybody explain that to me?  108, 109, 110 go to Messerschmidt, 111 goes to Heinkel, 87 and 88 go to Junkers?

[P51vsFw190]

That’s a Lohner right?

[sniperton]

Just similar to the Lohner AA, whose later versions had a longer fuselage, while the early version (10.20) had different struts (among others). The quest aircraft was small and round like a flea.

BTW, does anyone know the answer to mexchiwa's question concerning German designation numbers?

[P51vsFw190]

Mex,

Im not too sure but I think it has something to do with the time the aircraft were accepted by the RLM. I used to have a book about this exact topic and as I remember the Reichsluftfahrtministerium had a strange way of numbering things although their way was much easier to understand than the American system.

When I find that book again I will try to explain in better detail.

(Edit)
Although I did find this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RLM_aircraft_designation_system
I will also add these as a bonus:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RLM_aircraft_by_manufacturer
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RLM_paint_designations


James

[sniperton]

Thanks James, here is the complete list of RLM type numbers:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RLM_aircraft_designations

[locopiston]

music is my aeroplane