Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Fairey Barracuda

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:46:36Torpedo-bomber preferences from the Cuckoo to the AvengerQ&A
  2. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:22:18Skua, Zero and the timing of naval-aircraft comparisonsNotable Point
  3. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:23:50Barracuda development: structural weight and changing enginesQ&A
  4. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:52:24Tirpitz's deck armour and Operation TungstenNotable Point
  5. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    2:04:56Better German naval AA faces better attackersQ&A
  6. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    4:11:50The Barracuda benefits from engine continuityQ&A
  7. What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?
    1:11:58Engine allocation keeps the Albacore in front-line serviceNotable Point
  8. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:12:31Building a late-war carrier air group from Mosquitoes, Avengers, Barracudas, and Sea FuriesQ&A
  9. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    21:28Hercules power and the redesign of the BarracudaQ&A
  10. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    0:35How prewar planning delayed the BarracudaChapter
  11. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    11:10S.24/37 asks one carrier aircraft to do three jobsChapter
  12. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    14:34Wartime equipment overwhelms the original weight targetNotable Point
  13. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    18:10Five firms compete, but prototypes arrive years lateChapter
  14. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    38:40The Merlin 30 leaves the Barracuda Mk I underpoweredChapter
  15. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    40:11The Merlin 32 makes the Barracuda Mk II viableChapter
  16. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    42:38Radar, ASW, and Griffon variants extend the designChapter
  17. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    44:16A capable aircraft enters service two years too lateChapter
  18. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    55:01Peacetime production sets the wartime expansion baselineNotable Point
  19. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    56:26What if the Barracuda had entered service in 1941?Notable Point
  20. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:05:09Italian radar forces faster British carrier-aircraft developmentQ&A
  21. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    59:01North American orders replace a lost generation of naval aircraftChapter
  22. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    27:59881 Squadron's fighter role in Operation TungstenChapter
  23. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    3:02:55Fairey aircraft and the danger of meeting the wrong requirementQ&A
  24. Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!
    1:33:31Why the Fleet Air Arm passed on the Brewster BermudaQ&A
  25. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    1:49:48Engine policy reshaped the Fairey BarracudaQ&A
  26. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:42:46An early Barracuda and the Fleet Air Arm's AvengersQ&A
  27. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:43:11An early Fairey Barracuda combat debutQ&A
  28. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:51:47Fixing the Barracuda's airframe failuresQ&A
  29. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:56:11Why Spearfish displaced a Griffon BarracudaQ&A
  30. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    2:02:34Fleet Air Arm aircraft as submarine huntersQ&A
  31. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    3:04:27An early Barracuda at Cape MatapanQ&A
  32. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    39:11The intended aircraft behind Implacable's designNotable Point
  33. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    5:02:42A Barracuda tail jet as a possible carrier-launch experimentQ&A
  34. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    3:08:58Torpedo water-entry control for fast monoplanesQ&A
  35. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    1:21:40Furious serves from the Tondern raid to the attack on TirpitzNotable Point
  36. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    54:36Why aircraft shortages did not create a Helldiver needNotable Point
  37. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    32:04The Barracuda belonged to a disrupted plan for a modern carrier air groupChapter
  38. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:57:17Bismarck's air defenses and Germany's intelligence gapQ&A
  39. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    3:47:38An on-time Barracuda may eliminate the AlbacoreQ&A
  40. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    3:52:14Why subcontracting a redesigned Barracuda would not be cheapQ&A
  41. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:13:27Adapting Swordfish torpedo aiming to later aircraftQ&A
  42. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    2:13Why the Royal Navy ordered the AlbacoreChapter
  43. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    13:52The specifications behind the AlbacoreChapter
  44. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    39:03Better statistics did not make a beloved successorNotable Point
  45. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    1:25:21Exercise Sunrise exposes carrier limits in bad weatherNotable Point
  46. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    2:40:28How an earlier Barracuda could change British carrier strikesQ&A
  47. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    2:44:43How Barracuda delays produced the Albacore stopgapNotable Point
  48. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    2:48:26Why the Barracuda was less pleasant to fly than the SwordfishQ&A
  49. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    2:49:23The fictional Sea Lance and the real Barracuda programmeNotable Point
  50. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    4:09:31Picturing the fictional Sea Lance as a larger radial-engined BarracudaQ&A
  51. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    2:29:31How engine allocation repeatedly reshaped the Fairey BarracudaQ&A
  52. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    3:47:28A mature Spearfish could consolidate Fleet Air Arm rolesQ&A
  53. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    55:30How engine substitutions complicated the BarracudaNotable Point
  54. Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years
    1:29:01Cancelled fighters and multirole naval aircraftNotable Point
  55. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:22:31Operation Cockpit attacks Sabang's shore facilitiesChapter
  56. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:23:55Flexible air groups in the Eastern FleetChapter
  57. Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat
    3:16:40How a war delayed to 1942 changes Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
  58. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    2:32:48Could the Dauntless bridge the Barracuda gap?Q&A
  59. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    10:15Power-to-weight limits on Barracuda and naval fightersNotable Point
  60. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    2:47:58A reliable modern aircraft would displace the AlbacoreQ&A
  61. Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again
    15:58What a mass Barracuda strike might do to Japanese capital shipsQ&A
  62. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    1:19:16How a war delayed to 1942 changes Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
  63. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    1:47:45The Barracuda and its lost Rolls-Royce Exe advantageChapter
  64. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    1:25:45Recasting the Blackburn Skua as a strike aircraftQ&A
  65. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    34:35Which later aircraft could the carriers operate?Q&A
  66. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:11:23Barracuda before SpearfishQ&A
  67. The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p4
    32:54Why the Swordfish outlived its planned replacement cycleNotable Point
  68. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    4:25:43Barracuda timing and tailored British carrier air groupsQ&A
  69. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    1:14:37Electrical power as a hidden naval advantage before World War IIQ&A
  70. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    3:07:37Why Swordfish and Barracuda could not remain leading ASW aircraftQ&A
  71. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:42:41A delayed war would have transformed carrier forces on every sideQ&A
  72. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:18:56Barracuda and Fairey's long-range aircraft lineageChapter
  73. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:24:15Barracuda complexity versus Swordfish simplicityNotable Point
  74. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:25:09Barracuda and Firefly in anti-submarine warfareQ&A
  75. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    1:15Why the Skua combined fighter and strike rolesNotable Point
  76. Bruships 48: Reading History
    3:17:18Why the Fairey Barracuda left the British Pacific FleetQ&A
  77. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:13:21An early Fairey Barracuda in the MediterraneanQ&A
  78. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:25:10Barracuda and Avenger as mature wartime strike aircraftQ&A
  79. Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection
    0:28Tracing Fleet Air Arm squadron lineagesChapter
  80. Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection
    2:40The Fleet Air Arm's postwar aircraft transitionChapter
  81. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 322
    33:50Type 322 offers an alternative to the Fairey BarracudaChapter
  82. The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII
    14:46Landing-speed limits and the naval-aircraft power gapNotable Point
  83. The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation
    43:05Why the Albacore and Barracuda did not quickly displace the SwordfishNotable Point
  84. The Fairey Story Anew...
    2:50:31Swordfish outlives the aircraft meant to replace itQ&A
  85. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    12:44Fleet Air Arm options before the war hardensNotable Point
  86. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    52:50Fleet Air Arm types and assumptions not yet tested by warChapter
  87. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    10:12Fleet carriers and naval fighters gain priorityNotable Point
  88. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    49:16A Pacific war reshapes Fleet Air Arm aircraft prioritiesNotable Point
  89. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:25:25Fleet Air Arm groups in the late 1940sQ&A