Author Topic: Oh MY, the "George" and the "Veltro" (Read 430 times)

gatt · « **on:** October 04, 1999, 10:35:00 AM »

From PYRO:

"This week we should start production on the Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai, Allied codename "George". We plan to follow that with the Macchi C.205 Veltro."

Really, you'll have a bunch of affectionate japanese and italian customers, you know ... =)

Regards,
gatt (Grifone in AH)
4°Stormo Caccia
(no, I'm not the one sleepin' on the wing)

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fats · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 1999, 11:06:00 AM »

Pyro said Fw 190 ought to be coming too - some day I guess. If only the lethality would remain at this level, I could finally get that 20+ kill sortie I have been dreaming about...

//fats

Vermillion · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 1999, 12:09:00 PM »

Ahh... Its good to see that Pyro is gonna come thru with "ole Curious George"

.

The N1K2-J Shinden (translates to "Violet Lightning") code named "George" should be a real killer, with its high power to weight ratio, excellent acceleration, nice instantaneous turn rate (due mostly to its automatically deployed "butterfly" combat flaps) and its x4 20mm HO-5 cannons (HO5 or Type 99-2 depending on variant). It should fit in quite well with its 1944-45 brethen in AH; the P-51, Spit IX, and Me109G10. It should certainly earn its nickname the "Focke Wulf of the Pacific"

The Veltro (or "Greyhound" in Italian), may have a much more difficult time of it

Don't get me wrong, its VERY nice to finally see an Italian aircraft. But, from everything I have ever seen, it should perform very similar to a Me-109F. Which isn't suprising since its shares the same Daimler Benz DB605 powerplant. While the Veltro was a top performer for its 1942-43 timeframe, it may have a tough time competing with the late war planes.

Of course this is the exact same situation with the La-5fn. While one of the best midwar aircraft of the war (again 42-43 era), it gets soundly spanked by Pony's, Spit's, and 109's.

It kinda suprises me that Pyro didn't make either a La-7, or a Yak-3 instead.

Anyways, I am sure glad to see the N1K2-J in a game other than AW.

Thanks Pyro

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Vermillion
WB's: (verm--), *MOL*, Men of Leisure, Goldlandia
AW's: (verm) ACCS, Aerial Crowd Control Services, Cland

Curly · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 1999, 12:17:00 PM »

"Anyways, I am sure glad to see the N1K2-J in
a game other than AW."

Me too!! Now instead of them going up in a
brief red explosion when kilt I can watch that sucker burn like the rice paper it was made of as it plummets earthward.

--Curly

Yeager · « **Reply #4 on:** October 04, 1999, 12:58:00 PM »

I sense a business strat at play here.

Provide a certain level of unique but capable
airframes to generate interest and draw some folks over from the standard brand sims.

Yes, a Fw190 certainly is a necessity but
a B-26 has yet to be modeled anywhere outside of EAW....and a George fer chrysakes... and a pasta-maker!

This could get very interesting.

Yeager

v-twin · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 1999, 01:03:00 PM »

CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!! WE FINALLY HAVE THE VELTRO!!

To Vermillion:
same engine doesn't mean same aircraft; the 205 was a completly different airplane than the 109F.
It was designed for close T&B fighting, the only way the italian pilot could fight because they never were teached other techniques.
It could dive and climb very fast (could dive at 600kts and reached 20000ft in exactly 5') and his complicated (21000 hours to build a 205!!) and strong structure could absorb up to 15g.
Top speed was 350kts @24280ft.
Ciao!!

v-twin
4° Stormo Caccia
(I apologize for my bad english, isn't my mothe tongue...)

spinny · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 1999, 01:17:00 PM »

The Veltro could dive at almost 700mph??

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Spinny, VF-17
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veltro · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 1999, 01:29:00 PM »

Some problem with conversions, I guess...

))

One C.205 reached during a dive with a test pilot a speed in excess of 590 mph... and landed in one piece...!

L'E' BUNA !

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_/ Ferdinando 'veltro' D'Amico
_/_/_/'PR' of 4° Stormo Caccia
_/e-mail: veltro@warbirds.org
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(one Mac italian pilot that will never fly the C.205, courtesy of Hitech Creations...)

Brick · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 1999, 01:58:00 PM »

(one Mac italian pilot that will never fly the C.205, courtesy of Hitech Creations...)

Not because you're Italian, but because you fly a mac.

Hey - I wonder if Pinanfarina (excuse my horrible spelling) ever made a version of the C.205? I'd fly that one!

Andy

Hristo · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 1999, 02:05:00 PM »

What type of 190 ? Dora, maybe ?

Not again that heavy A8

Vermillion · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 1999, 02:11:00 PM »

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the 205 was a completly different airplane than the 109F.

Well, I am an engineer by trade, not a historian, so I admitedly, don't know much about the Regia Aeronautica flying styles.

However, for a simplistic comparison (the most you can do with commonly available reference sources), the four most defining attributes of an aircraft are its Max Speed, Climbrate, Turning Ability (estimated by WingLoading), and its Acceleration (estimated by Powerloading).

Here is the appropriate data for these two aircraft.

C.205 Me109F
Max Speed(mph) 399 388
Climb to 10k 150 137
(secs)
WingLoading 30.66 30.46
(lbs/sq.ft)

I don't have any figures handy here at work for Powerloading, but otherwise the C.205 and the Me-109F compare very closely.

The Veltro is slightly faster than the Me-109F, but is slightly slower to it in climbrate to 10,000 ft (I would guess its more aerodynamic, but has a less efficent wing design in regards to climbing). The wingloading is almost identical, and since they use the same engine with the same approximate airframe size, I would guess that the powerloading is also pretty close.

In fact of the entire planeset of both AW and WB, and you want to pick an aircraft that most closely matches the C.205 for a simple comparison.... guess what.... the Me-109F.

I have a complete writeup of data and estimated abilities, of the C.202 and C.205 Fighters on my website, in the Plane Archive section. There are also several nice Macchi Pics there as well.

Of course, there is also Lethality, but that doesn't effect how the aircraft will fly. Just for those that don't know the C.205 was most typically armed with x2 12.7mm MG's(cowl mounted) and x2 7.7mm MG's (wing mounted). It could also carry up to two bombs for a total weight of 750lbs.

So personally I would consider it lightly armed for mid-war aircraft, and very lightly armed compared to late war aircraft.

Now, I am sure a real AeroSpace Engineer, could do a better job than poor little me

(Electrical&Computers), but the basic principals I believe are sound.

Guys, please realize that I am not trying to slander the C.205, I was only trying to compare it to an aircraft that most of the other pilots here would be familiar with.

So Congrats on getting an Italian Fighter

Sources:
The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft.
Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II.
Jane's Enclycopedia Of Aviation.

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Vermillion
WB's: (verm--), *MOL*, Men of Leisure, Goldlandia
AW's: (verm) ACCS, Aerial Crowd Control Services, Cland

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gatt · « **Reply #11 on:** October 04, 1999, 02:24:00 PM »

Brick:
jokes apart, it wasnt Pininfarina but rather Ing. Mario Castoldi: "One of the world's best aircraft designers, Castoldi benefited from the Schneider Trophy experience with the M.C. seaplanes nos. 33, 39, 52, 67 and 72 setting (world) records and scoring triumphs".

Vermillion,
I think you are right. The C.205 should be as fast as a 109G6 but maneuverable like a 109F. I'd say lethal at medium/low altitude (even better than the Fiat G.55 and Reggiane 2005) and someway weak over 20,000ft. AFAIK the late series of the C.205 had 2x12,7mm (Breda-SAFAT) and 2x20mm (MG151-20).

Regards,
gatt
4th Stormo Caccia

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veltro · « **Reply #12 on:** October 04, 1999, 05:22:00 PM »

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Just for those that don't know
the C.205 was most typically armed with x2 12.7mm MG's(cowl mounted) and x2 7.7mm MG's (wing
mounted). It could also carry up to two bombs for a total weight of 750lbs.

Sorry, but this isn't correct. I have another concept of "most typical"...

No.103 C.205s (Serie I) were armed with 2x 12.7mm MG's and 2x 7.7mm MG's

No.161 C.205s (Serie III) were armed with 2x 12.7mm MG's and 2x 20mm cannons...

I guess that the typicalarmament for the Veltro was the latter, right?

P.S. I could tell you the serial of the first C.205 to receive the 20mm cannons, but we are not nitpicking here, aren't we?

L'E' BUNA!

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_/ Ferdinando 'veltro' D'Amico
_/_/_/'PR' of 4° Stormo Caccia
_/e-mail: veltro@warbirds.org
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Vermillion · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 1999, 05:49:00 PM »

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I guess that the typicalarmament for the Veltro was the latter, right?

P.S. I could tell you the serial of the first C.205 to receive the 20mm cannons, but we are not nitpicking here, aren't we?

Hehehe obviously you have much better information on the armament than I do. Whats funny is that I added that blurb as a last second addition to the post and its almost a direct quote from a reference book.

Of course, I find it amusing that we debate the "typical armament" on an aircraft that only had a total production run of approximately 300 (my sources say 289)

Heheheeh so if up they were armed with the x2 7.7mm MG's up until plane #161, doesn't that mean that 55% were armed that way, and would be considered "typical"

Only the Regia Aeronautica would think that 300 planes deserve the seperate designation of Series I, II, and even III ?

I'm kidding, I'm kidding, so you can put away that flamethrow... <WOOOOOOOSHHHH>
<G>.

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Vermillion
WB's: (verm--), *MOL*, Men of Leisure, Goldlandia
AW's: (verm) ACCS, Aerial Crowd Control Services, Cland

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veltro · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 1999, 06:11:00 PM »

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Heheheeh so if up they were armed with the x2 7.7mm MG's up until plane #161, doesn't that mean that 55% were armed that way, and would be considered "typical"

I accept jokes, no problem, but I want to avoid misunderstandings...

One hundred and three C.205s were armed with the x2 7.7mm MG's while One hundred and sixty-one were armed with 20mm cannons... this seems a bit more than 55% to me!

L'E' BUNA !

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_/ Ferdinando 'veltro' D'Amico
_/_/_/'PR' of 4° Stormo Caccia
_/e-mail: veltro@warbirds.org
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Author Topic: Oh MY, the "George" and the "Veltro" (Read 430 times)

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