Author Topic: MC-200 saetta (Read 985 times)

68DevilM · « **on:** April 15, 2005, 12:09:53 PM »

random pic.

Furball · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2005, 12:33:45 PM »

XrightyX · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2005, 01:49:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball

I thought Italians had a sophisticated sense of style. I'm just not seeing it though

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Furball · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2005, 02:27:01 PM »

no...

the italians make one beautiful thing for every 200 or so oddities.

DaddyAck · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2005, 02:34:40 PM »

Hah!

Thats funny, the whole oddity to sleek ratio.

But all that plane above is a less armed c201
with a radial engine. The plane really did not come
into it's own until after they lost the radial and
went inline.

bob149 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 16, 2005, 12:45:36 AM »

hmm not designed by pinna ferrari

But very nimble i believe.

Ecliptik · « **Reply #6 on:** April 16, 2005, 01:43:19 AM »

Early war Italian fighters and most of their bombers are pretty hideous. Macchi redeemed themselves with the beautiful C.202 and 205's, and the Re 2005 is a gorgeous plane.

Even the Brits produced eyesores like the Skua, Beaufighter, and Firefly.

bob149 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 16, 2005, 02:11:34 AM »

i grant u the skua was a bit on the smurfy side ...but the beau and the firefly !!!!!!!!!!

bob149 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 16, 2005, 02:45:35 AM »

If u want ugly , may i suggest the BLOCH 200 , now that is ugly

eilif · « **Reply #9 on:** April 16, 2005, 03:19:25 AM »

mc 200 is awsome looking, but ya its not exactly the ideal

Gianlupo · « **Reply #10 on:** April 16, 2005, 06:29:44 AM »

DaddyAck, that's not a C.201, here it is a picture of it (it was the only prototype built):

(btw, I took this photo from Regia aeronautica italiana, it's a nice site where to find pictures of italian planes)

the picture Devil posted is a C.200 (and, please, note that the right designation is C. for Macchi fighters, not MC.)

Bob149, the designer's name is Pininfarina, unless you wanted to do a joke mixing his name with that of one of his most famous creations.

And, yes, the italian monoplane fighter of the beginnig of the war weren't a beauty, they were pretty ugly, indeed! (with the only possible exception of Reggiane Re.2000)
Only with inline engine they became good looking.

Bye!

P.S. Devil, I downloaded your 68devilm_2 movie, very nice, and great music. What codec did you use for it?

EDIT: no exception, the Re.2000 is ugly, too!

bob149 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 16, 2005, 07:47:02 AM »

Gianlupo
Sorry mate no offence intended , didnt realise that was who the designer was ...ooops normally his stuff is very nice to look at ..oh we ll u live n learn

Cheers

Gianlupo · « **Reply #12 on:** April 16, 2005, 11:32:50 AM »

Not offended, Bob, I just wanted to correct a mistake

Sorry if my tone was too peremptory

Speznaz · « **Reply #13 on:** April 16, 2005, 04:27:24 PM »

Non sarà Pinna Ferrari, però, é pur sempre un bel aeroplano

thebest1 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 16, 2005, 05:55:06 PM »

:BLARFF: