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Offline Blixen

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Can we have this
« on: September 26, 2005, 07:19:12 PM »
To Run Down The Pesky LA pilots

Specifications (F7F-3):
    Engines: Two 2,100hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W Double Wasp 18-cylinder radial piston engines
    Weight: Empty 16,270 lbs., Max Takeoff 25,720 lbs.
    Wing Span: 51ft. 6in.
    Length: 45ft. 4.5in.
    Height: 16ft. 7in.
    Performance:
        Maximum Speed at 22,200 ft: 435 mph
        Cruising Speed at 5,000 ft: 222 mph
        Initial Climb Rate: 4,500 feet per minute
        Ceiling: 40,700 ft.
        Range: 1,200 miles
    Armament:
        Four 20mm (0.79-inch) cannon in wing roots
        Four 12.7mm (0.5-inch) machine guns in nose
        One torpedo under fuselage
        2,000 lbs. of bombs (1,000 lbs. under each wing)
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Offline lasersailor184

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« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2005, 07:32:06 PM »
I have no idea what that is.
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Offline Rino

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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2005, 07:52:45 PM »
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I have no idea what that is.


     It's probably the F7F-3 ;)
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Offline Softail

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Hey...if AHs nights ever last longer than 10 Minutes
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2005, 08:14:06 PM »
I would want one of these....guns guns and more guns...plus Radar!

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Offline Softail

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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2005, 08:21:22 PM »
That first one is an F7F TigerCat.....


        My post is a P-61 Black Widow if y'all were wonderin.

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Offline nirvana

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« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2005, 11:54:25 PM »
F7F saw little if any action in WW2, sorry to tell you.  The p-61 on the other hand.....
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Offline Blixen

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« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2005, 07:18:55 PM »
nor did la7 i thought
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Offline Hornet33

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« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2005, 08:20:44 PM »
Just watched a program last night on Discovery Channel about Russian WWII aircraft. The La7's were actually used in large numbers during the last year of the war.
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Offline lasersailor184

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« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2005, 08:38:17 PM »
2 gun La7's saw large use.  I don't believe there to be more than 10 3 gun la7's.
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Offline SMIDSY

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« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2005, 10:12:21 PM »
my grandfather was a radar operator/navigator in a black widow durring the second world war.
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Offline Patches1

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« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2005, 10:29:58 PM »
I wish for the F4U-4B...used at the end of the War in limited numbers...and then flew into history during the Korean Conflict.
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Offline nirvana

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« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2005, 06:01:29 PM »
La7 was a disposable fighter if I recall, but it could have been a Yak.  Was of course the 2 engine La though.
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Offline Softail

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« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2005, 03:42:19 PM »
Smidsy....

          Your Grandfather was the Uber Geek of his day!  :-)

          His scope was vastly different than what they look at today.  Took a lot of skill to operate and to do it at night in the air in enemy territory damn!  Takes some major stones!  Mega Kudos to your Grandfather.

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Offline Blixen

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« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2005, 07:27:09 PM »
black widow is nice also but i think f7 is faster
plus with torp option would make good cv hunters
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