Author Topic: Defiant's (Read 586 times)

SAS_KID · « **on:** March 14, 2006, 11:20:59 PM »

Wouldn't it be great for a BoB CT or something and it saw a lot of use. I was reading about it in a book of BoB and it was said it had a rear turret which at first worked out well but then them Luftwaffe figuered them out and they had horrible numbers but it would be tight to TnB with a rear gunner and still fire forward

ramzey · « **Reply #1 on:** March 15, 2006, 12:38:13 AM »

its worked well when? for whom?

SMIDSY · « **Reply #2 on:** March 15, 2006, 01:28:49 AM »

the defiant was a failure the second the krauts figured out how to distinguish them from hurricanes.

Krusty · « **Reply #3 on:** March 15, 2006, 01:40:21 AM »

and that was the second time they encountered them (lol).

Defiants were pulled ASAP. They were used not EVEN as trainer craft, but TUGS, towing drones which were used to train pilots. Even as night fighters they were obsolete, slow, and underpowered.

frank3 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 15, 2006, 10:31:26 AM »

To add another thing, Defiants wouldn't be useable the way they were intended for.
The idea was that the Defiant would fly like a fighter, with 'massive' rear-firing power. The problem is that you cannot manoeuvre, loop etc and fire at the same time in Aces High

Unless you have a gunner. They usually suffer from lag though, hard to aim with a manoeuvring aircraft on the internet.

Karnak · « **Reply #5 on:** March 15, 2006, 12:04:51 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
and that was the second time they encountered them (lol).

Actually, that isn't true. The first few days it was very successful. As I recall the first Defiant squadron do go into combat set a new one day record for enemy aircraft shot down. The following encounters were also successful. After the first few days or week the Germans had figured it out and gotten the info to all of their units and then it went downhill fast.

It was a reasonably successful early war nightfighter though.

frank3 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 15, 2006, 12:15:15 PM »

I think the Defiant would be quite manoeuvrable, and with a reasonable speed too.
It might just stand a chance against the Bf-109's in Aces High...

...IF you have someone to gun for you

rogerdee · « **Reply #7 on:** March 16, 2006, 09:56:37 AM »

if the defient had had even a couple of forward guns then things wouldnt have been so bad.
The guys that flew them even after half the squadron had been slaughtered had more guts and bravery then i could ever imagine in a book i read when interviewed one crew just said well its our job.
i salute all thoese past and present that fight for there country and defend there people aganst what ever odds