Author Topic: Hurricane (Read 3322 times)

Angus · « **Reply #60 on:** June 25, 2006, 05:32:02 PM »

Pat was the one I had in mind.
This is spring 1940 though...squadrons of Spitties already available.

RALEM · « **Reply #61 on:** July 09, 2006, 07:41:57 PM »

Don't Blast me for posting about A airplane allot of remarks pointed at me looked at alot of records not many of you guys can do any better .Wasn't posting about any pilots . Only reason anyone pissed at me because they love this unrealistically modeled airplane .In the late 30s any plane that wasn't A bi plane would have seemed better.Furball your just A kiss up pork monger were you get me from whats that kissing up to other hurri pilots on and on all garbage!

Squire · « **Reply #62 on:** July 10, 2006, 01:23:45 AM »

"From what world did Hitech find this hurricane never was A manueverable plane"

You chose to post that, don't blame us if we call you on something as silly as that statement is.

If you don't like it, then do some research before you post next time, and stop blaming us for your obvious ignorance of the subject, which is made no more impressive by the conga line of smilies after your post.

jamesdeanoo7 · « **Reply #63 on:** July 10, 2006, 12:51:47 PM »

Those are great quotes aircrew. I agree its always nice to hear what the real pilots thought. I personally rarely venture into the air in a fighter as I am still learning the difficulties of the c47 lol. However I am fortunate enough to have been born at manston and spent my childhood around the base. My father was Douglas Baders gardner and because of this I met Bob Stanford Tuck and also Adolph Galland who visited quite often. As a boy I listened intently to whatever they said. Galland was just a gentleman and always willing to spend time talking. Basically they echoed those reports you posted. The hurricane was superior in view, it was a much more stable gun platform and much sturdier than a spit. It was a long time ago but I still remember wanting to fly a hurricane more than a spit. Galland did say though that the german planes having fuel injection would always try to climb with a hurri or a spit as the carberators in the british planes emptied quite quickly in a steep climb. I am also lucky enough to have sat in a spit and a hurri as well as alot of ww11 planes as my uncle was a rolls mechanic, and my father worked at shorts engineering where they not only repaired and built stirlings and sunderlands but other aircraft. I always wondered how some of those guys ever got into the cockpit which seemed so small. Anyway I just thought you might be interested in what I remembered.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #64 on:** July 10, 2006, 01:04:51 PM »

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Originally posted by BlauK
Pooface,
how do you define "most maneuverable"? .. smallest turn circle? fastest 360deg turn? fastest roll?

I find it fairly hard to believe that there would not have been some bi-plane fighters which were "more maneuverable" at that time.

Slower speeds (I.E. PZL.11, etc) better turning radius (typically). The PZL shot down plenty of Luftwaffe planes as well.

Iceman24 · « **Reply #65 on:** July 10, 2006, 01:28:16 PM »

"This is what happens when you get all your information from the History Channel
couple of night ago there was some shows on the P-47 and P-40. I heard this about the P-40, "with it's 50mm guns P-40 was a deadly aircraft against the lighter Zero" I had to rewind several times to make sure I heard what I heard, and thats just one tiny sample"

yeah i watched a history or military channel show about spits and 109's/190's and at one point in the film they were talking about how the spits would outperform the 190's/109's in terms of speed and acceleration at most altitudes lol

red26 · « **Reply #66 on:** July 10, 2006, 01:39:49 PM »

Spit over a 109 or 190 ha ha ha ha ha thats some funny stuff LOL