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Offline macleod01

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« on: August 27, 2006, 08:09:20 AM »
The Gloster Gladiator! Why not? It saw service in the Battle of Britain! Think how many perks youd get if you flew one and shot down a p51d! Amazing! Plus it would be hard to hit because its so slow! By the time you get it lined up in your sights your past it! Say it could carry two 1000lb bombs or a 2000lb torpedo? Please! It would be so much fun!
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« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2006, 08:16:10 AM »
Prefer a Fairy Swordfish myself for early war Torp action.
But then I wouldn't expect to fly it in the main & survive.

What was the turning radius on those old birds anyway?
Tighter than the A6m?

I imagine finding good data is also not easy. Not for the level of detail HT & co are looking for.

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« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2006, 09:31:29 AM »
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Say it could carry two 1000lb bombs or a 2000lb torpedo?
A biplane fighter w/2000 pound loadout??? Highly unlikely that it could even get airborne with that. Something more like a few 100 or 250 pound bombs would be more realistic.

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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2006, 11:00:20 AM »
Commissioned on August 24, 1940, the German battleship Bismarck was the epitome of naval power. The great ship was 823 feet in length, had a beam of 118 feet, and a displacement of 50,000 tons. After nine months of sea trials the Bismarck embarked on its first mission accompanied by the cruiser Prinz Eugen on May 19, 1941. The Bismarck's mission was to destroy and disrupt convoys carrying war relief supplies to Britain from North America. On May 20th the Bismarck was spotted and reported to British intelligence as it passed through the narrow straits between Denmark and Sweden. The British presumed correctly that the Bismarck was headed for the North Atlantic, but by which route? Dividing its naval forces in an attempt to intercept the mighty German battleship, four ships were sent to patrol the Denmark strait, including the newly commissioned battleship Prince of Wales, and the H.M.S. Hood, a heavily armed battle cruiser, pride of the British fleet. On May 23rd the Bismarck was spotted by the H.M.S. Norfolk and the H.M.S. Suffolk. The Bismarck opened fire on the Norfolk, which was out gunned by the German ship, but fortunately was able to allude the Bismarck because of heavy fog and mist. With its position identified British Naval authorities ordered several other ships to the area including the H.M.S. Ark Royal, one of two aircraft carriers dispatched. On May 24th the Bismarck was engaged again. The H.M.S. Hood took a direct hit and exploded with the loss of all but three of its large crew. The Bismarck took two hits from the Prince of Wales during this battle, one of which had the effect of reducing the huge ships effective fuel capacity, and hence range. Later that evening a torpedo plane attack was launched at the German battleship, which sustained one hit with little damage. On May 25th the Bismarck separated from the Prinz Eugen, and set a course for the French coast in hopes of making repairs. On May 26th the Bismarck was located again by a British reconnaissance aircraft. In an attempt to prevent the ship from reaching the safety of Luftwaffe air cover, a second torpedo plane attack was launched from the Ark Royal. Utilizing Fairy Swordfish bi-plane torpedo bombers, two hits were achieved. The first was amidships and caused virtually no damage. The second hit was astern, and resulted in the jamming of the Bismarck's rudder. Unable to maneuver, the great German battleship had little choice that to continue steaming for the French coast. Four more British warships lay in its path including the H.M.S. Rodney, the H.M.S. King George V, the H.M.S. Dorsetshire, and the H.M.S. Norfolk. On the morning of May 27th an enormous sea battle took place, with the unmaneuverable Bismarck taking more than 1,000 direct hits. After losing its fire control system, the Bismarck became a defenseless target. At approximately 10:00 AM Bismarck's Captain gave the orders to scuttle the enormous ship, and about 40 minutes later the great vessel slipped quietly beneath the surface of the Atlantic.

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« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2006, 12:44:43 PM »
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A biplane fighter w/2000 pound loadout??? Highly unlikely that it could even get airborne with that. Something more like a few 100 or 250 pound bombs would be more realistic.


biplanes have higher lift capacity than a monoplane. so if it was built sturdy enough, it could indeed carry that much. however, i doubt a fighter designed in the pre-war era could carry that much, but i have been wrong before.

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« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2006, 01:08:07 PM »
The Swordfish could carry 2 500lb bombs or one 1600lb torpedo.

But I think the Gladiator was strictly a fighter.  4 forward firing .303s.  I didn't think it could carry bombs, but I am willing to be wrong.

For dogfighting, though, you would definitely want the Gladiator over the Swordfish.  Swordfish had only 2 .303s, one fixed forward, one in a rear gunner position.
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« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2006, 03:11:29 PM »
according to my book Encyloclopedia of Military Aircraft,  the Gloster Gladiator was a fighter, the last of the RAFs biplane fighters.  4 fixed 303s, no bombs or torpedos.  The Fairey Swordfish had an offensive load of 1 18in torpedo or 8 60lb rocket projectiles

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« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2006, 07:35:18 AM »
Heck HT, give us both of them.

Those 2 both make the Val look GOOD!  :)

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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2006, 08:26:51 AM »
Swordfish could also be fitted with radar... open cockpit biplane with air to surface radar and rocket projectiles, imagine that :)

Their finest hour was at Taranto in 1940 when they crippled the Italian fleet in port, which was a big inspiration to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

http://www.vectorsite.net/avsword.html#m3

i dont think it is an aircraft worth adding, just wouldnt see use and be a too easy target in AH.

The Gladiator would be brilliant fun to furball in, need that and the CR.42 added at same time!



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« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2006, 08:39:58 AM »
I wish we had a biplane arena just to fight the old dogs in. Is there a good biplane game out there?:aok :noid
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« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2006, 08:53:43 AM »
yes red baron pwns.


I did request this once before but it was on a side note, glad to see a thread dedicated to it. bring 'em both! and while yer at it bring some more biplanes like the...

Britain
Fairey Fox

Russia
I-15, this one's real nice

Japan
Nakajima A4N, CV based biplane

I think the germans had a biplane they fought with, i'm certain they had one i can't remember wut it's called though.

and while yer at it get me the Sopwith Camel and Snipe,the S.E.5a, the Spad XIII, the Fokker Dr 1, DVII, etc.

wut would a Aces High: WWI be like?

i'll tell you, AWESOME! flame dat zepplin!
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« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2006, 11:37:57 AM »
think how much fun it would be! And embarrasing! A p51d limps back to base and has to own up he's been beaten up by a BIPLANE! Funny as heck! Please HT! For amusments sake. And as for use, I would fly it for the heck of it. And Torp runs if we got the Camel.
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« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2006, 11:49:18 AM »
The Gladiator could turn but its top speed was in the low 200s. It was obsolete before the war started. Ah would reflect this.

The Val in AH can out turn most planes. So can the SBD. Folks take them up once in a blue moon to try to out turn some "uber plane" on the deck.

Only most folks don't just slow down and get into simplistic turn fights. Add any elemy of the vertical or a good merge and the Val/SBD is dead. This has been proven. The same would be true of the gladiator. It was a legacy plane, and wouldn't have been used at all in WW2 if there wasn't such a shortage of Hurricanes (and then Spitfires) at the beginning of the war.

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« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2006, 11:55:24 AM »
I think it would be cool to have a WWI arena just so we could go around and get into the real dog fights yea!!:aok
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« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2006, 12:06:22 PM »
They've made entire games dedicated to WW1. They all died. Why? Because nobody wants to fly them. They don't have enough money coming in and they go belly up.

Hell not even that long ago there was Dawn of Aces. (Was? Is? Is it still around?)

It was the WarBirds WW1 game. Never had any following, despite the interest.

Same with every other game. I tried out Targetware for a while (that game... don't get me started) -- they have a WW1 arena and it never had ANYbody in it for a period of months.

Red Baron was great, but it was an offline game. The online version didn't have much longevity.

So frankly, WW1 games don't cut it. That's my observation over the years.