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Offline Angus

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« Reply #150 on: March 15, 2007, 03:34:50 AM »
D520 IMHO yes.
It's just not on the absolute top of the wishlist, and being a relatively slow-end MA bird, it might become a hangar queen. But if there is an early-war batch of aircraft coming, it's a must! And I certainly hope there will one day be a 1940 Scenario, or even 1939-1940.
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It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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« Reply #151 on: March 15, 2007, 04:51:49 AM »
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In finnish flight tests there is no weights mentioned but most probably they were tested with normal full takeoff weight around 3000kg.

My understanding is that the Finns flew combat missions with the auxiliary rear fuselage fuel tank filled whereas this was prohibited in French service because of stability problems.
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Offline Wmaker

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« Reply #152 on: March 15, 2007, 04:03:10 PM »
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My understanding is that the Finns flew combat missions with the auxiliary rear fuselage fuel tank filled whereas this was prohibited in French service because of stability problems.


Actually finns also usually left the fuselage tank empty when flying combat sorties. But FiAF usually tested its fighters with full fuel load and ammo.
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Offline MiloMorai

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« Reply #153 on: March 15, 2007, 06:40:32 PM »
Squadron/Signal has an InAction book out on French fighters, #180.
ISBN 0-8947-440-6

They also have one on French bombers.
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« Reply #154 on: March 16, 2007, 04:12:40 AM »
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"When you wish upon a falling star, your dreams can come true. Unless it's really a giant meteor hurtling to the earth which will destroy all life. Then you're pretty much screwed no matter what you wish for. Unless of course, it's death by meteorite."

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« Reply #155 on: March 16, 2007, 06:16:45 AM »
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Squadron/Signal has an InAction book out on French fighters, #180.
ISBN 0-8947-440-6

They also have one on French bombers.

They're not that good, particularly the one on bombers has many technical errors.

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So did Hawk have two fuselage tanks? Main and aux?

Out of memory there were two tanks in the inner wings and belly, basically taking all space between the landing gear wells, and one rear fuselage tank behind the pilot.

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http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature...U_pa_tankki.jpg

You can see these preserved tanks are coated with some self-sealing material which is possibly some kind of Semape/Superflexit. Many French H-75s were so upgraded in early 1940.
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« Reply #156 on: March 16, 2007, 07:46:44 AM »
I know Pachy but better than nothing and cheap($$$).
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