Fw190 weight corrections discussion

[Charge]

"More fabrications."

Really? They look like originals, and in German? Oh my, they can do anything with them comps nowadays! 

The point is that when quoting or translating a technical document it is usual to  r e f e r  to the original document for the sake of merit to the original and to ensure that the data can be checked from the original if need be. After all all terms do not necessarily translate 1:1 between two languages and some translations are only translators subjective interpretation of the original meaning. You may have noticed that in the last pages of books there are references of where the data has been acquired and it would be a good custom even if the data is meant to be used in a ...game. And it is also a good custom to tell the readers of who did the translation. Maybe this is new to some but it is actually a requirement in technical documentation and academic work.

I'm not telling that the previous doc was false with its data but I wonder how long it takes when a first data sheet emerges which is slightly fabricated and it may look just like the scans of the originals Milo posted and then the only way to make sure is to have a copy of the original or contact a source that has it.

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[Krusty]

If you all are that paranoid about photoshopping, why stop at translations? No image, anywhere, even in English, can be trusted. The chart can be fabricated entirely! Heck, if it's in English it's even easier to fake!!! We can have charts showing P-51s with hurricaneI speeds, 109 climbs, whatever.



I think you are all going way overboard on the matter, personally. He listed the original document it's from, several times.

[Charge]

Well why the hell are you going over board on this?!

It can't be so hard to list the original source in one corner, can it? It ADDS to the value of the document. Get it? 

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