DT's and bombs for the 205

[stroker71]

Found this on Wiki:

he C.205, also known initially as the C.202bis, was similar to the previous Folgore, but there were many differences in the fuselage: the tail was larger, the cockpit and its hump redesigned, the antenna mast was bigger and some modifications were made to the wings.

The C.205 was a single-seat, all-metal, monoplane fighter, intended primarily as an interceptor but with ground attack and escort capabilities. The long nose housed the DB605 engine which drove a three-blade, constant-speed metal propeller, with the main fuel tank situated between the engine and the cockpit. The engine cooling system radiator was located under the centre section of the fuselage beneath the cockpit while the short rear section housed the radio equipment, oxygen cylinder and an 80 l reserve fuel tank. The wings were made of light alloys and steel, having two spars and three sections, housing two additional fuel tanks, in addition to the fully retractable wide-set main undercarriage gear. Apart from the all-metal flaps in the inner wing, all the other control surfaces were metal-framed and fabric covered. Veltros had self-sealing tanks, armoured seat and armoured windscreen as standard. The cramped cockpit possessed a limited field-of-view, but some examples were fitted with a rear-view mirror.

The 827 kg (normal) payload was comprised of the equipped pilot (85 kg), fuel (307 kg), two Breda machine guns and two Mauser cannon (60 and 84 kg respectvely), 740 rounds of 12.7 mm ammunition (76 kg), 500 rounds of 20 mm ammunition (100 kg), and other sundry items such as oil (33 kg), oxygen cylinder (12 kg) and radio equipment. Additionally, 100 l fuel tanks or 160 kg of bombs could be carried on two underwing hardpoints.[2] Due to a lack of passenger transport aircraft, modifications were made to a C.205 to enable it to carry eight passengers in the belly of the fuselage, and among others, three pilots of 51° Wing (including Adriano Visconti) made the journey from Sardinia to Italy after the Armistice in this manner.


Full article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.205

Edit: Also want the 205 to be able to be flown under attack!!!  Not asking for much am I?

[spit16nooby]

The 205 with a drop would be great it could actually get somewhere.  When you put wep on you can actually watch the tanks go down.  Pretty cool to see it quickly drop.

[Anaxogoras]

The 205 with a drop would be great it could actually get somewhere.  When you put wep on you can actually watch the tanks go down.  Pretty cool to see it quickly drop.

Yeah, or we could just do away with the nuisance 2x fuel burn rate.

[ian5440]

Yeah, or we could just do away with the nuisance 2x fuel burn rate.

Then think of the range of the 163

[Helm]

   I have seen a C.205 in person.....there is no way you could stash 8 people anywhere. It's a very small plane.




Helm ...out

[Lusche]

Then think of the range of the 163

Me 163 fuel duration is hardcoded and not affected by arena fuel multiplier.

[spit16nooby]

Me 163 fuel duration is hardcoded and not affected by arena fuel multiplier.

Sadly yes I tried to get as high as I could and dive down and break the speed of sound.  The problem I went up and at around 50k my plane disappeared but my engine kept going so I kept going up.  Then my engine cut off so I headed back down( actually was more an invisible falling) and my engine turned back on so I went into my dive and thought I was going to break the barrier when engine ran out of fuel.

[ian5440]

Me 163 fuel duration is hardcoded and not affected by arena fuel multiplier.

Ohhhhhh 

[Spikes]

Me 163 fuel duration is hardcoded and not affected by arena fuel multiplier.

You beat me to it...I thought Snail's were slow...what gives?

[stroker71]

Hey thats all great but how about the subject at hand!!!!!!!    

[Krusty]

Been asking for DTs on 205 for YEAAAAARs....

The bombs are extremely small types, and were pretty much never used. Italy wasn't waging an offensive war, it was on the ropes from allied fighters and bombers. Almost every c202/205 mission was "clean" in the interceptor role (defense). Much like the spit during the BOB it was a short range plane, not meant to fly all over Europe.

While I would LOVE to see the DTs, they were rarely used. Seems (from years of checking) they were really only used on C2s used for recon work. Maybe when the perked ord comes around, we'll get them, but they were (again) almost never used operationally.

[Pannono]

perked drop tank? 

[stroker71]

I can fly the 205 to most locations without allot of problem.  But I almost always run out of gas before running out of ammo!  I think the 205 would be a good escort plane if we could get DT's.  I saw that they had them thought I would Wish for it.  <throws a penny in the wishing well>