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Offline Treize69

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RAF pr0n
« on: January 04, 2009, 09:30:54 PM »
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Re: RAF pr0n
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2009, 02:03:51 AM »
I think that sopwith can take on the spit, easy.
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« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2009, 06:59:47 AM »
The spit pilot knows what he's doing...the sopthwith cant have much of a top speed.
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Re: RAF pr0n
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2009, 07:31:24 AM »
Quote from: oakranger on January 05, 2009, 02:03:51 AM
I think that sopwith can take on the spit, easy.
The spit would have to resort to boom & zoom as it wouldnt be able to stay with it in the sopwiths slow tight turns.
Unless that spit is modeled like the in game spits we have here in AH.
In which case it would just out turn it in those slow tight turns. LOL
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« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2009, 07:39:39 AM »
I don't think the guns on first world war aircraft would have the accuracy to damage a Spitfire, on paper they could fire a fairly long way, but generally (some exceptions) first world war pilots would shoot from literally point blank range, the flimsy aircraft coupled with early machine guns would still make accuracy a problem!
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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2009, 07:57:58 AM »
The Spit could perhaps just down the Camel with a good turbulence :devil
Anyway, a beauty.Errrr....beautIES.
And Furbie, the Spit would not be so far away from stalling there. Camel = some 120 kts top speed level, not sure about VNE, and it doesn't seem to be doing a flat top-speed anyway...
BTW, saw the SE5, the Bristol fighter, Sopwith Triplane, Avro  504 AND a Fokker DR I on Duxford some years back. The DRI did a nice loop BTW...
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« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2009, 02:58:14 PM »
Quote from: Angus on January 05, 2009, 07:57:58 AM
The Spit could perhaps just down the Camel with a good turbulence :devil
Anyway, a beauty.Errrr....beautIES.
And Furbie, the Spit would not be so far away from stalling there. Camel = some 120 kts top speed level, not sure about VNE, and it doesn't seem to be doing a flat top-speed anyway...
BTW, saw the SE5, the Bristol fighter, Sopwith Triplane, Avro  504 AND a Fokker DR I on Duxford some years back. The DRI did a nice loop BTW...

Yeah was looking at the AoA that the Spitfire was having to fly at in order to keep up with it!  First world war aircraft are amazing to see flying - they just seem to float around instead of fly!

This reminds me of the challenge i heard of with the air traffic control at RAF Coningsby, they sometimes have to balance having Typhoons, Tornados, Harriers, Spitfires, Hurricanes and a Lancaster in the circuit for landing!
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Re: RAF pr0n
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2009, 10:58:45 AM »
Now to find film of a SPAD flying formation with a Dewotine and an Albatros with a 109.  :D
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