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Offline Karnak

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Re: mosquito fans
« Reply #135 on: July 09, 2009, 05:21:28 PM »
Keep in mind the P-38L has more powerful engines and weighs less than the Mosquito VI.
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« Reply #136 on: July 09, 2009, 06:49:24 PM »
Quote from: Karnak on July 09, 2009, 01:51:31 PM
Nobody had any comments about my estimated speed chart?

I think the "non-WEP" curve should have a full-throttle height higher than that achieved with WEP, Karnak. The charts I've seen all seem to suggest that WEP boost not only increases speed, it lowers the altitude with which top speed is achieved, relative to lower boost settings.
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... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB

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Re: mosquito fans
« Reply #137 on: July 09, 2009, 07:08:06 PM »
Quote from: Karnak on July 09, 2009, 05:21:28 PM
Keep in mind the P-38L has more powerful engines and weighs less than the Mosquito VI.

Top that off with counter-rotating props!  :aok
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Re: mosquito fans
« Reply #138 on: July 09, 2009, 07:29:26 PM »
Quote from: Scherf on July 09, 2009, 06:49:24 PM
I think the "non-WEP" curve should have a full-throttle height higher than that achieved with WEP, Karnak. The charts I've seen all seem to suggest that WEP boost not only increases speed, it lowers the altitude with which top speed is achieved, relative to lower boost settings.
It didn't have a non-WEP chart.  That was a dampered Mosquito and an Mosquito with ejector stacks, both at WEP.
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Offline Scherf

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Re: mosquito fans
« Reply #139 on: July 09, 2009, 08:12:58 PM »
Ah, got ya.
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« Reply #140 on: July 09, 2009, 08:15:22 PM »
Is the original curve from a Mossie with drop tanks on or off, sorry, can't make that out from the scale.
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« Reply #141 on: July 09, 2009, 08:20:31 PM »
It is the AH2 Mosquito curve.  I seem to recall that was with tanks on according to your data.
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Re: mosquito fans
« Reply #142 on: July 21, 2009, 02:41:23 AM »
Heya:

Let me have a look, work up a curve of me own with reasons etc.

In the meantime, here's HP904, an FB.VI of 333 Squadron, a Norwegian unit which did armed recces up and down their native coastline to identify shipping targets for the other Coastal Command squadrons, which 333 then led to the attack point.

Note the *cough cough cough* stub exhausts for the *cough, cough cough hackgaspcough ..... well, you know.



and here's what the aircraft was up to around the time this pic was taken (note the presence of bad guys):



My little daughter insists I include:  :noid,  :x and  :furious
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Offline mechanic

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« Reply #143 on: July 21, 2009, 07:49:02 AM »
Golightly is such a great name for a mossie pilot. Hawthorne is pretty good too. Lucky devils
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« Reply #144 on: July 21, 2009, 08:31:25 AM »
Heheheh: Noticed that myself.

Came across a crew the other day:

Pilot name = Wood
Nav name = Leafe


I kid you not!

Not at all bad for a "Timber Terror" crew!
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Re: mosquito fans
« Reply #145 on: July 21, 2009, 09:36:39 AM »
In the book Aces High, there is one listed with the name of....Blackadder.   :rock

Anyway, 190's sighted, and shaken, not stirred:D

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Re: mosquito fans
« Reply #146 on: July 21, 2009, 01:44:22 PM »
Quote from: mechanic on June 23, 2009, 12:54:04 PM
No, I agree with that. Speaking personally only, I find the her to be in the top 5% best fighters in the game already! Those few extra mph would be great, no doubt. I still think the current mosquito is one of the most underrated planes we have.



 Batty,I thought that was "our little secret".... next thing I know you'll be spreading around stuff about MoP....
 
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« Reply #147 on: July 21, 2009, 02:18:01 PM »
i'm sorry morf! i dont know what i was thinking  :uhoh
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« Reply #148 on: July 22, 2009, 08:01:08 AM »
Does anyone have information about the exploits of mosquitoes in Fleet air arm? TF33 and TF37 were VI variants with folding wings for carrier operations and ability to carry torpedoes, but I never heard of their combat record - neither as fighters nor as torpedo bombers.
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« Reply #149 on: July 22, 2009, 05:37:53 PM »
I'm pretty sure they didn't see action, bozon.
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