Author Topic: Name This Plane (97) (Read 917 times)

brady · « **on:** February 22, 2001, 01:38:00 PM »

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Brady

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M.C.202 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2001, 02:06:00 PM »

Ahem...

a DIVE BOMBER/Attack bird

Henschel Hs 132
one BMW 003E-2 or Jumo 004B
1 hour 20min endurance.
485 mph clean, 435 with bomb.
two 151 cannon
<edit> and the pilot was in a prone position,
for those easy "6" checks, although with the
engine there, it might not matter :-)
Six were being built, never flown by the Germans, the Russians may have after the war.

I'll take a F7F instead.

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Duckwing6 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2001, 05:20:00 AM »

For better rearward visibility they made a little swing down htach through witch the Pilot could stick his head out and look back

Frosty1 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2001, 01:50:00 PM »

Hmm, how could anyone fly in prone? Wouldn't you get a neck ache after a while?

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Fishu · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2001, 02:48:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Frosty1:
Hmm, how could anyone fly in prone? Wouldn't you get a neck ache after a while?

Fanatics obviously dont have a neck..
I think these were also flown by nazis, not regular luftwaffe....

Soulyss · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2001, 04:52:00 PM »

The U.S. tested the theory of flying prone after the war. Bud Anderson was the pilot for some of the tests. He basically found the experience rather uncomfortable. When they found it impossible to for the pilot to keep his head up during any turns because of the G forces they tried a counter weight system hooked up to the poor guys helmet.

brady · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2001, 05:51:00 PM »

Henschel Hs 132 ,it is

Brady

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