Author Topic: Name This .... (167) (Read 284 times)

K West · « **on:** January 10, 2002, 10:48:00 AM »

One more and this tiem try for it all.

What is it?

Where (narrow down to at least more than the country)?

and (approximately) when?

Widewing · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2002, 10:56:00 AM »

DO 335 (two of them, looking superimposed on an existing photo).

Ludendorf Bridge, Remagen Germany, February 1945.

My regards,

Widewing

K West · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2002, 11:04:00 AM »

summonabidge!

Well. That lasted all of several minutes. It looked so real that I figured it would have sparked some imaginations and raised a few eyebrows here and there

While my P-80 pic from my last Name This was so real looking that I figured I could get away with it for a few days maybe.

Damnit. I have got to remember to use the "Widewing Wave-off" request next time again

Westy

Vermillion · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2002, 11:38:00 AM »

Nah Westy, I knew the answer within 3 seconds of looking at it myself

I'm just slow at checking the board lately.

The DO335 is unmistakeable, and there are alot of pictures of Remagen out there. Plus the "edit" is too blurred/light gray to go with the rest of the picture.

Nice try though

Raubvogel · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2002, 11:46:00 AM »

I doubt you'd find a Pfeil flying around at 100ft AGL

It's a very interesting plane. Doesn't really have any place in a WW2 sim though. There is a model of it you can import for CFS2 that is pretty cool.

K West · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2002, 12:27:00 PM »

to all of ya.

BTW, I found the pic but I can't claim to have made it.

I'm finding it strange that the DO-335 did not see combat. There are many theories and "wag's" that it did during part of the trial/testing phases but nothing conrete at all. No reports whatsoever by Allied or Axis pilots. All ideas that it saw combat are pure speculation. I just can't figure why the LW could have that plane at it's disposal for almost a year and not have used it. It had TA-152 production numbers and even TA 152's as well as HE-162's saw some[i/] combat.

On odd duck that DO-335 was.

Westy

bolillo_loco · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2002, 12:22:31 PM »

I heard that the Do-335 suffered from propeller interface problems. I understand what this means, but what did it do in terms of flight performance? how did it affect this a/c? thanks.