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Offline Enker

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Re: Idea for new plane
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2009, 08:31:57 PM »
erm.....its ugly !
So are the N1K2-J and P-51, yet that doesn't deter pilots from flying them.

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Re: Idea for new plane
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2009, 09:31:42 PM »
So are the N1K2-J and P-51, yet that doesn't deter pilots from flying them.

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Yes, the ONLY pretty a/c out there is the P-38.


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Re: Idea for new plane
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2009, 09:35:06 PM »
SAPPER   :D

Yes, the ONLY pretty a/c out there is the P-38.

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Re: Idea for new plane
« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2009, 10:22:01 PM »
If I recall correctly, only the P-61A and B could be added to AH...

Work on the P-61C proceeded quite slowly at Northrop because of the higher priority of the XB-35 flying wing project. In fact, much of the work on the P-61C was farmed out to Goodyear, which had been a subcontractor for production of Black Widow components. It was not until early 1945 that the first production P-61C-1-NO rolled off the production lines. As promised, the performance was substantially improved in spite of a two-thousand pound increase in empty weight. Maximum speed was 430 mph at 30,000 feet, service ceiling was 41,000 feet, and an altitude of 30,000 feet could be attained in 14.6 minutes.

The P-61C was equipped with perforated fighter airbrakes located both below and above the wing surfaces. These were to provide a means of preventing the pilot from overshooting his target during an intercept. For added fuel capacity, the P-61C was equipped with four underwing pylons (two inboard of the nacelles, two outboard) which could carry four 310-gallon drop tanks.

The first P-61C aircraft was accepted by the USAAF in July of 1945. However, the war in the Pacific ended before any P-61Cs could see combat. The forty-first and last P-61C-1-NO was accepted on January 28, 1946. At least thirteen more were completed by Northrop but were scrapped before they could be delivered to the USAAF. Northrop records show an additional 400 P-61Cs with 1945 serial numbers to have been on order, with blocks 5 and 10 being at least in the planning stages.


P-61A-1 - Initial Production Model; 45 produced; fitted with R-2800-10 engines of 2,000hp; final 7 in series produced sans turret.

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P-61A-5 - Fitted with R-2800-65 engines of 2,250hp; 35 produced; sans turret.

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P-61A-10 - 100 produced; water-injection implemented for improved engine output.

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P-61A-11 - 20 produced; two underwing hardpoints introduced for bomb-carrying capability.

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P-61B-1 - 62 produced; nose lengthened by 8 inches; SCR-695 tail warning radar introduced.

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P-61B-2 - 38 produced; two underwing hardpoints introduced for B-series as in P-61A-11 model.

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P-61B-10 - Underwing hardpoints increased from two to four; 46 units produced.

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P-61B-11 - Turret Implemented but with only two 12.7mm machine guns; 5 production models built.

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P-61B-15 - Turret expanded to 4 x 12.7mm machine guns; 153 produced.

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P-61B-16 - Turret reduced to 2 x 12.7mm machine guns; 6 produced.

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P-61B-20 - New General Electric turret implemented now with the 4 x 12.7mm machine gun array; 84 produced.

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P-61B-25 - APG-1 gun-laying radar introduced for computerized automatic firing of turret; 6 produced.

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P-61C - Fitted with R-2800-73 turbocharged engines of 2,800hp each; improved performance; 41 produced; a further 476 cancelled due to war's end.

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Re: Idea for new plane
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2009, 04:36:06 PM »
Yes, the ONLY pretty a/c out there is the P-38.
Peh, the P-38 is uglier than Rosie O'Donnell. The only truly beautiful aircraft are the F4U, the P40, the Ki-61, and the Buffalo.
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Re: Idea for new plane
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2009, 07:53:02 PM »
Are you saying you fly only the pretty planes or that only the planes you fly are pretty. I personaly find that the P47 looks quite beautiful; it looks powerful, it looks rugged, and lets be honest...it looks just plain sexy when I'm flying it. I would agree with you that most other fighters are pretty ugly, especially the P39, but the things cannon kinda makes up for it. The P51 looks sleek, powerfull, sexy (again when I'm flying it), and lets face it...it is the high alt nonperked greyhound of the sky. The ONLY other fighter I would call good looking is the F4U (almost all of them) :D.
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Re: Idea for new plane
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2009, 09:09:47 PM »

 Especially not until some form of night fighting is truly possible.
I don't think we had to have night for any night fighter to be added in the main arenas. After all we have a clipboard with a map & radar dots & DAR bar that any WWII era pilot would have ruled supreme if it was available.

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Re: Idea for new plane
« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2009, 09:01:56 AM »
I agree 100% with Lyric.
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Re: Idea for new plane
« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2009, 09:04:45 AM »
I don't think we had to have night for any night fighter to be added in the main arenas. After all we have a clipboard with a map & radar dots & DAR bar that any WWII era pilot would have ruled supreme if it was available.

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Re: Idea for new plane
« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2009, 10:31:31 AM »
Its a cool plane, deserves a place in the game, sure...
If we had, Hmmmm say, 2hrs of real night for every 24hr cycle,
then I'd really like it!!!    It could rotate 1 hour every 24 as well

But in daylight, its a 360mph B25, that doesn't shed parts..
Well maybe a little better than that, but you get the idea...
Hmmmmm, sounds like a victim to me!!!

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