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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #45 on: June 22, 2009, 03:43:28 PM »
I questioned the foundation of that same B-38 about 2 years ago:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,202566.0.html

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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #46 on: June 22, 2009, 04:14:19 PM »
I thought the original mention of the P38 being  bomber was a shot at all us cartoon B-38 pilots :)



I think it's like the F-117; designate a bomber as a fighter, and you'll get fighter pilots to drop bombs. It's still a bomber, but no one has the heart to tell them.  ;)
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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #47 on: June 22, 2009, 06:15:00 PM »
I think it's like the F-117; designate a bomber as a fighter, and you'll get fighter pilots to drop bombs. It's still a bomber, but no one has the heart to tell them.  ;)


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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #48 on: June 22, 2009, 06:22:24 PM »
I love this thread!   :aok
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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #49 on: June 22, 2009, 06:31:52 PM »
This is kinda off topic, but why do the British fighters have weird looking sticks? The one with the loop on the end of it.
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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #50 on: June 22, 2009, 08:00:46 PM »
Um, that's the topic of this thread, actually.



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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #51 on: June 22, 2009, 11:47:57 PM »
This is kinda off topic, but why do the British fighters have weird looking sticks? The one with the loop on the end of it.
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if i had tto guess, i would think it would allow the british pile-it to gain better leverage by having convenient placement of both hands in hard maneuvers.
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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #52 on: June 23, 2009, 12:47:42 AM »
The Brits (on their rainy island) are so used to sticks with roundish handles (umbrellas)  :D ;)


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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #53 on: June 23, 2009, 01:21:14 AM »
The Brits (on their rainy island) are so used to sticks with roundish handles (umbrellas)  :D ;)

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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #54 on: June 23, 2009, 10:05:26 AM »
:rofl :aok :rofl


if i had tto guess, i would think it would allow the british pile-it to gain better leverage by having convenient placement of both hands in hard maneuvers.
Yeah, it was something about how the ovaly top and joint at the middle made better usage of the muscles, allowing for better control on ailerons at high speeds.
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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #55 on: June 23, 2009, 06:39:45 PM »
I think it's like the F-117; designate a bomber as a fighter, and you'll get fighter pilots to drop bombs. It's still a bomber, but no one has the heart to tell them.  ;)

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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #56 on: June 23, 2009, 08:18:20 PM »
hence it's original title of A-36 apache. A=Attack.

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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #57 on: July 01, 2009, 08:15:14 PM »
Err since this is already way off topic:

I always thought the references to P38 bombers was all about the droop-snoot version?  This, I believe, saw some use over Europe, contained a bomb aimer and Norden bomb sight.  I have also read that there was an interface that allowed the lead bomb aimer to automatically drop the bombs for the rest of the squadron.

The P38 had a version that really was a level bomber.

Here's a quick Google grab:
http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/aca/kit_aca_2158.shtml
I get really really tired of selective realism disguised as a desire to make bombers easier to kill.

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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #58 on: July 01, 2009, 08:27:30 PM »
Err since this is already way off topic:

I always thought the references to P38 bombers was all about the droop-snoot version?  This, I believe, saw some use over Europe, contained a bomb aimer and Norden bomb sight.  I have also read that there was an interface that allowed the lead bomb aimer to automatically drop the bombs for the rest of the squadron.

The P38 had a version that really was a level bomber.

Here's a quick Google grab:
http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/aca/kit_aca_2158.shtml

The running joke in here is that due to its large size it's more of a bomber than a fighter.  It was the same in AW as well because in that game we had hit bubbles that were determined by the length of the wings.  So naturally, with its large wingspan, the P-38 has the same size hit bubble as any of the bombers in AW.


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Re: Why would the Brits....?
« Reply #59 on: July 03, 2009, 06:50:17 AM »
Ah thanks for that.  Learned something again today! :aok
I get really really tired of selective realism disguised as a desire to make bombers easier to kill.

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