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Offline Citabria

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« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2000, 01:19:00 AM »
Um I hate to burst any bubbles here but if they model an f6f it will behave like a slow f4u1 corsair it's heavier w same engine.
it wont climb as well among other things.

in short if your thinking its gonna be like WB's hellcat when they do make one... fact is thats fiction  
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« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2000, 01:38:00 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: April 14, 2000, 12:07:00 PM »
5000 LW aces??...I'm certainly not close to being an expert on LW history but I'd have to question that. The germans suffered from tremendous attrition on all fronts after 1942. My understanding is that an overwelming percentage (on the order of 70%) of all new LW pilots on all fronts were killed without recording a kill. I do know that the number of experten certainly numbered in the 100's (20 kills??) but I believe scoring fell thru the floor after ther top 500 or so...

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« Reply #18 on: April 14, 2000, 01:39:00 PM »
Hellcats are neat, but it doesn't do anything the F4U can't already do.  There are a lot more significant holes in the plane set to fill.

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« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2006, 08:38:01 PM »
im pretty sure the F6F's are easier to fly, are more stable, and are a bit structurally tougher than the F4U. plus they turn tighter, have equal to better handling at every speed, especially low, and actually climb better than corsairs that had the same engine. they also have a much lower stall speed and (though not very significant, but somewhat of an advantage in emergencies, especially against japanese planes) the Hellcat carried 50 more bullets. also, which is considered the most important thing in war is that they were easier to maintain and build. even so, i do believe that the F4U is an overall better plane, but im stickin with the Hellcat.. unless some1 convinces me other wise  :)
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« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2006, 08:54:30 PM »
Holy dig up an old thread, batman!

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« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2006, 08:55:24 PM »
haha i know! i just needed to say that!! :lol
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« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2006, 09:56:16 PM »
since wer're on the subject, Eric Hartmann scored 352 comfirmed ariel victories in his ME-109. Those russians sure had a crappy air force, lol.

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« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2006, 11:00:42 PM »


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« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2006, 10:34:40 AM »
What list?

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« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2006, 02:00:11 PM »
Do I need an EGA monitor to view the list?

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you mean cannon armed Hellcats?
« Reply #26 on: March 24, 2006, 06:07:08 PM »
Those were pretty darn rare, mostly on the night fighters.

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« Reply #27 on: March 24, 2006, 06:17:38 PM »
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since wer're on the subject, Eric Hartmann scored 352 comfirmed ariel victories in his ME-109. Those russians sure had a crappy air force, lol.


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« Reply #28 on: March 24, 2006, 06:58:39 PM »
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« Reply #29 on: March 25, 2006, 07:05:52 AM »
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