Gatt,
The C205 Veltro is a marvelous plane. She has good climb and speed as well as good armament (2-20mms, 2 MG's). She is a pure joy to fly. In fact she is basically all i fly for the Bish. When you see a Bish 205 in the sky chances are its me
. Yes i currently have 90% of all my kills in C205 and wouldnt change that for the world.
When i meet another 205 in the air i usually access situation after 1st pass. If he Split-s hes either rookie or gonna run. If he climbs to immelman i know im in for the long haul. Ive never yet been dropped by another C205 that i know of (though it WILL happen anyday im sure, thats the law of averages). But C205 drivers always get my upmost respect because i give them all the benefit of the doubt about flying it.
Some of my favorite kills are against Spit IX and La7 as well as FW190D9. They all think the 205 stinks and put their guard down. The 20mm's have good hit power and i never shoot before 250 unless im helping out a fellow countryman (trying to shake a bogie from the saddle, so to speak). Historically (and im sure here) they had good pilot armor for both Back/Head and Kidney. She had a wonderfully sparsed cockpit and the great DB605 engine (Licensed built in Italy). Above all this her throttle was PULLED to full not pushed like allied fighters. Its nice to be different. If you like the C202 and 205 the Squadron in Action book .... C202 Macchi in action. features both the 202 and 205.
I only wish there was a dedicated C205 /202 squad who didnt end up flying BF109's (yuck
).
Take Care,
Knock
BTW the handle is KNOCK not grumble if you see me online. Let me know if ya wanna wing it sometime
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