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Offline gatt

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« on: December 13, 2000, 03:24:00 PM »
Service entry: January, 1944 with 610 Sqd. RAF.
Production: 527 F.XIV/E and 430 FR.XIVE (total 957)
Max speed: 448mph at 26,000ft; 417mph at 12,000ft; 375mph at sea level.
Climb performance. Time to 20,000ft: 5'06"; max climb rate: 4,700ft/min.

Source: "Spitfire" by S.Wilson (Sovereign Series).
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Offline Zigrat

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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2000, 04:08:00 PM »
it truly is an excellent airplane

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Offline gatt

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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2000, 05:10:00 PM »
I think we'll see a rather different MkXIV than the one in WB. I think that RAF really deserves it. Do we have a 1944 plane set?
Well, give us Doras and XIV's then. Spitfires catching Runstangs, will be nice ...  

 
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Offline RAM

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« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2000, 05:30:00 PM »
Gatt, please be explicit...

FW190D9- WITH MW50!

now yes  
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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2000, 06:04:00 PM »
That's correct RAM.

You can drool over your long nosed 190 and I'll drool over my long nosed Spit and then we'll chase down Runstangs and blow them into itty, bitty, bitty bits.  

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Offline eddiek

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« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2000, 06:16:00 PM »
.........until you get target fixation and some Jug pilot takes his P47-M and runs YOU down and then hammers you with eight 50-cal's..
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Offline Spatula

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« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2000, 06:21:00 PM »
 
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Originally posted by eddiek:
.........until you get target fixation and some Jug pilot takes his P47-M and runs YOU down and then hammers you with eight 50-cal's..  

Now ya talkin   or when i get my (edit)P51-H(edit) all y'all betta watch yor asses!

I meant the H model. 487MPH  

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Offline -ammo-

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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2000, 06:43:00 PM »
There ya go eddiek, you are talking about what i want

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Offline juzz

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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2000, 07:58:00 PM »
Yeah that Aeroproducts propellor made the P-51K a real monster...
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Offline M.C.202

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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2000, 08:44:00 PM »
lets go the other way, what one first:
C.R.42, Gladiator, or I-153 :-)



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Offline bloom25

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« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2000, 10:14:00 PM »
LOL Juzz, I think the voters intent was to pick "H" not K.  



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Offline gatt

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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2000, 01:10:00 AM »
Nhaaa, we should get the 190D-9 (yes RAM, with MW-50   ), the XIV and the La7 way before uber Ponies and Jugs. And the formers should *not* be perked  


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Offline marcof

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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2000, 02:37:00 AM »
I Think that if the Spit Mk14, is modeled right in A/H then we will see quite a lot of the W/B RAF types moving over here!.
Now that would be nice....

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Offline gatt

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« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2000, 03:11:00 AM »
 http://www.fourthfightergroup.com/eagles/spit14pt.html

Boscombe Down's tests show different (and probably right) speed at 12K: 388mph. Probably a typo on the Wilson's book. In any case impressive figures. The kite with the bubble canopy is beatiful but someway less .... Spitfire-ish  
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Offline Citabria

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« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2000, 05:50:00 AM »
it's gonna be sweet knocking down these superdweebs with a p38
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