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Offline brady

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« on: December 14, 2000, 05:32:00 PM »
??
   

         Brady

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« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2000, 05:58:00 PM »
Deathtrap B. Mk. XIX?

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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2000, 08:37:00 PM »
Leo 451, French buff.

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« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2000, 01:41:00 AM »
  ra, U got it  
      and from what i have read a good one to boot  

         Brady

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« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2000, 10:03:00 PM »
Liore et Olivier (my first name  )
Dat jugs bro.

Terror flieger since 1941.
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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2000, 03:11:00 PM »
A plane filled with ideas. Mostly bad ones, unfortunetely.

20mm rear gun for increased defensive capability: too heavy to aim, too few ammo in clips, impossible to reload in flight.

Small rudders, positioned low for maximum firing range: total instability in yaw, combined with fragile landing gear... oops!

Ultra-aerodynamic Mercier engine cowlings: engine maintenance made impossible. Too bad they needed a lot.

Typically over-engineered plane.