Speaking of torpedo bombers - Il-4?

[leonid]

Yes, folks, the Il-4.  A medium bomber of the Soviet Union.  Not only could it carry about 5,500lbs. of bombs, but it was a torpedo bomber as well.  The range of the Il-4 was over 2,000 miles.  Oh well, just another Soviet plane to put on that dusty piece of paper called the wish list.  But someday, if all goes well, I'm going to see it all on that clipboard: Yak-1/7/9/3, La-5/7, I-16, MiG-3, LaGG-3, Il-2, Pe-2, Tu-2, and Il-4.  Someday ...

Hey, I'm patient  


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leonid, Kompol
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[Hristo]

First things first.

All US planes have to be modeled, only then we can move on  .

[funked]

LOL Hristo
 

BTW I wanna see the "Twos" first.
Il-2, Pe-2, Tu-2.

I'm sure the Luftwaffe liked to see those planes, but to the Wehrmacht they meant very bad news.

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[Nuku]

 

Originally posted by Hristo:
First things first.

All US planes have to be modeled, only then we can move on   .

How easy is it to obtain reliable flight performance data on WWII Russian airframes?  In the past, the excuse for the lack of Russian aircraft was the information simply was not available to Westerners in English.  Is that still true today (was it ever true?)

[leonid]

 

Originally posted by Nuku:
How easy is it to obtain reliable flight performance data on WWII Russian airframes?  In the past, the excuse for the lack of Russian aircraft was the information simply was not available to Westerners in English.  Is that still true today (was it ever true?)

It was very true up until the fall of the Soviet Union.  The only real data available at that time was from Luftwaffe tests of captured VVS aircraft, which is always a mixed bag.  Nowadays, it's not the simplest thing in the world, but VVS flight data is out there for the taking.  I even heard some Russians are collecting as much VVS-NII data as they can find with the intention of publishing it to the West.

[This message has been edited by leonid (edited 09-21-2000).]