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Offline Wildcat1

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Russian Pe-8
« on: April 20, 2010, 10:04:31 PM »
this was Russia's only 4-engined bomber (besides their copy of the B-29) in the war. it was designed for high-altitude, long-range sorties to Berlin. numerous engine problems plagued this bomber though, it was very under powered and very unreliable, but improvements were seen after fitting the M-82 engines in. saw service in numerous raids deep in German occupied territory from 1940-the end of the war. this would be good in the "nice to have" category IMO.

specs:
max speed@ 20,000 ft: 275 mph
service ceiling: 9500 meters
powerplant: 4x M-82 inline engines at 1700 hp each (post-1942 version)
max bomb load: 4000 kg.
defensive armament: 2x 7.62mm MG's in the nose, 2x 12.7mm MG's under the wings (kind of an interesting placement), 1x 20mm cannon in dorsal turret and 1x 20mm turret in tail (yes, the crappy Russian ShVAK cannons)



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Offline Killer91

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2010, 01:26:44 AM »
+1  I'd like to see a new bomber in the game  :aok
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Offline RaptorL

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2010, 06:55:22 AM »
+ :aok
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Offline thndregg

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2010, 08:24:35 AM »
Crappy or not, I'd fly it. :)
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Offline Masherbrum

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2010, 08:28:49 AM »
Pe-8 and the G4M need to be in here.
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Offline TOMCAT21

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2010, 08:34:52 AM »
+1  :aok
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Offline waystin2

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2010, 09:43:54 AM »
A big +1. :aok
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Offline 1COOLER

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2010, 11:51:38 AM »
A new bomber would be great!   :aok  :aok
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Offline Wildcat1

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2010, 12:29:22 PM »
Quote from: thndregg on April 21, 2010, 08:24:35 AM
Crappy or not, I'd fly it. :)

says the guy who sends in 30+ B5N's on one mission  :rofl

but i agree, i love flying the lower-end planes  :)
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Offline Yossarian

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2010, 01:40:08 PM »
+1, this plane looks pretty sweet, and its bombload would make a nice companion to the Lancaster.
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Offline Vadjan-Sama

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2010, 01:56:20 PM »
Isn't in my priority list but should be nice to have another heavy bomber that isn't from EU/England, and looks cool.  :cheers:

+2  :salute
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Offline ACE

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2010, 01:58:58 PM »
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Offline Pannono

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2010, 02:54:06 PM »
+1
I posted this a while back and it got a lot of positive reviews
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,240368.0.html
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Offline kingcobradude

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2010, 03:20:09 PM »
+1 I want that bomber. another plane for me to blast bases in
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Offline Krusty

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Re: Russian Pe-8
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2010, 01:00:09 PM »
Has almost no place in the war. Was a VIP transport, that's its claim to fame.
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