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Offline gyrene81

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Re: A Twin-boom pusher. The SAAB J21.
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2011, 02:34:48 PM »
Quote from: tmetal on March 22, 2011, 01:03:34 PM
where there any pusher type combat aircraft during WW2 that would meet HTC's requirements?
doubt it...  :headscratch:


amazing thing about the op plane...used the same engine as the 109 but in spite of it's obvious heavier weight, it was faster than the 109-G6?   :headscratch:
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Re: A Twin-boom pusher. The SAAB J21.
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2011, 02:58:11 PM »
There was a SAAB Drakken for sale on ebay a couple months ago caption was "Cruise at mach 2 in style"
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Re: A Twin-boom pusher. The SAAB J21.
« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2011, 03:09:19 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on March 22, 2011, 02:34:48 PM
doubt it...  :headscratch:


amazing thing about the op plane...used the same engine as the 109 but in spite of it's obvious heavier weight, it was faster than the 109-G6?   :headscratch:

     Maybe after they converted it to the jet engines  :D  Built a model of this one back in 83 or so, that top speed appears
to be quite a bit higher than I remember.  The model also claimed that they had the first ejection egress system.
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Re: A Twin-boom pusher. The SAAB J21.
« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2011, 03:14:12 PM »
Quote from: tmetal on March 22, 2011, 01:03:34 PM
where there any pusher type combat aircraft during WW2 that would meet HTC's requirements?

     Nope.  The only pushers I can remember were the Curtiss Ascender which had cooling trouble and the Japanese
Shinden at the end of the war.  Bell made a twin pusher, but I don't think it was accepted for service.  Only 13 were
made and it only flew from 1937-40.

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Re: A Twin-boom pusher. The SAAB J21.
« Reply #19 on: March 22, 2011, 03:16:54 PM »
Quote from: VonMessa on March 22, 2011, 08:29:21 AM

Remarkable, I searched peashooter.  Guess what the query results were...

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Got a laugh out of that sixth tab.  :D
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Re: A Twin-boom pusher. The SAAB J21.
« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2011, 04:01:43 PM »
im not pushing any saab :neener:
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Re: A Twin-boom pusher. The SAAB J21.
« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2011, 01:49:52 AM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on March 22, 2011, 02:34:48 PM
doubt it...  :headscratch:


amazing thing about the op plane...used the same engine as the 109 but in spite of it's obvious heavier weight, it was faster than the 109-G6?   :headscratch:

Less drag? High grade fuel (The swedes had the better fuel available, Germans didnt)? Just a theory..
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