Sea Hornet

[moot]

What was it like? What would it be like in AH?   Yes this is a shameless request for a short and sweet writeup from a Mossie nut. 

[Karnak]

If it had made it in time for WWII, it would be perked in AH.

Think 5,000fpm climb, 470mph top speed, four nose centerline mounted 20mm Hispanos with 200-300 rounds per gun and the ability to carry two 1000lb bombs off of a CV.

[Guppy35]

Here's the place to go.  He's slowly but surely pulling in all the pieces of Hornet, Sea Hornet out there to try and rebuild or replicate one some day.

Talk about a beautiful airplane.

http://www.dhhornet50.net/

Check out the cockpit rebuild and imagine strapping that thing on.

[moot]

Dang, I coulda checked its service date at least   Saw a CV variant and thought it'd be good variety and an excuse for another Mossie.

The cockpit looks pretty snug.  A bit like the Bugatti P100's.

Thanks..

[Tupac]

What about the Mossie mk XXX? How would it fare in the AH environment?

[Karnak]

What about the Mossie mk XXX? How would it fare in the AH environment?

At low altitude it would not be as good as the Mosquito FB.Mk VI we have, though it would have more 20mm ammo IIRC.  At higher altitude it would be very much more potent, having a top speed of ~425-430mph at 27,000ft.

[havillandhornet]

What was it like? What would it be like in AH?   

Tis a beautiful aeroplane, could have been interesting using the highball bouncing bombs at the end of the war if the installation had gone ahead (cancelled after the end of the war

Many pointers to good magazine articles about the hornet here: http://www.theaviationindex.com/aircraft-types/de-havilland-dh103-hornet

[MiloMorai]

At low altitude it would not be as good as the Mosquito FB.Mk VI we have, though it would have more 20mm ammo IIRC.  At higher altitude it would be very much more potent, having a top speed of ~425-430mph at 27,000ft.

Wasn't the Mk 30 a night fighter?

http://www.youtube.com/v/tR0CS_0fpYE&rel=0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3

[Widewing]

Some really superlative aircraft just barely missed seeing combat in WWII. The Tempest MK.II, P-51H, F8F-1 and F7F among the Allied types.

For example, a handful of F7F-2N night fighters were working up on Okinawa in August of 1945. On August 12, one Marine F7F-2N and an Army P-61 were vectored to a boogie detected on radar. The Tigercat arrived in the area first, but the boogie had reversed course and disappeared from the radar. It was not detected again. That was as close to combat as the F7F got to during the war.

P-51H fighters were flying routine patrols out of Iwo Jima, basically to familiarize pilots with the new fighter. There were no encounters with Japanese aircraft before the surrender.

F8F-1 Bearcats were aboard a carrier that arrived off the coast of Japan only days after Japan quit...

So close, yet no combat for all of the above.

[Hap]

Here's the place to go.  He's slowly but surely pulling in all the pieces of Hornet, Sea Hornet out there to try and rebuild or replicate one some day.

Talk about a beautiful airplane.

http://www.dhhornet50.net/

Check out the cockpit rebuild and imagine strapping that thing on.

 

[Karnak]

Wasn't the Mk 30 a night fighter?

http://www.youtube.com/v/tR0CS_0fpYE&rel=0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3

It was, but it saw action during daytime as well.

[Reaper90]

It's a good thing we don't have this thing in-game actually, I'd pretty much miss out on ever flying anything else again. You wouldn't be able to get me out of it....

Well, maybe for the Tempest....

But that's it!