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Offline Eric19

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P-36 anyone
« on: August 15, 2012, 03:24:22 PM »
It was the plane that the p40 replaced and I think it would a good change of pace to have something older in the game but could still dish out some serious punshiment in the MA heres the specs for the P36A

Length: 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
 Wingspan: 37 ft 4 in (11.4 m)
 Height: 8 ft 5 in (2.6 m)
 Wing area: 235.94 ft² (21.92 m²)
 Empty weight: 4,567 lb[19] (2,076 kg)
 Loaded weight: 5,650 lb (2,560 kg)
 Max. takeoff weight: 6,010 lb[19] (2,732 kg)
 Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-17 Twin Wasp air-cooled radial piston engine, 1,050 hp (783 kW)
 
Performance
 Maximum speed: 313 mph (272 knots, 500 km/h) at 8,500 ft, 2,960 m
 Cruise speed: 270 mph (235 knots, 432 km/h)
 Range: 625 mi (543 nmi, 1,006 km) at 270 mph (419 km/h), 860 mi (748 nmi, 1,385 km) at 200 mph
 Service ceiling: 32,700 ft (9,967 m)
 Rate of climb: 3,400 ft/min (17 m/s)

Armament
1 30cal browning M1919
1 50cal browning M2
later production variants had 2 50s firing through the prop and 2-4 browning 30cals mounted in the wings
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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2012, 03:35:06 PM »
armament: 1 30 cal and 1 50 cal?...

uhm I think WWI planes would laugh at it  :rofl
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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2012, 03:37:42 PM »
armament: 1 30 cal and 1 50 cal?...

uhm I think WWI planes would laugh at it  :rofl
I'm afriad you forgot the the sentence underneath that one smart one
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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2012, 03:39:55 PM »
I'm afriad you forgot the the sentence underneath that one smart one

Sorry once I read 1 50 cal and 1 30 cal I gave up, if it at least has the P40C armament of 2 50's and 4 30's then sure  :aok
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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2012, 03:41:25 PM »
yeah I like chalenges but 1 30 and 50cal to work with might be a bit of a strech lol
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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2012, 06:00:26 PM »
Why not? Ki-43 did plenty damage with 1 7mm and 1 12.7mm gun, almost throughout the entire war that was the loadout it had.

The P-36 wasn't used much, but one of the export versions of the hawk would be nice -- French and Dutch used them off the top of my head. They were around on the continent and also in the CBI areas of the world.

So, close enough to a P-36 to basically be the same, but small variations in horsepower and/or gun calibers, just under a different name (like, "Hawk 75" and such)

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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2012, 06:03:49 PM »
Because in real life, one bullet was all it took to hit a fuel line or some important gizmo in the plane and down it goes. In here, you have to keep hitting whatever it is until it reaches 0 HP then it falls off. 1x 30 Cal and 1x .50 is not going to do anything except against AFK planes. And the fact that even a P40 can run away from it is...well..derp...100% useless plane.

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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2012, 06:16:33 PM »
armament: 1 30 cal and 1 50 cal?...

uhm I think WWI planes would laugh at it  :rofl

Maybe if you would crack open a book and read about the plane you'd realize how daft you sounded in your post.

In French service, the H75 was credited with 330 kills and 80 probables with the loss of only 29 H75s in aerial combat.  It also saw success with the Finns, credited with 190 1/3 kills with the loss of only 15 H75s

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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2012, 06:28:42 PM »
That darn search function works wonders.  Considering the number of air forces that used the P36/Hawk75 I think it would be a nice addition
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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2012, 06:58:33 PM »
I honestly think it would be good for base defense since it did only 313mph at 8500ft its quiet a bit lighter than the P40C that we have I think the 40C weights in at like 7600lbs where compared to the p36 it only weights 5500lbs
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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2012, 07:02:51 PM »
My type of plane  :aok


This and the Ki-43 and we could have some special events fun in the CBI  :rock

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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2012, 07:38:21 PM »
armament: 1 30 cal and 1 50 cal?...

uhm I think WWI planes would laugh at it  :rofl
ya 1 50 cal is enough to take a wing off any ww1 plane and anyways like they have said itsa chalange try using a d3a to kill planes or a 202 with just the 50 cals makes fer a heck of a fight
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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2012, 08:28:12 PM »
ya 1 50 cal is enough to take a wing off any ww1 plane and anyways like they have said itsa chalange try using a d3a to kill planes or a 202 with just the 50 cals makes fer a heck of a fight

99% of people just run away.  :headscratch:

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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2012, 10:48:44 PM »
My type of plane  :aok


This and the Ki-43 and we could have some special events fun in the CBI  :rock

Agreed. Amazed me to learn the RAF still had Hawks alongside Hurris as front line fighters into 1943 in the CBI.
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Re: P-36 anyone
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2012, 04:58:42 AM »
later production variants had 2 50s firing through the prop and 2-4 browning 30cals mounted in the wings

French Hawk75s didn.t have .50s and USAAF P-36s saw only brief combat during attack on Pearl Harbour. Finns did retrofit .50 cal war booty Berezins, Colts and domestic Lkk42s to Hawk75s though.
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