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Sorrow[S=A]

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« Reply #60 on: June 09, 2000, 07:43:00 PM »
Give up Verm, it's like an ingrained reflex. They can't help themselves.

BTW I think La-7 is next one we will get

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« Reply #61 on: June 09, 2000, 09:11:00 PM »
F4U my only expirence with it was from what one of the pilots that flew both it and the F4U-5D said at an airshow back during the '97 AW Con...maybe it had lacked some of the parts because they were so rare? I think his exact words were "Torque is a squeak!"  

Verm I'd have to dig on the engines but at the very end of the war there were quite a few around...I think the first plane to ever use it was the H-4. I think the B-36 was the last. The F2G was an incredible plane to say the least  

Btw that pink Corsair was a modified racer that was just recently restored to it's (um 1946 or 1947) racing configuration. There's a blue one like that still races  

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« Reply #62 on: June 09, 2000, 11:57:00 PM »
Ignoring verm's plea's to stay "on topic"...here we go

1) the current plane set is not complete without the dora...I remember reading about Robert Johnsons encounter with a dora very early on in his career...so it was around for most of the air war over europe.

2) The P-47 (some flavor) has to be modeled due to its high numbers in use.

3) The F6F has to be introduced along with the Ki-84...further pac fighters...early and late war would be nice but could wait a bit.

Now as for my wish list plane....how bout a P-61 black widow....don't think it's ever been modeled before in WW2 sim

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« Reply #63 on: June 10, 2000, 12:43:00 AM »
P-51B

Spit 1

109E

Early Zeke

B-17F

This would be a step towards the Early War planes we're lacking.  Plus you can never have too many P-51's  

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« Reply #64 on: June 10, 2000, 02:42:00 AM »
Well there's one more P-51 variant I can think of that I doubt has ever been modeled...an AT-36  

Though with only 2 fifty's I doubt it'd be very popular vs the B model

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« Reply #65 on: June 10, 2000, 09:27:00 AM »
 
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Plus you can never have too many P-51's

Ahhhh... a man after my own heart  

Dune I think your gonna do just fine here   (not like you didn't do very fine in WB's  hehehe)

But your thinking the wrong way my friend....

think

P-51H  

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« Reply #66 on: June 11, 2000, 09:02:00 AM »
seeing as pyro has said the ju88 is coming id like to see the ju88G-6 three seat night fighter
powerplant:2 junkers jumo 211j inline engines each 1,410hp at take off
armourment 4xmg151 20mm cannon uder fuselage some carried 2 further mg151 in an oblique installation firing upwards and forwards  
performance:max speed 389mph at 30,000   initial climbrate 1,655ft/min
first production:summer 1944
others id like to see
p-47d
polikarpov I-16 (just for a laugh   )
me 262 or 163
bomber towed Gliders with vehicles
jeeps   artillary   drool drool
....id better stop.

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« Reply #67 on: June 11, 2000, 10:41:00 AM »
Early: P-40B/E

Late: P-51K  

No stinkin' jets!

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« Reply #68 on: June 11, 2000, 10:56:00 AM »
I agree. The P-51K ABSOLUTELY MUST BE the next fighter variant!!!  

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« Reply #69 on: June 11, 2000, 12:31:00 PM »
Reggiane  Re 2005 Sagittario

  I Don't Care!!   heck it saw combat and with 36 0r 37 built they were prolly a good % of Italian fiter production.
  If going for exotic types I would like to see the R model.
 POWERPLANT  Re 2005R: One 1,475 hp Fiat RA.1050 RC 58 Tifone (license-built Daimler-Benz DB 605A-1) V-12 inline liquid-cooled piston. , plus one 370 hp Fiat A-20 auxiliary engine driving two Campini superchargers.


Re 2005 (actual; official Regia Aeronautica tests, 1942 - 1943)
 
Max speed: 6,560 ft/2,000 m: 421 mph/678 kph.
           13,120 ft/4,000 m: 351 mph/565 kph.
           22,800 ft/6,950 m: 421 mph/678 kph, or 390.5 mph/628.5 kph.
           22,965 ft/7,000 m: 421 mph/678 kph.
           Cruise speed: 320 mph/515 kph.
           Initial climb rate: - Time to
           6,560 ft/2,000 m: 1 min 55 sec.
           13,120 ft/4,000 m: 4 min 28 sec.
           19,685 ft/6,000 m: 5 min, or 7 min 25 sec.
           Service ceiling: 37,730 ft/11,500 m |5|.
           Range: 609 miles/980 km.
                                             
Armament:

           Two 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns with 350 rounds each in upper engine cowling.
           One 20 mm Mauser MG 151 cannon with 150 rounds firing through propellor hub.
           Two 20 mm Mauser MG 151 cannon with 200 rounds each in wings.
           Up to 2,200 lb / 1,000 kg bomb or fuel tank under fuselage.
           Two wing hardpoints for 353 lb / 160 kg of bombs or fuel tanks.

pic at http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/8780/aircraft/re2005/index.html

 


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« Reply #70 on: June 11, 2000, 12:56:00 PM »
NUFF SAID!
   
   



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« Reply #71 on: June 11, 2000, 01:06:00 PM »
Hehe Juzz, I also agree on the P-51K.  So let it be written, so let it be done.  <waves magic wand>  Poof!  



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« Reply #72 on: June 11, 2000, 04:23:00 PM »
 
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Originally posted by Hangtime:
ooooohhhhhhyesssssssssssssssssssssssss......

......the P51H...  

.. uprated Merlin V-1659-9; 2218hp boosted
.. 463 mph @ 15K
.. 1750lbs lighter than D model
.. 0-5k feet in 1.5 min
.. Improved vis over the D
.. disc brakes    
.. simplifed and far more rugged cooling system
.. broad cord low drag wing (no kink)
.. dramaticly increased fin height; new tailplane, yaw fixed forever
.. longer fuselage; raised cockpit
.. 6 or 4 .50's, improved ammo feeds, 8 degree high deflection gunsight

A superb machine... lordy.. I can't wait.    

Hang



Wooooaaaah BABY  
I need one of these  

OH, and look above - Pyro says we getting the K  

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« Reply #73 on: June 11, 2000, 04:47:00 PM »
<sniffs the air>

Hmm the smell of grease, Spatula was just here.  I'm hot on the trail now.  You can run but you can't hide, I demand satisfaction!  



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« Reply #74 on: June 13, 2000, 12:02:00 AM »
Hey Pyro,

Glad to see you like the "K" over the "H", gotta give Axis some kind of chance......

Naw

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Now about that P-40......