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Offline Dr Zhivago

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« on: April 24, 2002, 10:20:20 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2002, 11:17:47 AM »
Little dark. Pe-8?

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« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2002, 11:59:49 AM »
Looks like a Piaggio P-108 or what ever that was.

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« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2002, 12:03:13 PM »
« Last Edit: April 24, 2002, 12:08:30 PM by Staga »

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« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2002, 12:22:03 PM »
Yes its P108 only Italian four engine heavy bomber but unfortunately whole plane was failure. :o

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« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2002, 12:53:03 PM »
What makes you think so?
It had quite good payload, pretty nice defensive armament etc.

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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2002, 02:01:21 PM »
Looks like Piaggio P.XII RC35 engines were having malfunctions because of manufacturing quality but I wouldn't say whole plane was a failure.

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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2002, 02:12:23 PM »
Well, P108 got quite good payload, pretty nice defensive armament blaa blaa blaa... but plane suffered from mecanical faults and was far from reliable. Thus many planes were lost during service and missions.

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« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2002, 02:36:21 PM »
Check out the 2 turrets on the outboard engines....hmmmmm?

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« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2002, 02:55:30 PM »
Those two turrets housed two 12,7mm? machine guns each and were electrically controlled by the gunners. Very intresting design, if i remember right one german prototype bomber got similar solution.

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« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2002, 04:40:09 PM »
Me likey:D