Author Topic: This looks fun (Read 287 times)

SELECTOR · « **on:** May 03, 2002, 06:26:11 PM »

i like the look of this...what is it?

Soviet · « **Reply #1 on:** May 03, 2002, 07:26:33 PM »

Polikarpov I-16

I really cool little mono-plane fighter created in the '30s and used in WW2. It was the best fighter in the world when it came out and still did pretty well in WW2.

http://www.warbirdalley.com/rata.htm
http://www.tidetech.com/fighterfactory/polii16.html
http://www.kgwings.com/i16/i16.html

Ones in the works to be added to Il-2 also! http://www.il2center.com/Country.php?Country=USSR&IHeight=1500

Wilbus · « **Reply #2 on:** May 03, 2002, 07:40:18 PM »

Didn't stand a chance against the 109 E's actually, even less against later 109's. It stood a pretty good chance in the Spanish civil war where it was up against 109 B's but the B's were faster and thus many pilots learned the E fighting technique. It was VERY outdated by the outbreak of the war, like more or less all other Russian fighters at the time. Very nice plane though, small and agile.

Chaos68 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 04, 2002, 07:44:07 PM »

they have those in IL2, tough little birds to shoot down.

superpug1 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 04, 2002, 09:48:23 PM »

I would like the by-plane instead.

john9001 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 04, 2002, 10:09:34 PM »

seems like the russians always build the "best fighter in the world", they sound just like the germans

udet · « **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2002, 01:36:32 PM »

the I16 was faster than the 109B

Dux · « **Reply #7 on:** May 06, 2002, 06:16:49 PM »

It's smurfy.

dtango · « **Reply #8 on:** May 06, 2002, 11:14:32 PM »

I would prefer this over the above plane though it doesn't have any guns

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Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs

Tac · « **Reply #9 on:** May 06, 2002, 11:44:47 PM »

P-47A prototype.

Animal · « **Reply #10 on:** May 07, 2002, 12:42:32 AM »

Two of the funniest planes ive seen.
Ive never get caught in a dogfight wearing that!

cajun · « **Reply #11 on:** May 07, 2002, 01:41:19 AM »

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Originally posted by Soviet
Polikarpov I-16

I really cool little mono-plane fighter created in the '30s and used in WW2. It was the best fighter in the world when it came out and still did pretty well in WW2.

http://www.warbirdalley.com/rata.htm
http://www.tidetech.com/fighterfactory/polii16.html
http://www.kgwings.com/i16/i16.html

Ones in the works to be added to Il-2 also! http://www.il2center.com/Country.php?Country=USSR&IHeight=1500

The I-153 Biplane version (which was actuelly built after the mono version!) was longer used I think, I'd like to see both versions but If I had to chose 1 it would be the Biplane version, We really need biplanes in AH at least a Sword Fish, Gloster Gladiator, CR42 and I-153