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Offline DB603

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« on: September 03, 2002, 04:13:39 AM »
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 One reason I stil play Jane's WW2Fighters is THIS: http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bbs/Forum56/HTML/000429.html  Hammerd makes magic..the cockpit is looking good too and shaping up nicely. Now where's my K-4 in AH? ;):D

Offline Duedel

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« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2002, 05:09:22 AM »
SOOOO beautifull!


BTW I always thought the tailwheel at the K4 was retractable but I'm surely wrong here?

Offline DB603

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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2002, 06:26:41 AM »
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 It depends..for example many G-6's had the tall tailwheel, same as in the K-4. Late war production must have been a mess with dozens of variants...

Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2002, 07:13:36 PM »
Beautiful model...

However the ability to make such modifications and the FM mods a bit earlier ruined WW2 Fighters online play over two years ago, you could not control the cheaters.

Offline Apar

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« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2002, 03:04:18 AM »
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

Offline butch2k

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« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2002, 05:26:05 AM »
THe K-4 used two kind of tailwheels : the tall one and the small one (quite rare), but both were retractable

Offline humble

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« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2002, 12:33:52 PM »
In reality the K-4 was a dog (especially at high altititude) and was not a favored ride. In one instance it killed 2 pilots on 1 hop due to handling/canopy iceing problems.

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Offline Kweassa

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« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2002, 06:26:56 PM »
Why would a plane specifically designed for high-alt performance be a "dog"?

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« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2002, 07:45:19 PM »
The 109 was not designed from scratch for high-alt performance.
Neither was it designed to take so much power as was stuffed into it. That's why.:D
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)