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Offline Puck

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« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2002, 10:25:46 AM »
Be ineteresting to see HOW they add it.  According my dad the engines overheated on takeoff (had to keep the cowl flaps closed) so they'd get to 100' or so and just fly straight and level over the ocean to cool the engines down before climbing out.

Given the kind of terrain we have (where all the airfileds seem to be built in craters) that could make life interesting.

They never saw service in Europe; wonder how they would have handled the overheating problem comming out of England.  Probably have to cut the bomb load significantly.
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//c coad  c coad run  run coad run
main (){char _[]={"S~||(iuv{nkx%K9Y$hzhhd\x0c"},__
,___=1;for(__=___>>___;__<((___<<___<<___<<___<<___
)+(___<<___<<___<<___)-___);__+=___)putchar((_[__
])+(__/((___<<___)+___))-((___&

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« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2002, 10:41:11 AM »
Agreed Puck...

I would imagine the B-29's would require a large Pacific arena.
I am sure they would have a horrendously slow climb rate...
Using the B-29 in Europe would probably have not been feasible.

Did you know that the U.S. lost more B-29's to operational malfunctions than they did to enemy fire ?
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« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2002, 10:56:34 AM »
Again, according to my dad the crews hated 'em.  He served on B24s, so there's always a chance there's a bit of rivalry there.

I have his flight record; he has just over 4 hours in B29s.  The rest is in various flavors of B24.
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//c coad  c coad run  run coad run
main (){char _[]={"S~||(iuv{nkx%K9Y$hzhhd\x0c"},__
,___=1;for(__=___>>___;__<((___<<___<<___<<___<<___
)+(___<<___<<___<<___)-___);__+=___)putchar((_[__
])+(__/((___<<___)+___))-((___&

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« Reply #18 on: December 02, 2002, 10:28:49 AM »
Could you add these things to my B-29 please?
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« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2002, 01:04:29 PM »
lol
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« Reply #20 on: December 02, 2002, 02:21:46 PM »
b29 - we need them soon
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« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2002, 04:00:29 PM »
Yeah, these will be great for carpet-bomming gvz at 1000'.
 
B-29 or no, the bommers are sorta broke right now.
 
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« Reply #22 on: December 02, 2002, 04:06:59 PM »
That panel appears to belong to the FS2k2 B-29 Enola Gay in CFS2.

Do you play online?

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« Reply #23 on: December 02, 2002, 06:27:51 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by VWE001
Could you add these things to my B-29 please?



OOhhh

Now that looks SWEET !!!
Where is that cockpit shot from ?
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« Reply #24 on: December 02, 2002, 09:16:18 PM »
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2.

The scenery is stock Midway Island

B-29 is addon, probably FS2k2 conversion.

Site is http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs2
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