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Offline _Schadenfreude_

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« Reply #45 on: April 30, 2004, 06:42:03 AM »
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am i already very drunk or did that thing have ALOT of guns??


FrankC with 2 x 30mm and 2 x 20mm is even worse.....the pits to fly against....

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« Reply #46 on: April 30, 2004, 04:40:23 PM »
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I don't know what your point here is but let the numbers show you what had more of an impact on WWII;

Ta-152 production: ~200
Ki-84 production: 3514

Point being this incredibly able fighter would be a great addition for late PTO to go up against the 51's, 47's, 38's etc, etc...


I was being sarcastic...90% of my flight hours are in PTO rides

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« Reply #47 on: April 30, 2004, 09:06:38 PM »
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I was always under the impression that the R1 never made it into service.  Yes or no?


The first R1 Fw190 to fly was an A-5 test model on 18 November 1942. The R1 Rüstsats entered production in June/July 1943, and production ended on 8 April 1944.

The R1 was used almost exclusively by the heavy Sturm units specializing in attacking bombers.

The production rate varied from 15 to 50 sets per month.
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« Reply #48 on: April 30, 2004, 10:00:13 PM »
Damn G, you're in the wrong profession entirely.  Errr, I mean when you ARE employed!!!

;)

Thanks for the info.
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« Reply #49 on: May 01, 2004, 01:28:09 PM »
I know. Unfortunately there isn't much money to be made on knowing strange facts about WWII aircraft. ;)
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« Reply #50 on: May 01, 2004, 01:43:40 PM »
[EDIT] Ooops. Nm, thought you were asking for it to be included in AH.
As for the plane though, thats a lot of cannons :eek:

You all know I rather fly crappy planes though :D
« Last Edit: May 01, 2004, 01:50:56 PM by cajun »