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Offline Widewing

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Rare fighter #2
« on: February 28, 2003, 01:03:48 PM »
What is this ugly duckling?
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Offline DB603

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Ugly
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2003, 01:14:35 AM »
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 Looks a bit like a Morane-Saulnier M.S.406, but somewhat modified. Anyway buttugly.

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Re: Ugly
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2003, 10:05:41 AM »
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 Looks a bit like a Morane-Saulnier M.S.406, but somewhat modified. Anyway buttugly.


Well, it is French. It lost out to the Dewoitine D.520 for production.

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Rare fighter #2
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2003, 11:50:48 AM »
Hmmm, this one may have been too tough.

This is the CAO 200. It was built to meet a specific French requirement. It fell well short of its competition. It used welding extensively in its construction

Type: 200
Function: fighter
Year: 1939 Crew: 1 Engines: 1  860hp Hispano-Suiza HS12Y-31
Wing Span: 9.50m Length: 8.90m Height: 3.50m Wing Area: 13.30m2
Empty Weight: Max.Weight:
Speed: 510km/h Ceiling: Range: 2hrs
Armament: one 20mm Cannon, four 7.5mm MG



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« Last Edit: March 03, 2003, 11:54:42 AM by Widewing »
My regards,

Widewing

YGBSM. Retired Member of Aces High Trainer Corps, Past President of the DFC, retired from flying as Tredlite.