Best Plane

[Furious]

Kinda an offshoot of the "Jug was best fighter of WW2" thread.

Scenario:

"AirKill 2112", a game show in the future that pits one pilot in his choice of WW2 prop fighter against another pilot in a WW2 prop fighter in a duel to the death for your viewing pleasure.  Real planes; one guy lands, the other is dead.

If you were a contestant in the above show, what plane would you choose?

[ra]

F8F.

[Curval]

Originally posted by Furious
If you were a contestant in the above show, what plane would you choose?

Spitfire.

[Scootter]

"Best Plane"  for what?

F8F would be lousy at long range transport, don't ya think?

[Mini D]

Originally posted by Furious
Kinda an offshoot of the "Jug was best fighter of WW2" thread.

Scenario:

"AirKill 2112"

There can be only one:

Red Barchetta

It will leave all aloy air cars stranded at the river's side.

MiniD

[Furball]

Tempest

[Rutilant]

262! (Hey, i WOULD be fightin for my life ya know!)

[palef]

Sea Fury

[Kaz]

Yak 3

[Westy]

He said  "prop fighter."

I choose you P-72!

[Citabria]

definitely red barcheta

[Ack-Ack]

P-38K


ack-ack

[Widewing]

Originally posted by Westy
He said  "prop fighter."

I choose you P-72!

I would too! Projected max speed of 505 mph at 25k (only tested to 490.4 mph without WEP), 480 mph on the deck (actual flight data), climbed to 20k in under 5 minutes!!!!

This light-weight, 3,600 hp development of the P-47 would would have dominated all comers. Simply the highest performing prop fighter ever built. It was only months away from production when the War Department cancelled it in favor of full P-80 production.

An order for 100 was on the books, to be armed with 4 of the new high velocity M9 37mm cannons. Republic had already started on tooling and jigs when the order was cancelled.

My regards,

Widewing

[Gixer]

F8F Bearcat!


...-Gixer

[Urchin]

Well, since the only knowledge I have of how the planes actually performed is from AH... Spit 9.