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Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Yeager on January 17, 2000, 09:03:00 PM
So sayeth the creators in blue text
moments ago.

This should really spice things up.

Yeager
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: juzz on January 17, 2000, 09:35:00 PM
Looks like Minotaur's Evil P-38 Scheme has paid off. I hope we get a "droop snoot" version of it.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: funked on January 17, 2000, 09:48:00 PM
Good marketing move.
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Central on January 17, 2000, 10:04:00 PM
OK, Im in heaven now!  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

We getting the K??!!  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

Central
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Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Heater on January 18, 2000, 03:39:00 AM
OK,
HT if this is true you can stop beating Pyro about with the Pan  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

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Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Saintaw on January 18, 2000, 04:19:00 AM
Might help the New guys to get around with the the "torque" take-off-above-the-hill-learning-step-by-step thingiy  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

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Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: popeye on January 18, 2000, 07:39:00 AM
Good news.  The P-38 is sorely needed.

popeye (dusting off his "roll inertia" thread)    (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Westy on January 18, 2000, 10:11:00 AM

 I could have sworn he said P-47M!

  <glare>

-Westy
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Fishu on January 18, 2000, 12:03:00 PM
OK! wheres Ta-152 or 190D12/D13 so I can defend the third reich?
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Ripsnort on January 18, 2000, 12:09:00 PM
No, no, you guys have it all wrong, when they say "P38", it's a loosely used term for saying "P61 Black Widow", a plane that would add a whole new meaning to "Ripping you a new one"...

I said it for 5 years, and will continue.....
P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61, P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61, P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61, P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,P61,

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Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Minotaur on January 18, 2000, 12:19:00 PM
Who me?
 (http://www.fotoimages.com/images/aircraft/LO7704.jpg)

Nah..... But, I did have a hunch HiTech wanted one as badly as I did.    (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

Mino
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: janneh on January 18, 2000, 12:34:00 PM
oh, now I remember...
..earlier topic of ugliest plane on earth, I mistakenly stated buffalo, but it sure was *-**
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Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Pongo on January 18, 2000, 01:25:00 PM
all new.....
that could mean
spit 1,Vb, XIV
109 e4, k
190 a4, d9, d12
La7
A26
mc202
p51a, b, f
varios corsairs
no new nikis i guess
could all apprear befor p38...
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Ripsnort on January 18, 2000, 01:33:00 PM
Pongo...
A26?  Not even closely related to the B26 unless you're talking about the wing and two engines.  A26 was a Douglas product.

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-Rip1- VF-101 Grim Reapers (RET)
"There is no reason anyone would
want a computer in their home."
   Ken Olson, president, chairman and
founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,1977
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Rude on January 18, 2000, 06:03:00 PM
Oh Joy! Bigger, Tastier Pony Food! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: 214CaveJ on January 18, 2000, 10:22:00 PM
I think I'd prefer the P61 to the P38
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: BBGunn on January 18, 2000, 11:44:00 PM
The P-38 was a good bomber killer!
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Central on January 19, 2000, 04:20:00 AM
GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!!!     (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Hans on January 19, 2000, 04:43:00 AM
I still would like to see on of these...

 (http://panzerkrieg.tripod.com/afv_profiles/german/pz5d.gif)

Yeah, I know.  "Go check out World War II Online."

The thing is they may be a bit over their heads.  Too complicated maybe.

Besides, they haven't got their game up and running in a playable version yet...

...And I wanna play.    (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

Hans.

[This message has been edited by Hans (edited 01-19-2000).]
Title: NEWS: P-38 is next all new fighter
Post by: Vermillion on January 19, 2000, 06:20:00 PM
*coming to you from my computer training class in Boulder CO*

Actually there was an older version of the "George"  we have. The N1K2-J

The N1K1-J.  Performance wise it was very similar to the N1K2 we have now, except it had approximately 100 hp less.

Also its wing 20mm armament was mount in pods similar to a 109G6/R6, instead of in the wing like the N1K2.  And it also had 2 nose mounted machine guns (either 7.7mm or 12.7mm depending on when in the production run)

Physically it looked somewhat different, because the K1 was a mid-wing design, with a very long and weak landing gear.

The K2 changed to a different gear mounted in a low wing design. And the armament difference I noted above.

Imagine the wing/fuselage  difference in the F4F  and the F6F, and you get a good physical difference in the N1K1 and the N1K2.

The N1K1-J was available in late 42/early 43 if I remember correctly, and would be a very deadly aircraft in a rolling planeset.

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