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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Downtown on October 23, 1999, 06:54:00 PM
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Banging my Early War Plane Drum Again.
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(http://www.tir.com/~lkbrown1/i16.jpg)
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"I could feel the 20MM Cannon impacting behind me so I made myself small behind the pilot armor" Charlie Bond AVG
[This message has been edited by Downtown (edited 10-23-1999).]
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I like the P-40, and the other two look interesting. But I must ask.... Ummmmm What are we supposed to Untie?????? (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Unforgiven
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Just borrowing from the Dyslexics Untie Joke, its old, its lame, its an attention grabber.
If I had said, this is another early war plane thread from Downtown no one would look.
So I result to Deception and Trickery.
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"I could feel the 20MM Cannon impacting behind me so I made myself small behind the pilot armor" Charlie Bond AVG
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Hehehe Downtown, your not just talking "early" war, your talking down right archaic (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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Vermillion
WB's: (verm--), **MOL**, Men of Leisure,
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If we ever get the I-16 I'll fly it.
If my info is right, this plane was very unstable, like trying to balance a pencil by its tip on your fingertip. Okay, well maybe not that unstable, but nothing to relax in either. Now a plane like this could be either one helluva turnfighter, or a deathtrap, depending on your joystick touch.
Incidently, average wingloading was quite good as the following comparison shows:
A6M2 Model 21: 18.66 lb./sq.ft.
Spitfire IA: 21.41 lb./sq.ft.
I-16 Tip 24: 23.32 lb./sq.ft.
So, maybe think of the I-16 as a very small, tight turning fighter with the roll rate of a Fw 190? Can you say Scissors King? (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)