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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Guppy35 on November 02, 2006, 04:34:55 PM
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First flight for this restored Spitfire Vc Trop was today. This is how they went off the Wasp to Malta in 42.
Kev's gonna be on the case soon no doubt :)
4 cannon Spit would break a lot of hearts wouldn't it :)
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wow.
beauty.
Originally posted by Guppy35
4 cannon Spit would break a lot of hearts wouldn't it :)
not to mention glass from all the high pitched whining.
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:eek:
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No No :furious
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Yes Yes :t
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Guppy, did they leave the 303 gunports on the wings and just cover them over with tape like on the reproduction when the 4 cannon were fitted? or were they actually sealed over?
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Nice Picture
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Originally posted by SlapShot
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lol
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can't fly, Spits will eat me...
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Originally posted by Guppy35
First flight for this restored Spitfire Vc Trop was today. This is how they went off the Wasp to Malta in 42.
Kev's gonna be on the case soon no doubt :)
4 cannon Spit would break a lot of hearts wouldn't it :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v698/darrenharbar/OW%20lecture/JG891001.jpg)
Oooohhh.
Never arrived like that though as we know.
4 cannon Spit LF Vc is whats missing :) (cropped and clipped), hell I'd even settle for a std 20+.303 LF Vc clipped and crooped.
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Originally posted by Treize69
can't fly, Spits will eat me...
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Nice one
That dam photo looks Dam Sweet:aok
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Rounds per gun? Drum fed or belts? Pardon my ignorance...
If like our Spit V, and it had drums (that right?) and was only 4 x 60 rounds, then I don't see it as a huge improvement.
However, if it was loaded like a Hurri IIc or our Typhy...what a monster! :t
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I Like it ! :D
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Just remember what the added weight will do, tho.
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The Spit Vc (universal wing) was belt fed 4 x 20mm with 120 rounds per gun. The 303 ports were still there, but unused.
We will never see it in AH, I can't imagine HTC adding it.
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I can imagine them adding it, and that leads me to have nightmares and cold sweats, accompanied by tremors and much bed wetting.
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why not? the hurriIIc flies around nimbly when in fact it turned like a freightliner and was relegated to ground attack only where it excelled. give the little cripples their woobiespit that way their suckage will be complete.
beautiful plane, thanks for posting that photo.
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Picture a large Scenario where a force of Hurricane IIs had to contend with Bf 109F-4s. They would be BZed to death. But?, yes, of course there is a but, which is this: nobody cares about that in the MA, they want kills (badly) and want to furball (badly), so silly people go round and round, and round, and round, down at 500 feet with them, which of course, no sane axis pilot would have ever done, unless they were on crack.
It did have a low power-weight ratio, which it has in AH. Not that that matters as folks try to HO and turn, going round the circle at 120mph...you would die the same way fighting like that against a Gloster Gladiator too, but that doesnt mean the RAF should have stuck with biplanes...;)
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how many cases of scotch do you want for that HT?
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What amazes me is the detail of the restoration. Fishtail exhausts of the right kind for a Vc, large cannon bulge over the cannon bay for the 4 cannon, Vokes filter under the nose and accurate paint for the time.
Oh to win the lottery someday....
Let's see....
Spit LFXVIe in 602 Squadron markings LO-Z
P51B in Johnny Godfrey's markings "Reggies Reply" VF-P
P38G in Corky Smith's 80th FS markings "Corky Jr" S
Oh think of the possibilities :)
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Its still not a Mk XII sooooo.... mehh :p
Just kidding nice pic Dan .
Bronk
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I'm hoping for an article in flight journal in the near future, that certainly is a fine looking restoration.
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Originally posted by storch
I'm hoping for an article in flight journal in the near future, that certainly is a fine looking restoration.
Probably Flypast or Aeroplane will have the article.
And yeah Bronk it's not a Spit XII. EN224 is being restored, so someday a Spit XII will be airborne. EB-L back in the skies :)
I got to help a bit with the history for the guy who owns that bird.
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I allowed my subscription for flypast to lapse. I guess I'll be looking closely at the magazine rack over at barnes and noble regularly.
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Originally posted by Squire
The Spit Vc (universal wing) was belt fed 4 x 20mm with 120 rounds per gun. The 303 ports were still there, but unused.
We will never see it in AH, I can't imagine HTC adding it.
Why not ?....
We heard the same thing about the Spit 14 and we now have the Spit 14 & 16 ....
Niki has 4 20s ..... The Spit Vc would be a great' addition, and add alot of fun to the game .
Regards
Bob/CHECKERS
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Originally posted by CHECKERS
Why not ?....
We heard the same thing about the Spit 14 and we now have the Spit 14 & 16 ....
Niki has 4 20s ..... The Spit Vc would be a great' addition, and add alot of fun to the game .
Regards
Bob/CHECKERS
Been suggested before, never happened.
Plus had the usual "well if it was added, it would have to be perked" BS.
Like I said I'd settle for the 1943 Vc (AKA old AH Mk V), real big miss in scenarios, where the choice is usaully get the current Vb or the IX, let you guess which it normally is.
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It's a lovely sight that a Hurri IIc can dive at 400mph and not rip anything. :aok
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The reason we won't ever have it is that the vast, vast majority of Spits did not have four cannon.
All N1K2-J's had four cannon.
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still it would be nice to have it. it gives me much more taunt fodder. the wuss spitdrivers would die just as easily as they do now and the good ones would get as many kills as they do now.
who knows perhaps one day HT will address the performance flaws relating to the ammo lethality modelling for the hsso and .50s if at the same time they got around to properly upping the lethality of the german mine rounds then the game would be greatly improved. the game could thenaccomodate this model and it would just be another spitfire.
it would be awesome for scenarios and the AvA.
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tthhhpppptttt!!! they still taste like chicken
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Originally posted by storch
why not?
because HiTech is still workin on Combat Tour!
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Boiyoiyoing:D
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Nice!!!!!! I would spend 30 perkies a flight for that baby!!!!
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:aok Yummy I like it.
Wait a minute just another plane i'm gonna get vulched in:confused: !!
Deos look nice tho. I guess it would be a great addition to the LA-Gay and the Spit 16 Vulch fest crowd :D .