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Title: The most produced AC of WWII (that saw combat) and we dont have it.....
Post by: Tilt on June 12, 2013, 01:27:45 PM

Plus we can put that WWI modelling to some good use..............  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_Po-2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_Po-2)


(http://www.davidosbornphotography.co.uk/userimages/Polikarpov%20PO2_Q1D5981.jpg)


should be available beside the Storch

Title: Re: The most produced AC of WWII (that saw cambat) and we dont have it.....
Post by: gyrene81 on June 12, 2013, 01:48:38 PM

cool...sure were a lot of them produced.  :O


uh, question...what is a cambat?

Title: Re: The most produced AC of WWII (that saw cambat) and we dont have it.....
Post by: Nathan60 on June 12, 2013, 01:52:01 PM

Its pronounced Caahmbat he's channeling his inner Boston me thinks.

Title: Re: The most produced AC of WWII (that saw cambat) and we dont have it.....
Post by: Wmaker on June 12, 2013, 01:52:08 PM

Quote from: gyrene81 on June 12, 2013, 01:48:38 PM

uh, question...what is a cambat?

Harrasment bombing certainly is combat.

That said, Storch makes it redundant and there are much more pressing holes in the Soviet planeset.

Nice videos:

http://youtu.be/xIwGpbbVTDY (http://youtu.be/xIwGpbbVTDY)

One of Kermit Weeks' awesome Kermie Cam videos:
http://youtu.be/QrgRxaetVSU (http://youtu.be/QrgRxaetVSU) p1
http://youtu.be/r8f2GjB7ums (http://youtu.be/r8f2GjB7ums) p2

Title: Re: The most produced AC of WWII (that saw combat) and we dont have it.....
Post by: Denniss on June 12, 2013, 02:37:38 PM

Not the most produce a/c of WW2, should be Il-2.

Title: Re: The most produced AC of WWII (that saw combat) and we dont have it.....
Post by: Arlo on June 12, 2013, 04:07:44 PM

(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/arloguh03/WWII_aircraft_production_001_zps85ed7f88.png)
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/arloguh03/WWII_aircraft_production_002_zpsa804c851.png)

Title: Re: The most produced AC of WWII (that saw combat) and we dont have it.....
Post by: bustr on June 12, 2013, 04:25:16 PM

It certainly would give a GV spotter a bit more bite than the Storch's smoke marker.

Specifications (U-2)

Поликарпов По-2.svg

General characteristics
Crew: 1, pilot/instructor
Capacity: 1, passenger/student
Length: 8.17 m (26 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 11.40 m (37 ft 5 in)
Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 33.2 m² (357 ft²)
Empty weight: 770 kg (1,698 lb)
Loaded weight: 1,030 kg (2,271 lb)
Useful load: 260 kg (573 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 1,350 kg (2,976 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Shvetsov M-11D 5-cylinder radial engine, 93 kW (125 hp)

Performance
Maximum speed: 152 km/h (82 kn, 94 mph)
Cruise speed: 110 km/h (59 kn, 68 mph)
Range: 630 km (340 nmi, 391 mi)
Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Rate of climb: 2.78 m/s (546 ft/min)
Wing loading: 41 kg/m² (8.35 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 60 W/kg (0.04 hp/lb)

Armament


(U-2VS / LNB only)
Guns: 1 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) ShKAS machine gun
Bombs: 6 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs

 

Title: Re: The most produced AC of WWII (that saw combat) and we dont have it.....
Post by: Karnak on June 12, 2013, 04:29:26 PM

Other than the lack of bombs, the Brisfit is a pretty good stand in for the Po-2.

Title: Re: The most produced AC of WWII (that saw combat) and we dont have it.....
Post by: Ack-Ack on June 12, 2013, 04:30:33 PM

During the Korean War, Po-2s destroyed the fuel dumps (5.5 million gallons) at Inchon.  It was North Korea's most successful bombing raid of the war.

ack-ack