Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: XxDaSTaRxx on January 02, 2014, 12:20:43 AM
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For those who though killing a B-17 was already too hard enough: The YB-40. Also known as the "deathstar" B-17.
(http://www.swannysmodels.com/images/YB40/nose.jpg)
(http://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/usa/aircrafts/b-17/YB-40_tail.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Yb-40-gun-details.png)
The thing did actually see service, but not for long. The extra guns and ammo made it unable to keep up with the rest of the formation. They only saw service from May '43 to October '43. It did not carry bombs. This was the idea for a bomber escort before the mustang.
Imagine trying to HO this thing...
Or come from the dead six :uhoh
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The UB-40 was better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDlm3ErgqSU
:D
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Ub-40 was meh. The specials were WAY more awesome!
http://youtu.be/IbqiCxEIeEo
And yeah, I'd never wanna be near that plane..
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These guys beat all of the above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtLONl4cNc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtLONl4cNc)
And they should have extended the wings and added two more engines. It may have not improved performance but it would have looked way cool!
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And they should have extended the wings and added two more engines. It may have not improved performance but it would have looked way cool!
Like a B-36 :aok
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i can just see 999000 with one of these. and im sure they werent called deathstars luke
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(http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060713-F-1234S-038.jpg)
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i can just see 999000 with one of these. and im sure they werent called deathstars luke
It's nickname was the deathstar. Or atleast from what I've heard from some squaddies. :salute
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I doubt the chin turret of the YB-40 could hold 6 50cal machine guns. From all accounts I've read, it held only two. But, the chin turret was adopted by the B-17G to help counter frontal attacks. The main problem with the YB-40, aside from being underpowered, was accuracy. The guns already had a huge dispersion on regular B-17s. Combine that with the massive vibration of multiple guns firing on a YB-40 and the problem multiples itself.
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It's nickname was the deathstar. Or atleast from what I've heard from some squaddies. :salute
Not in real life it wasn't. The nickname "Deathstar" was coined in Air Warrior for a fully manned B-17.
ack-ack
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Not in real life it wasn't. The nickname "Deathstar" was coined in Air Warrior for a fully manned B-17.
ack-ack
Hm. Alright.
:o
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It's nickname was the deathstar.
I would be surprised if that term was used before 1977... :old:
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I would be surprised if that term was used before 1977... :old:
Looking back myself as well. :old:
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Looking back myself as well. :old:
If you find anything, notify the temporal division of Star Fleet. ;)
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If you find anything, notify the temporal division of Star Fleet. ;)
Since Death Star is a Star Wars reference, that would be Imperial Starfleet you Trekkie nerd. :P
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Since Death Star is a Star Wars reference, that would be Imperial Starfleet you Trekkie nerd. :P
(http://www.artasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MirrorStill1.jpg)
:D