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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: cajun on April 25, 2002, 12:36:11 PM
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1. I-15, I-152, I-153,
2. Hawker Fury: speed of 485 mph at 18,500 feet !
3. Fairey Swordfish: has a back gunner and carriers 1600lb of bomb or torps.
4. Gloster Gladiator/Sea Gladiator: can take off carriers.
5. Fiat CR42: top speed of 312 MPH!
6. U-2BS
7. Avia B-534
8. Mitsubishi F1M2: A japanese Biplane with a back gunner and can land/take off on water!
We need biplanes!! :) They would have a great advantage in turn fights and would be very usefull.
Those would make a really good addition to AH, If ya add a few biwingers I might even signe up for the MA :D
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I really like the FairySword fish and Gloster Gladiator.
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Please don't take offense at this, because this is not meant to be offensive, but who in their right mind would fly a Bi-plane against an La-7 or another later war plane?
Mind you, I have no interest in Bi-planes, and therefore know very little about them, but don't most have a top speed of around 120 kts?
I just don't see it being a worthwhile addition to the MA. As I said, I'm biased, having no interest in Bi-Planes.
Bi-girls...now that's another story.....
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Originally posted by muckmaw
Please don't take offense at this, because this is not meant to be offensive, but who in their right mind would fly a Bi-plane against an La-7 or another later war plane?
Me.
Oh, you said right mind. Carry on.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Pyro and HT said they hate ALL those planes.
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Originally posted by muckmaw
Please don't take offense at this, because this is not meant to be offensive, but who in their right mind would fly a Bi-plane against an La-7 or another later war plane?
Gee, who in thier right minds would fly a Fw190A5 against a La7? I guess I'm crazy huh?
Or a Bf109E?
Or a A6m2?
Or a F4F?
Hurricane?
Spit1?
There are lots a planes ya gotta be a bit masochist to fly in the MA.
If we ever git a P-40 in AH, I'll fly it in the MA, sure I'll get kilt quick, But I'll look cool as I'm dyin' in it.
And that's the most important thing... to look cool:cool:
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Pyro and HT said they hate ALL those planes.
Really Funked, where?
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A top speed of 120?? ha the fighters i named have top speed of 250MPH-350MPH (In level flight) and Biplanes could EASILY out turn a spit or a zero and would be at a very great advantage in turn fights, Biplanes were used ALLOT in the war even in the late war there war still a good deal biplanes being used and they were very effective if used propperly the Gladiator had a level speed of about 255MPH and the CR42 a level speed of 312 MPH Biplanes would not at all be at a disadvantage.
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Originally posted by funkedup
Pyro and HT said they hate ALL those planes.
Where did you hear that????
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im almost shure he joking :) almost
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Originally posted by cajun
Where did you hear that????
This morning over a phone meeting with Pyro and Funked.:rolleyes:
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If you want HT and Pyro to look at them send them an e-mail ya dont have to put it on this board. Unless, of course, ya wanted everyone to look at them in which case you should of changed the title to PYRO/HTC and all AH BBS visitors, Please look at these planes.....ya da dya da.........
I seems ya put it on this board for everyone to see it , only invited two people to look!
huh?
:)
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Actuelly I was tryin to get Pyro/Htc's attention, Btw whats their email? I sent them 1 on this subject (their technical support email adress) but they never answered :(
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There that better I changed the name :)
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I'm still wanna hear what Pyro thinks about these planes, since he's the one I have to convence we need em :) lol
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Originally posted by milnko
If we ever git a P-40 in AH, I'll fly it in the MA, sure I'll get kilt quick, But I'll look cool as I'm dyin' in it.
And that's the most important thing... to look cool:cool:
Sounds good to me! I can get killed in a Spitfire IX just as easily as I can get killed in a P-40, but in a P-40 I'll at least look like John Wayne as I spiral down :D
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LOL yep gofaster thats why I want biplanes! I can look cool dying and kill all the spits in turn fights either way you can't loose :D
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Milenko,
Quoting your response from above,
""Mister, we deal in lead."-Steve McQueen The Magnificent Seven"
I have checked our membership logs and find that Steve McQueen was never in the Mag7. You must be refering to the movie then, correct?:) :cool:
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Biplanes... hmmn..
...the Hs123, used as a Stuka before the Ju87 came along, andmuch involved in close support of troops for as long as they could be kept flying. They were so useful there were calls for them to be put back into production even as late as 1943 IIRC.
..the Swordfish or "Stringbag", famous for attacks on the Bismark (and the Italian fleet, I think?)
...the Gladiator, famed for its part in the defence of Malta
.. Fiat CR42 - whilst only the one prototype version had a top speed over 300mph, it was nevertheless a fast agile biplane fighter. A few flew in the Battle of Britain escorting Italian bombers, but the Italian units were such easy meat to the RAF that they were soon withdrawn. Whether this was due to equipment or pilot experience I do not know.
...Polikarpov (Po2?), the kukuruznik ("corn-cutter) -used for night harassment attacks against the German Army, and one of the Russians most hated (by the Germans) weapons of war
As for other early war planes, I wonder whether the potential popularity of the Mosca/Rata would be affected if the fighter pilots here knew that the cannons used in cannon-armed variants had such a rapid rate of fire that it packed by far the heaviest punch from a 3-second burst of any fighter in the world well into WW2? Howsabout the biplane fighter that followed the Mosca into production and replaced it in the Chinese theatre?
A few well-chosen early war planes and AH could cover not just WW2 but also the Spanish Civil War. :-)
And, yes I'd fly biplanes in the MA, if we had them to fly.
Esme
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I have a feeling we will be getting them soon or at least I hope we will, I wanna see a SwordFish (that could carry a torp or 1500lbs of bombs and take on/off a carrier... at least I think it could) and a biplane fighter of some sort...