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Title: Rare fighter #2
Post by: Widewing on February 28, 2003, 01:03:48 PM

What is this ugly duckling?

Title: Ugly
Post by: DB603 on March 01, 2003, 01:14:35 AM

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 Looks a bit like a Morane-Saulnier M.S.406, but somewhat modified. Anyway buttugly.

Title: Re: Ugly
Post by: Widewing on March 01, 2003, 10:05:41 AM

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Originally posted by DB603
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 Looks a bit like a Morane-Saulnier M.S.406, but somewhat modified. Anyway buttugly.

Well, it is French. It lost out to the Dewoitine D.520 for production.

My regards,

Widewing

Title: Rare fighter #2
Post by: Widewing on March 03, 2003, 11:50:48 AM

Hmmm, this one may have been too tough.

This is the CAO 200. It was built to meet a specific French requirement. It fell well short of its competition. It used welding extensively in its construction

Type: 200
Function: fighter
Year: 1939 Crew: 1 Engines: 1  860hp Hispano-Suiza HS12Y-31
Wing Span: 9.50m Length: 8.90m Height: 3.50m Wing Area: 13.30m2
Empty Weight: Max.Weight:
Speed: 510km/h Ceiling: Range: 2hrs
Armament: one 20mm Cannon, four 7.5mm MG

(http://dup.sly.free.fr/avions/images/cao200.jpg)

My regards,

Widewing