Author Topic: New plane election (Read 31457 times)

Ball · « **Reply #105 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:08:20 PM »

i checked the picture of last year's meeting... there are far too many men with long hair in that picture.

therefore i decided to make you the avatar anyway and will keep well away.

SASMOX · « **Reply #106 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:10:33 PM »

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Originally posted by Ball
i checked the picture of last year's meeting... there are far too many men with long hair in that picture.

therefore i decided to make you the avatar anyway and will keep well away.

Ball · « **Reply #107 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:10:52 PM »

Oh... what about the Meteor III?

Come on, bring another Jet to AH

Panzzer · « **Reply #108 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:11:21 PM »

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Only a handful of Kingcobras joined VVS regiments in the European theatre during WW II (e.g. 6 GIAK got six Kingcobras in May 1945, used by 67 GIAP in the Berlin operation).

Wasq, if you have the book near, could you check what it said about the nasty stalling of the Kingcobra? Should be close to your above quote.

Bronk · « **Reply #109 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:12:09 PM »

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Originally posted by wasq
This from Geust-Petrov: Red Stars 4 - Lend-Lease Fighters.

The King Cobra was used in numbers only in Manchuria later in the war.

EDIT: LLama, as said the KingCobra was mostly used in the Manchurian front, which probably isn't the most prominent front on this game. Total of 2400 P-63s were received in Russia for that purpose. /EDIT

As opposed to the horde of Brewsters that were produced, say around 509?

Bronk

96Delta · « **Reply #110 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:14:00 PM »

Brewsters would be fine for any Midway scenario....

Problem is...

they got slaughtered! (15 of 25 went down)

You sure you want a Buffalo?

SASMOX · « **Reply #111 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:14:36 PM »

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Originally posted by Ball
How much are you Finn's gonna pay me to vote Brewster?

Heck, i will even make you a "VOTE BREWSTER!" logo avatar if your price is right...

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Originally posted by Furball
ok! im coverted!!!!!! after flying in the CT last night and getting 26:0 in the FM2 (simulating brewster for finnish terrain). I have come to the conclusion that we must have the brewster!!!!!!!

Panzzer · « **Reply #112 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:15:05 PM »

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Originally posted by Bronk
As opposed to the horde of Brewsters that were produced, say around 509?

Bronk

But the impact was huge. At least for us Finns. As stated somewhere above, the Brewsters served as front line fighters for 3 years. And Finland bought an astounding number of them, 44 IIRC!

moot · « **Reply #113 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:16:09 PM »

P39 with a big gun.
The Ki45 if it's the Hei or Cho.

Isn't the 410 just a better 110?
The 111 doesn't do much as Karnak says.

Pyro, how about some new guns for existing planes? If it doesn't take too much time.. Some of the ground attack planes don't have the bigger guns they used as often as those we have.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #114 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:16:35 PM »

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Originally posted by 96Delta
Brewsters would be fine for any Midway scenario....

Problem is...

they got slaughtered!

You sure you want a Buffalo?

The FAF version was pretty far from slaughtered. Hans Wind gained 39 aerial victories with it, Illu Juutilainen 36. BW-364 airframe (which belonged to I.Juutilainen) destroyed 42½ enemy planes singlehandedly.

Ball · « **Reply #115 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:16:59 PM »

I don't want another American plane, but i am sure one will win the vote. Therefore might as well make it as un-american as possible.

Personally i would like: -

Meteor III
Fairey Firefly
Tu-2 or Pe-2

In that order.

wasq · « **Reply #116 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:17:45 PM »

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Originally posted by 96Delta
Brewsters would be fine for any Midway scenario....
Problem is...
they got slaughtered! (15 of 25 went down)
You sure you want a Buffalo?

No, we want the unarmored B-239 model which was by far the most succesful figter airframe produced in the WW2.

moot · « **Reply #117 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:20:35 PM »

It's too bad we can only get one.

wasq · « **Reply #118 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:23:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Panzzer
Wasq, if you have the book near, could you check what it said about the nasty stalling of the Kingcobra? Should be close to your above quote.

No, there's no mention of stalling but ...

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As mentioned above, the mid-air disintegration of the Aircobras and in particular A.G. Kochetkov's narrow escape during a test flight at the Bell Factory in Buffalo, N.Y. with P-63 Kingcobra 42-68939 ...

Indicates that there were indeed problems with the airframe. Only later variants of the Kingcobras were fixed.

falcon23 · « **Reply #119 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:26:03 PM »

I would have to agree with ball...Meteor III.

Kevin:aok