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Offline scottydawg

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« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2008, 11:53:36 AM »
Dan, tell us about the 'desert cowl' /tropical filter for the Spits, like in the picture above and what the heck it was for, how did it negatively impact performance?

Are those klieg lights on that spit? I know they're not beer kegs ;)
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« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2008, 12:04:41 PM »
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Dan, tell us about the 'desert cowl' /tropical filter for the Spits, like in the picture above and what the heck it was for, how did it negatively impact performance?

Are those klieg lights on that spit? I know they're not beer kegs ;)


Beer kegs -
Funny you should mention it.
Johnnie Johnson used a Spit IX to fly from France back to his 'home' base on a regular basis on a 'Beer Run'.
On the return flight he carried 2 x beer kegs under the wings.

Thats what I call looking after your boys :) .
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« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2008, 01:39:33 PM »
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I know they're not beer kegs ;)


Now there's a wishlist item.  Beer kegs on the bomb pylons.

Imagine; you shoot someone down, then drop a keg near them.  I bet there'd be a lot less whining and a lot more 's.
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« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2008, 01:56:29 PM »
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Dan, tell us about the 'desert cowl' /tropical filter for the Spits, like in the picture above and what the heck it was for, how did it negatively impact performance?

Are those klieg lights on that spit? I know they're not beer kegs ;)


The filter was neccesary for desert ops, but added weight, drag and reduced top speed.  Since the Spit V was struggling to keep up with the 109s and later 190s as it was, slowing down didnt help :)

Because of the dislike of that filter, there were locally modified Spits with a smaller filter.  The Aussies took many of there Spit Vc Trops and took off the Vokes filter and hand bashed a cowling panel for the underside of the engine.

The Spit IX is carrying beer kegs btw.  They were used to carry beer to the squadrons once they moved from England to France :)
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Re: Four cannon Spit V?
« Reply #19 on: January 30, 2008, 04:52:48 PM »
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I just got my issue of Air & Space.  It has a great picture of a Spit V on the cover, but it looks like it has 4 20 mm cannons in it.  Was there such a version and, if so, how much use did it see?  Also, what was the ammo load, performance, etc like on this bird?  Was it comparable to the Spit V we have in game?


i just saw that isue.............

absolutley beautiful aircraft!!

did you also notice thre numbers.......the hurricane was more deadly than the spits...........
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Re: Re: Four cannon Spit V?
« Reply #20 on: January 30, 2008, 06:17:25 PM »
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i just saw that isue.............

absolutley beautiful aircraft!!

did you also notice thre numbers.......the hurricane was more deadly than the spits...........



Well the hurricanes could outturn any plane on the European Front, no suprise it was deadlier. And also the 2cs had the 4 20mms. I guess the only setback would be, if u ran out of ammo, u cant run.........AND its pretty much a plane for only good or lucky shots....
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« Reply #21 on: February 04, 2008, 01:37:16 AM »
The RAF's "in company"  war-time news reel (produced for RAF personel), "The Gen" (which is available on DVD) has some very nice footage of the above mentioned...worth tracking down, though probably only available in the UK...
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Re: Re: Four cannon Spit V?
« Reply #22 on: February 04, 2008, 02:13:47 AM »
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i just saw that isue.............

absolutley beautiful aircraft!!

did you also notice thre numbers.......the hurricane was more deadly than the spits...........


The Hurricane was more plentiful then Spits in the B of B.

Anyone suggesting that the Hurricane was the deadlier aircraft in the ETO has been getting some bad info :)
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« Reply #23 on: February 04, 2008, 03:38:59 PM »
quick sideline question about the BoB

I know that 19 squadron had a few spit 1b's armed with Cannon
does anyone know how many Hurri's were armed with Cannon in the same period?

i've only seen 1 mentioned, V7360 from 46 squadron and that was shotdown on Sept 5 1940,
iirc 145 squadron had a few but i can't  remember where i read it
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Re: Re: Re: Four cannon Spit V?
« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2008, 04:26:18 PM »
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The Hurricane was more plentiful then Spits in the B of B.

Anyone suggesting that the Hurricane was the deadlier aircraft in the ETO has been getting some bad info :)


hhmm....well......technically speaking......even if the spit were a better fighter......just by the fact that there were more of the hurricane........doesn't that still make it the deadlier of the two? :D

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« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2008, 04:58:08 PM »
"does anyone know how many Hurri's were armed with Cannon in the same period?"

Yes, there were none.

The Hurricane IIA/B were both MG armed varients that saw some service in the closing weeks (Sept-October 1940) no Hurricane IICs saw action in the BoB.

Roughly 2/3 of Fighter Command had Hurricanes, most with the IA version.
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« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2008, 05:36:18 PM »
The 'B' signifies the 2x 20mm cannon + 4x .303" on a Spitfire.
On the Hurricane IIB, however, it's an armament of 12x .303" machine guns.
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« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2008, 10:32:49 PM »
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The 'B' signifies the 2x 20mm cannon + 4x .303" on a Spitfire.
On the Hurricane IIB, however, it's an armament of 12x .303" machine guns.


12?????? how the hellll did they find room in the wings for that many???????:O :O

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« Reply #28 on: February 05, 2008, 04:49:07 AM »
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12?????? how the hellll did they find room in the wings for that many???????:O :O

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A 40ft wing span helped. ;)

notice the read dots

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« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2008, 05:05:33 AM »
Oh, I want the 12x 303 version in game!!  I would use it:aok
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