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Offline Skulls22

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #600 on: March 06, 2011, 03:36:41 PM »
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #601 on: March 07, 2011, 03:22:10 AM »
Who says Beaufighters are inadequate?


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Offline StokesAk

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #602 on: March 07, 2011, 06:02:10 AM »
Two engines, yes please.
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #603 on: March 07, 2011, 07:42:49 AM »
Another target to shoot at sure why not.
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Offline SDGhalo

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #604 on: March 07, 2011, 11:48:36 AM »


this should be the next upload im all for it

General characteristics

Crew: 2: pilot, observer
Length: 41 ft 4 in (12.6 m)
Wingspan: 57 ft 10 in (17.65 m)
Height: 15 ft 10 in (4.84 m)
Wing area: 503 ft²[15] (46,73 m²)
Empty weight: 15,592 lb (7,072 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 25,400 lb (11,521 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Bristol Hercules 14-cylinder radial engines, 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) each
Performance

Maximum speed: 320 mph (280 kn, 515 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
Range: 1,750 mi (1,520 nmi, 2,816 km)
Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,795 m) without torpedo
Rate of climb: 1,600 ft/min (8.2 m/s) without torpedo
Armament


4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk III cannon (60 rpg) in nose
Fighter Command
4 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns (outer starboard wing)
2 × .303 in (7.7 mm) machine gun (outer port wing)
8 × RP-3 "60 lb" (27 kg) rockets or 2× 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
Coastal Command
1 × manually-operated Vickers GO or .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning for observer
1 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #605 on: March 07, 2011, 12:15:17 PM »
YES  :aok
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #606 on: March 07, 2011, 12:23:30 PM »
yes indeed
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Offline Skulls22

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #607 on: March 07, 2011, 02:28:09 PM »
I would still love to see this birdie
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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #608 on: March 07, 2011, 04:39:26 PM »
more beau pics please! :aok



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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #609 on: March 07, 2011, 06:11:58 PM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on March 07, 2011, 04:39:26 PM
more beau pics please! :aok



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Offline SDGhalo

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #610 on: March 08, 2011, 09:40:23 PM »
found a photo of the cockpit


in flight


and i found this which has a couple of beaufighters fitted with Rolls-Royce Merlin XX


this model should be the pick
Beaufighter Mk 21
The Australian-made DAP Beaufighter. Changes included Hercules CVII engines, four 20 mm cannon in the nose, four Browning .50 in (12.7 mm) in the wings and the capacity to carry eight 5 in (130 mm) High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR), two 250 lb (110 kg) bombs, two 500 lb (230 kg) bombs and one Mk 13 torpedo
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Offline Guppy35

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #611 on: March 08, 2011, 09:43:51 PM »
We appreciate the enthusiasm, but please do check the numerous previous posts in this thread before we go over it all again :)

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Offline lyric1

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #612 on: March 22, 2011, 05:13:35 PM »


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Offline lyric1

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #613 on: March 22, 2011, 05:36:36 PM »
Quote from: SDGhalo on March 08, 2011, 09:40:23 PM
this model should be the pick
Beaufighter Mk 21
The Australian-made DAP Beaufighter. Changes included Hercules CVII engines, four 20 mm cannon in the nose, four Browning .50 in (12.7 mm) in the wings and the capacity to carry eight 5 in (130 mm) High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR), two 250 lb (110 kg) bombs, two 500 lb (230 kg) bombs and one Mk 13 torpedo
No torpedoes on the DAP MK-21.

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #614 on: March 25, 2011, 03:44:53 PM »


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