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Offline morfiend

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #315 on: August 21, 2009, 05:14:19 PM »
Dan if HTC would follow their latest addition with say 2 new and an update,I'd like to see the Beau,Me410 and a mossie makeover..... :pray

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #316 on: September 24, 2009, 11:49:37 PM »

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #317 on: September 28, 2009, 12:54:41 PM »
I just have to bump this.

This aircraft was just to important to be omitted from the AH inventory.

We have aircraft in-game with total production of less then 400 and the Beau
is omitted.  It is a travesty.
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #318 on: September 28, 2009, 01:53:16 PM »
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[5] (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 #319 on: September 28, 2009, 04:28:45 PM »
A great addition. 
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #320 on: September 28, 2009, 07:41:04 PM »
+1 :aok :D :rock :x
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #321 on: September 28, 2009, 08:18:53 PM »
I want it.  :aok
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #322 on: November 16, 2009, 10:30:02 PM »
That climb rate is a bit scary. I'd still love it, though.
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #323 on: November 17, 2009, 05:41:54 AM »
 :rock :rock :rock
Here we are, living on top of a molten ball of rock, spinning around at a 1,000mph, orbiting a nuclear fireball and whizzing through space at half-a-million miles per hour. Most of us believe in super-beings which for some reason need to be praised for setting this up. This, apparently, is normal.

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #324 on: November 17, 2009, 03:39:27 PM »


Oh, a Mk 21 w/ the sperry autopilot....I'm game for that, count me in!
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #325 on: February 04, 2010, 11:01:13 PM »
Two fins are better than one?


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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #326 on: February 05, 2010, 12:42:25 AM »
Whats the story behind that one Lyric?
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #327 on: February 05, 2010, 01:04:35 AM »
Whats the story behind that one Lyric?
No idea just a pic I found.

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #328 on: February 05, 2010, 02:58:42 AM »
IIRC Early Beaufighters had lateral stability issues and the twin fin layout was one solution Bristol tried in order to to remedy it. In the end though they went with adding dihedral to the horizontal tail.

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #329 on: February 05, 2010, 03:33:07 AM »
IIRC Early Beaufighters had lateral stability issues and the twin fin layout was one solution Bristol tried in order to to remedy it. In the end though they went with adding dihedral to the horizontal tail.
Got to love the BBS always learn something new. I wonder what inspired this design then & it is not photo shopped either. Please excuse the minor hijack of the Beaufighter thread.