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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #555 on: June 01, 2010, 03:38:26 PM »
Hit hill while circling the airfield.  Pilot was probably watching another aircraft burning on the ground

Crashed due to pilot being blinded by search light beams



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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #556 on: June 01, 2010, 08:56:07 PM »
Quote
-Swung on take off, overcorrected, ran off runway into sand, still attempted take off and hit windsock
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #557 on: June 02, 2010, 12:32:04 AM »
Hit hill while circling the airfield.  Pilot was probably watching another aircraft burning on the ground

Crashed due to pilot being blinded by search light beams



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wrong emote oh well lol
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #558 on: June 02, 2010, 01:26:32 AM »
Ya gotta love that Beau.  This is a very late T MK X with the thimble radar nose and added vertical fin area.   Torps and Rockets while out on the prowl.  Apparently the torp for the Torbeau was modified to be dropped between 250 and 300 knots.  THat might make a run in on a task group a bit more interesting.

Needless to say I still want one :)
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #559 on: June 02, 2010, 03:10:05 AM »
Beau is schweet but 410 is still schweeter!

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=180322

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #560 on: June 02, 2010, 11:48:23 AM »
Something I thought was fitting to this thread...

...a poem by Gavin Ewart.

Fairly sobering if you think about it...


When a Beau Goes In

When a Beau goes in,
Into the drink,
It makes you think,
Because, you see, they always sink
But nobody says 'Poor lad'
Or goes about looking sad
Because, you see, it's war,
It's the unalterable law,

Although it's perfectly certain
The pilot's gone for a Burton
And the observer too
It's nothing to do with you
And if they both should go
To a land where falls no rain nor hail
nor driven snow -
Here, there, or anywhere,
Do you suppose they care?

You shouldn't cry
Or say a prayer or sigh.
In the cold sea, in the dark
It isn't a lark
But it isn't original sin -
It's just a Beau going in.


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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #561 on: June 02, 2010, 12:13:17 PM »
It's not that God willed it
but the 410 that killed it...


Agreed, 410 is schweeter. If we're very good or very lucky, we'll get to measure them against each other soon.
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #562 on: June 02, 2010, 02:21:49 PM »
Beau is schweet but 410 is still schweeter!

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=180322

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ChukW posts on the Hyperscale forums as well.  His model building skills are second to none.  I've been following his 410 build.  He did a Helldiver prior to that.  I wish I had that kind of patience :)

As for the 410, I do believe it would outperform the Beau as it was a later entry into the airwar.  The 410 would be more of the Mossie's competition.  That being said, the Beau has more roles and did more things during WW2 then the 410 could ever have imagined and for a much longer time :)

The Beau and the Ju88 probably followed a more similar path and seemed to run into each other most often in similar roles.
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #563 on: June 02, 2010, 03:17:41 PM »
ChukW posts on the Hyperscale forums as well.  His model building skills are second to none.  I've been following his 410 build.  He did a Helldiver prior to that.  I wish I had that kind of patience :)

As for the 410, I do believe it would outperform the Beau as it was a later entry into the airwar.  The 410 would be more of the Mossie's competition.  That being said, the Beau has more roles and did more things during WW2 then the 410 could ever have imagined and for a much longer time :)

The Beau and the Ju88 probably followed a more similar path and seemed to run into each other most often in similar roles.

Allow me to hijack then - what about those late-war 88's, in that case?

For example, what about the Ju88G-1? It's got great armament and doesn't give up all that much top end with its 1700 hp Jumos. I'll take the Schragemusik option, por favor, and sidle up under those pesky 17s and 24s...

General characteristics

Crew: 3
Length: 15.50 m (without radar) (50.85 ft)
Wingspan: 20.08 m (65.88 ft)
Height: 5.07 m (16.63 ft)
Wing area: 54.7 m²[citation needed] (587 ft²)
Empty weight: 9,081 kg[47] (20,020 lb)
Loaded weight: 13,100 kg (28,880 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 14,690 kg[47] (32,385 lb) (overload)
Powerplant: 2× BMW 801G-2 double-row radials, 1,250 kW (1,700 PS, 1,677 hp) each
Performance

Maximum speed: 550 km/h (342 mph) at 8,500 m (27,890 ft)
Range: 2,500 km (1,553 mi)
Service ceiling: 9,900 m (32,480 ft)
Wing loading: 240 kg/m² (49.2 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.18 kW/kg (0.12 hp/lb)
Endurance: 4 hours[47]
Armament


Guns:

4 × 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons, firing forwards.
1 or 2 × 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine guns in the rear cockpit, firing rearwards.
1 or 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20s as Schräge Musik, firing forwards and upwards at an 30-45 degree angle, Optional.
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #564 on: June 02, 2010, 10:39:50 PM »
Allow me to hijack then - what about those late-war 88's, in that case?

For example, what about the Ju88G-1? It's got great armament and doesn't give up all that much top end with its 1700 hp Jumos. I'll take the Schragemusik option, por favor, and sidle up under those pesky 17s and 24s...

General characteristics

Crew: 3
Length: 15.50 m (without radar) (50.85 ft)
Wingspan: 20.08 m (65.88 ft)
Height: 5.07 m (16.63 ft)
Wing area: 54.7 m²[citation needed] (587 ft²)
Empty weight: 9,081 kg[47] (20,020 lb)
Loaded weight: 13,100 kg (28,880 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 14,690 kg[47] (32,385 lb) (overload)
Powerplant: 2× BMW 801G-2 double-row radials, 1,250 kW (1,700 PS, 1,677 hp) each
Performance

Maximum speed: 550 km/h (342 mph) at 8,500 m (27,890 ft)
Range: 2,500 km (1,553 mi)
Service ceiling: 9,900 m (32,480 ft)
Wing loading: 240 kg/m² (49.2 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.18 kW/kg (0.12 hp/lb)
Endurance: 4 hours[47]
Armament


Guns:

4 × 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons, firing forwards.
1 or 2 × 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine guns in the rear cockpit, firing rearwards.
1 or 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20s as Schräge Musik, firing forwards and upwards at an 30-45 degree angle, Optional.


Get your own thread! :)

I'd imagine it's because it was more of a night fighter. 
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #565 on: June 04, 2010, 02:28:20 AM »
Come on, you know you want it! :)

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #566 on: June 23, 2010, 12:48:11 AM »
Some really nice footage of Aussie Beau's in action over New Guiniea in 42.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9EevmmgJSM&feature=related

And a nice shot of a 404 Squadron RCAF Beaufighter XI in July 1943

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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #567 on: June 23, 2010, 12:51:57 AM »
Hm. looks like it could dethrone the 110 are HO king.
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #568 on: June 23, 2010, 01:01:56 PM »
Come on, you know you want it! :)

The last time that happened, my wife told me she was pregnant a bit later.

Do we really want another surprise known as the Beau?
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Re: Bristol Beaufighter
« Reply #569 on: June 23, 2010, 02:17:35 PM »
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