Fiat G.55/l

[Butcher]

Aces High has been getting a lot more of high alt buff raids in the game, however there is an extremely limited amount of fighters able to intercept with a decent gun package to make a difference. My wishlist is a plane thats able to serve the Late war Arena (actual people will fly it).

Here's some details on the Fiat G.55 -


The Fiat G.55 Centauro (Italian: "Centaur") was a single-engine single-seat World War II fighter aircraft used by the Regia Aeronautica and the A.N.R. (Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana) in 1943-1945. It was designed and built in Turin by Fiat. The Fiat G.55 was,[2] probably the best type produced in Italy during World War II, but it did not enter production until 1943.[3] During its short operational service, mostly under the Repubblica Sociale Italiana insignia, after the 8 September 1943, this powerful, robust and fast aircraft proved itself to be an excellent interceptor at high altitude.[4] In 1944, over Northern Italy, the Centauro clashed with British Supermarine Spitfire, P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightning. Italian fighter pilots liked their Centauro but by the time the war ended, only less than 300 had been built.[2]

Data from "Centauro - The Final Fling"[23]
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 9.37 m (30 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 11.85 m (38 ft 10 in)
Height: 3.13 m (without the antenna mast) (10 ft 3¼ in)
Wing area: 21.11 m² (227.23 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,630 kg (5,798 lb)
Loaded weight: 3,520 kg (7,760 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 3,718 kg (8,197 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Fiat R.A 1050 Tifone (license-built Daimler-Benz DB 605A-1) liquid-cooled inverted V-12, 1,085 kW (1,475 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 623 km/h (337 kn, 387 mph (417mph with WEP)) at 7,000 m (22,970 ft)
Range: 1,200 km, or 1,650 km with two 100 l (26 US Gal) drop tanks under wings (545 nmi, 627 mi (or 891 nmi, 1,025 mi with drop tanks ))
Service ceiling: 12,750 m (41,830 ft)
Rate of climb: 5 min 50 sec at 6,000 m (Dimensione Cielo, Caccia Assalto 3 Edizioni Bizzarri, Roma 1972, pag. 15) ()
Wing loading: 154.0 kg/m² (34.15 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.308 kW/kg (0.190 hp/lb)
Climb to 7,000 m (22,970 ft): 8.57 min
Armament
G.55 Serie 0:
1 × 20 mm Mauser MG 151/20 cannon, engine-mounted (250 rounds)
4 × 12.7 mm (.5 in) Breda-SAFAT machine guns, two in the upper engine cowling, two in the lower cowling/wing roots (300 rpg)
G.55 Serie I:
3 × 20 mm MG 151/20s, one engine-mounted (250 rounds) and two wing-mounted (200 rpg)
2 × 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns in the upper engine cowling (300 rpg)
Provision for 2 × 160 kg (353 lb) bombs on underwing racks (N.B. Egyptian and Syrian aircraft used Machine guns in the wings instead of cannon)

[Mar]

I would like to fly this one.

[Volron]

Can't go wrong with more Italian Planes.   +1

Tac on the CR.42, the SM.79 and BR.20 to that list as well.

[moot]

past discussion
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,268008.0.html

[Tupac]

+1

[Liberator]

Heck yes for this!

[Debrody]

Been asked before, not as long ago.
+1,
but i would say Re 2001, cr-42, etc etc...  this bird was really close to the c-205. Maybe we can get it when the c20x series get an update.

[Krusty]

While I like this plane and would love it in-game.... It wasn't "high alt" -- it topped out 22k. Higher alt would need to have better power output up to 25k-30k... 22k is around typical 20k-range of most LW aircraft and they were suffering there. They really needed more power higher up.

Aside from that I'd love to see this plane, as limited as its combat history is.

[alpini13]

OH HECK YEAH!

[EagleDNY]

+1 - I'll still fly her. 

Where is this picture from?  The last thread had some beautiful pics from the air museum in Rome.

[Stoney]

I'm not going to start here, and just rely on my previous comments... 

[alpini13]

big plus 1   remember one thing, wep on the g-55 was luft field kit mod or when aircraft was serviced and rebuilt after sept 43.....these did not count as a new aircraft as it was a rebuild/remanufacture.  and you know how AH is with field kits, did some have them yes,will we??

[Krusty]

There are differing levels. There's "stuff pilots just did" and there's official changes made at a depot level before distributing out to units, and the like.

If it was a standard modification then chances are we'd see it (hypothetically) in game.

The strafer nose on the B-25C started out as a field mod then became a standard option. For example.

[Stoney]

...started out as a field mod then became a standard option. For example.

Kind of like fake boobs...

[alpini13]

standard modification?did someone actually say that?  for the axis late in the war,with shortages of man power,machinery,fuel,transportation systems and everything elsr,there were NO standard modifications.if you look in terms of actual aircraft,vehicles and guns that have been found and restored,you will find that the axis used whatever they had that could work and every model of everything evolved and changed as time went on...example,when ball bearings were not available they used other types of bearings,when aluminum was not available,they used wood,and im not talking std specs....case in point,the restoration of me262 jet trainer from willow grove pa,the bucks county team found that wood was used on internal bulkheads when the spec was for aluminum.....AND many recoeds from the 1944-45 period are missing...destroyed in the war....like we know that the ta-152c was made in production series..but not how many or if there was combat as the records dont exist..same for the arado 234c,and the arado 335,and did the me263 ever fly?(prob not) but we really dont KNOW,records destroyed.