Mon Feb 11 03:13:52 2002
I'm watching a special on the P47 Thunderbolt on the History channel.
Mon Feb 11 03:39:47 2002
Mon Feb 11 03:45:00 2002
I'm a fan of the twin fusalage Lightning myself. (that may or may not be it's name, it's been a long time since I've seen it)
That is actually my favorite plane, no kidding.
Isn't twin fusalage, rather it posesses twin nacells. The P62 Twin Mustang is a twin fuselage airplane.
I know more about the lighning than any other plane. It had the distinct ability and magical power to absolutely dominate the luftwaffe when it's own engines weren't blowing up on themselves. :D
It was the allround best fighter of the war IMO, if only the British had supplied the powerplants, there would have been no argument as to this.
Mon Feb 11 04:00:56 2002
Here's a pic Hitscan.
there's another :)
Mon Feb 11 13:19:10 2002
Isn't twin fusalage, rather it posesses twin nacells. The P62 Twin Mustang is a twin fuselage airplane.
Mon Feb 11 19:51:13 2002
Mon Feb 11 21:07:50 2002
Any questions as to it's kick assedness? :)
Mon Feb 11 22:04:44 2002
Shoould I grace everyone with a synopsis of what I think about each major airforce and how each improved throughout the conflict?
Should I talk about general tactics and Plane versus Plane attributes? If so, which one's do you want to hear about?
Anything?
Mon Feb 11 22:50:17 2002
Remember why the A-10 was built. ;) :biggrin:
Mon Feb 11 22:59:01 2002
:tongue:
Mon Feb 11 23:18:18 2002
Mon Feb 11 23:32:55 2002
Silly willy's :)
Tue Feb 12 00:46:23 2002
Silly Hitscan, there was no A10 during the second world war.
Tue Feb 12 00:58:03 2002
Don't ask me why I say that though.
Tue Feb 12 15:22:18 2002
In a theoretical dogfight, assuming pilots of equal creaminess, which plane would win and why:
Corsair vs. Hellcat
We'll assume land-based launch.
Tue Feb 12 15:49:29 2002
Tue Feb 12 16:02:01 2002
A quick note on dogfight speculation, it does not always follow that the better airplane with an equal pilot on equal terms will always win. I mean, look at the Battle of Midway: The US was out-nubmered, had far inferior airplanes, and the Japanese pilots were individually the best pilots in the theatre at the time.
That did not keep them from getting thier butts kicked.
Corsair versus Hellcat:
In a word, I and most peops who understand the basic tenents of air combat during the time would pick the Corsair as the clear favorite, all else being "equal".
The reason is simple, the Corsair could out-run, out-dive, and out-climb the Hellcat and could therefore more easily get an altitude advantage or escape from a bad situation. Being able to dictate the terms of a fight is of the utmost importance.
The Hellcat is a far more agile airplane than the corsair. It was built with a captured Zero as a model. It quite possibly had the advantage of initial accelleration and most likely could perform better in high angle of attack manuevers. A corsair pilot that insisted on trying to out turn, out loop a Hellcat in a speed bleeding dogfight would have a very short lifespan indeed.
So in essense, a corsair pilot would want to use it's rate of climb to it's advantage, get above the `Cat, Dive down on it from height, attack, zoom back up to altitude and repeat the manuever.
Most sim pilots call this tactic the 'boom-and-zoom'
does this answer your question? :)
Wed Feb 13 13:58:43 2002
Wed Feb 13 17:47:34 2002
What warbird(s) does IG like in particular? :)
Wed Feb 13 18:08:50 2002
But I've always had a soft spot for the F-14 Tomcat. I believe it was a wonderful piece of machinery for the time; it had an appealing (to me) design, and I like cats so the name was good too.
Wed Feb 13 20:03:59 2002
Wed Feb 13 20:14:52 2002
Though Spitfire enthusiests, and supporters of the Hellcat and Zero may argue the point.
Thu Feb 14 06:42:16 2002
It was also noted that the Brits devised a way around much of this problem, by approaching the carrier on a curve (rather than straight-on) and swooping in, thus minimizing the amount of time the landing surface was horribly out of view.
But since I'm in no position to verify this personally, I can only take their word on it. ;)
Thu Feb 14 16:51:09 2002
but did you miss the one on the THUNDERBOLT?
:)
Thu Feb 14 17:39:34 2002
from AllYorBaseRBelong2Us posted at 11:51 am on Feb. 14, 2002
I saw the same special,but did you miss the one on the THUNDERBOLT?
:)
Apparently so.