 | The Best Bf - 109 Variant ?| Aviation Discuss The Best Bf - 109 Variant ? in the World War II - Aviation forums; that's the one.................... |
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09-14-2004, 01:51 PM
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#61 | | Master of Ewes
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09-14-2004, 02:05 PM
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Country:  | A spitfire's range was not that much better then the 109. Now granted the spit did develope range better. But for range in a fighter I'll take the A6M2 
Lanc, a Stringbag was slow cold and did well because it was so bad. But when the Spits got to Malta the Swordfish were not flown. 
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09-14-2004, 02:19 PM
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Country: | yes they were, well firstly it was mainly beauforts doin the anti-shipping role, but swordfish were still used, the spit couldn't be used at a torpedo plane could it..................
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09-15-2004, 05:27 AM
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| Not too sure if they tried that, but they tried it with floats.... | |
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09-15-2004, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by lesofprimus The Spit, in any variation, was sexier than the 109... | The Spitfire in any variation was far sexier than anything, apart from the Mosquito 
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09-15-2004, 08:52 AM
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| I've never seen anything about trying a spit with a torpedo. I imagine the length of British torpedoes might have caused a bit of a problem.
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09-15-2004, 10:37 AM
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Country: | I do remember seeing a Spit with floats on it, but not with a torp strapped to its belly....
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09-15-2004, 12:28 PM
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Country: | i've seen a pic of a spit with floats, but there's no way a landbased spit could take a torp....................
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09-15-2004, 12:53 PM
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09-15-2004, 02:39 PM
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Country: | Floats yes I have a poor picture of it. It was an experiment I think much like the Japanese and the A6M on floats. Both were looking for fighters that could patrol the islands in the Pacific as I remember before carriers were all the rage and not a lot of Island bases. But both programs were not developed.
Now if you want Sex appeal in a fighter, the Italians did have that But I would take Mae West
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09-15-2004, 02:42 PM
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Country: | The Shiden started out as a float plane in the initial stages of its developement...
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09-16-2004, 12:00 AM
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| Float plane fighters, in general, weren't very good ideas. The drag the floats imposed serious limits on performance.
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09-16-2004, 12:01 PM
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Country: | Yes the floats were not a good idea, but it was intended as a stop gep thing. If I want a floatplance I want a Seaplane, A PB2Y or Martin PBM
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09-16-2004, 01:20 PM
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The Shiden started out as a float plane in the initial stages of its developement...
| are you sure, the shiden was a land based intorceptor...............
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09-16-2004, 04:18 PM
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| The Shiden began life as the N1K1 Kyofu ("Mighty Wind") codename: Rex.
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