 | Lightweight fighters| Aviation Discuss Lightweight fighters in the World War II - Aviation forums; exactly, lightweight fighters are always flawed, and bigger stronger fighters are always favoured.......... |
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06-14-2005, 04:05 PM
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#31 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | exactly, lightweight fighters are always flawed, and bigger stronger fighters are always favoured.......
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06-14-2005, 04:11 PM
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#32 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | Well I see no major flaws in the Dardo, apart from the fact it was designed to late.
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06-14-2005, 04:14 PM
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#33 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass exactly, lightweight fighters are always flawed, and bigger stronger fighters are always favoured....... | Not all the time Lanc, look at the F-16, hardly flawed, but If I could have an F-15 I'd take that! In actuality, the F-5 is an excellent light weight fighter. Fast maneuverable, simple to maintain and cheap to operate, it'll give any larger combat aircraft a run for its money.
The best ones I've seen were the CF-5s (Canadian). They had F-18 avionics suites which made them even "sweeter."
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06-14-2005, 04:20 PM
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#34 | | He who does not skim
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06-14-2005, 04:22 PM
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#35 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by Nonskimmer And of course, we got rid of them. | You know, I did a mod program on 10 of them - of all places, BOTSWANA! I spent a month there modifying the first 2 and training the BDF on how to do the rest. 
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06-14-2005, 04:25 PM
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#36 | | He who does not skim
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06-14-2005, 04:45 PM
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#37 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | so CC, what happens when you weight the plane down with ammo, if those tests were'nt done with ammo, and how much ammo could she carry?? you aint gonna get much in a plane of that size, and she aint gonna take much damage either......
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06-14-2005, 04:54 PM
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#38 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by Nonskimmer We seem to have a history of making a piece of gear finally just right...and then selling it off. | Yep, that sucks! Should of held on to them, they still could drop bombs real well!  Quote: |
Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass so CC, what happens when you weight the plane down with ammo, if those tests were'nt done with ammo, and how much ammo could she carry?? you aint gonna get much in a plane of that size, and she aint gonna take much damage either...... | Good point, the downfall of the lightweight fighter - there is only room for so much "stuff." You have to put 10 pounds of sh*t into a 5 pound bag
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06-15-2005, 10:19 AM
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#39 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | Those tests were done with ammo - though im not sure how much. And the flip side of not being able to take much damage is that its smaller and nimbler, making it harder to hit in the first place. Youre right though, being Italian and lightweight, it probably would have shredded to pieces when it was hit 
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06-15-2005, 10:28 AM
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06-15-2005, 04:34 PM
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#41 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | yes but that would take a very skilled pilot, something the italians were also lacking........
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06-15-2005, 04:35 PM
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#42 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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06-16-2005, 10:32 AM
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#43 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | They had some. A pilot such as Adriano Visconti would have relished in the experience of flying that plane.
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06-17-2005, 01:13 PM
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#44 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | and he would have got shot down very quickly, what about the rest of the men??
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06-17-2005, 01:21 PM
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#45 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass and he would have got shot down very quickly, what about the rest of the men?? | YOU'RE BAD! 
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