P-35, F3F-1, or F2A-3 - Aircraft of World War II

elmilitaro · 03-07-2006, 07:04 AM

Which do you all think is the best of these 3: the Seversky P-35, Grumman F3F, or the Brewster F2A-3?

FLYBOYJ · 03-07-2006, 08:32 AM

I'd go with the F2A-3...

R988 · 03-07-2006, 10:20 AM

I'll go with the F2 as well, but only because I don't know much about the other two.

Twitch · 03-07-2006, 10:35 AM

Choose your coffin- each one is dead meat to any half way competitent pilot in an early war fighter.

FLYBOYJ · 03-07-2006, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Twitch

Choose your coffin- each one is dead meat to any half way competitent pilot in an early war fighter.

Very True - the P-35 was slow and underarmed but very maneuvable and stable, actually a bad trait for a fighter. I'd take the Buffalo being faster and heavier at least the thing could dive and it had 4 .50s. It was not a fighter to fly in a dogfight and if you lost the ability to dive i think you would be dead meat.

The F3F actually had a 2750 fpm rate of climb, not bad for a bi-plane...

elmilitaro · 03-07-2006, 03:13 PM

Very true.

Gnomey · 03-07-2006, 03:14 PM

I'd take the Buffalo as well, at least I would have a chance of escaping if the need arose...

the lancaster kicks ass · 03-07-2006, 03:15 PM

which, it invariably will

cheddar cheese · 03-07-2006, 03:52 PM

Id have the P-35, cos that 'spawned' the Reggiane Re.2000.

elmilitaro · 03-07-2006, 04:22 PM

didn't know that, not as sharp as I used to be.

Wildcat · 03-07-2006, 04:49 PM

I'd go with the Buffalo, it was obsolete at the start of the war but that didn't stop the Finnish achieving some success in Europe. Plus the gallant attempt to defend Singapore against overwhelming odds by the men of the RAAF, RNZAF, RAF and NEIAF who achieved something like a 2:1 kill rate.

V-1710 · 03-09-2006, 02:27 AM

I think I would take the Buffalo, but only because of it's weapons. I would take the P-36 over all of them, given the choice.

loomaluftwaffe · 03-09-2006, 03:14 AM

id take an F-35 :P

Vassili Zaitzev · 03-09-2006, 06:32 AM

I would say the F2A-3 buffalo, its the only plane I know out of the three. Four .50 cals and armor, but not very manerveurable. If you go one on one in a buffalo to a zero, your dead.

loomaluftwaffe · 03-09-2006, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese

Id have the P-35, cos that 'spawned' the Reggiane Re.2000.

yeah i agree, the Re. 2000 is a good plane

03-07-2006, 07:04 AM	#1
elmilitaro Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 405	P-35, F3F-1, or F2A-3 Which do you all think is the best of these 3: the Seversky P-35, Grumman F3F, or the Brewster F2A-3? __________________ "And when he gets to heaven, To Saint Peter he will tell; One more marine reporting, sir- I've served my time in hell." A marine gravemarker on guadalcanal

03-07-2006, 08:32 AM	#2
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,881	I'd go with the F2A-3... __________________ > I Support Doug Gillis <

03-07-2006, 10:20 AM	#3
R988 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Londonium Posts: 609	I'll go with the F2 as well, but only because I don't know much about the other two. __________________ Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.

03-07-2006, 10:35 AM	#4
Twitch Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: City of the Angels California Posts: 809	Choose your coffin- each one is dead meat to any half way competitent pilot in an early war fighter. __________________

03-07-2006, 03:13 PM	#6
elmilitaro Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 405	Very true. __________________ "And when he gets to heaven, To Saint Peter he will tell; One more marine reporting, sir- I've served my time in hell." A marine gravemarker on guadalcanal

03-07-2006, 03:14 PM	#7
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 16,540	I'd take the Buffalo as well, at least I would have a chance of escaping if the need arose... __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

03-07-2006, 03:15 PM	#8
the lancaster kicks ass Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 19,945	which, it invariably will __________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."

03-07-2006, 03:52 PM	#9
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	Id have the P-35, cos that 'spawned' the Reggiane Re.2000.

03-07-2006, 04:22 PM	#10
elmilitaro Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 405	didn't know that, not as sharp as I used to be. __________________ "And when he gets to heaven, To Saint Peter he will tell; One more marine reporting, sir- I've served my time in hell." A marine gravemarker on guadalcanal

03-07-2006, 04:49 PM	#11
Wildcat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland Posts: 4,765	I'd go with the Buffalo, it was obsolete at the start of the war but that didn't stop the Finnish achieving some success in Europe. Plus the gallant attempt to defend Singapore against overwhelming odds by the men of the RAAF, RNZAF, RAF and NEIAF who achieved something like a 2:1 kill rate. __________________

03-09-2006, 02:27 AM	#12
V-1710 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 167	I think I would take the Buffalo, but only because of it's weapons. I would take the P-36 over all of them, given the choice.

03-09-2006, 03:14 AM	#13
loomaluftwaffe Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,848	id take an F-35 :P __________________ "The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories." - General der Jagdflieger Adolf Galland"

03-09-2006, 06:32 AM	#14
Vassili Zaitzev Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut Posts: 2,484	I would say the F2A-3 buffalo, its the only plane I know out of the three. Four .50 cals and armor, but not very manerveurable. If you go one on one in a buffalo to a zero, your dead. __________________ "Never was so much owed by so many to so few"- Winston Churchill.

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