 | Is Spitfire really the BEST British fighter???| Aviation Discuss Is Spitfire really the BEST British fighter??? in the World War II - Aviation forums; Alright i think that the typhoon is a air superiority fighter in wwii... |
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02-21-2005, 10:43 AM
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| Alright i think that the typhoon is a air superiority fighter in wwii 
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02-21-2005, 10:45 AM
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Country:  | No...the Typhoon was a poor fighter, except at really low altitudes, hence why it was used in the Ground Attack role. The Tempest was far better.
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Country:  | Yes but is it the BEST british fighter? That's the original question
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02-21-2005, 10:46 AM
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| way better than the spitfire and all the italian fighters 
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| he he he he he he he he he he he he
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02-21-2005, 10:48 AM
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02-21-2005, 12:17 PM
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Country: | oh come on everything was better than the italian fighters, but yes i think the spit was our best fighter, and it gave far more service than any other.............
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02-21-2005, 02:02 PM
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| Hey, guys, why there were Spitfires with clipped elliptical wings? Whats that for? I think that destroyed the total beauty of Spitfire............ | |
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02-21-2005, 02:03 PM
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Country: | For better performance at low level I think, don't know how it helped though
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02-21-2005, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass oh come on everything was better than the italian fighters, but yes i think the spit was our best fighter, and it gave far more service than any other............. | The Italians built some of the greatest fighters of the war, namely the Series 5 figthers.
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02-21-2005, 03:13 PM
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| By the way, did Spitfire participate in any escorting role during the bombing in Berlin????
Why didnt Britian send Spitfire to escort Lancaster to Germany? | |
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02-21-2005, 03:15 PM
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Country: | The Spitfire's range was average at best. It was an Interceptor, not an Escort.
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02-22-2005, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by mosquitoman oh well, looking at your results it looks like the Tempest might win, what would be useful are rate of roll, turn, dive for the manouverability side of things | Tempest dive speed was very good. High speed roll rate was mediocre, as was turn performance. For turn manuvering, the Typhoon beats the Tempest, the P-51 beats the Typhoon, and the Spitfire beats the P-51, according to Boscombe Downs tests.
What made the Tempest V-2 stand out was the armament - four Hispano V's with 200 rpg is pretty hard to beat, and these were mounted in very rigid wings allowing for accurate fire. It was also a very robust plane able to sustain significant battle damage.
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02-22-2005, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Chiron Hey, guys, why there were Spitfires with clipped elliptical wings? Whats that for? I think that destroyed the total beauty of Spitfire............ | I think it increased the roll rate
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02-22-2005, 12:21 PM
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Country: | and about the spit escort thing, even if the spit could escort the bombers to berlin, she wasn;t suited to nightfighting, whislt she was used in the role occassionlly she wasn't suited to it.................
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