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View Poll Results: Best Biplane Fighter of WW2?
Fiat CR.42 Falco 257 27.66%
Gloster Gladiator 372 40.04%
Polikarpov I-153 300 32.29%
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Old 02-07-2005, 04:39 PM   #16
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Only cos there was a British plane in it
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Old 02-07-2005, 07:49 PM   #17
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my god, ther's only one possible answer THE BEST BIPLANE is the I-15.
Even german Bf-109 pilots in spain looked like this when another I-15 escaped their cannon because of their tight turning
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Tight rolling, you mean. The I-15 wasn't an amazing tight turner, but the roll was amazing as most Bi-planes have good roll rates. The I-15s fell easy prey to 109s.
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Old 02-15-2005, 06:13 PM   #19
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unlike I-16s..............

and playing PF at CC's place, i was in that gladiator that isn't a gladiator it was produced by annother country or summit, i was shot down (well i ejected) by a CR.42 which then went on to shoot down a ace Bf-109
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Old 02-15-2005, 07:01 PM   #20
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If I'm flying the I-16s, the 109s don't stand a chance. My first two kills were 109E4s on AEP. And it just went up and up from there, until I got injured and after a short stint in a P-40 was injured again and put in a La-5.

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Old 02-16-2005, 12:02 PM   #21
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well,.. if i fly a bf109 against a biplane, i use my speed to get away, turn aroun, and shot. this u do over and over again, thill you blow of one of the wings.
anyway, u cant do a standard dogfight against a biplane, just cuz a biplane can fly very slow and can turn tighter as a 109 (at least, thats what i know, if its wrong plz correct me ). so then u would shurely lose in a 109.
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Old 02-16-2005, 12:16 PM   #22
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I say the best was CR.42.
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no, the galdiator!!!

and it's winning in the poll...............
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Old 02-16-2005, 02:59 PM   #25
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The gladiator was a great biplane !
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The CR.42 however, was better
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Old 02-16-2005, 05:08 PM   #27
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Yeah in some ways, but it isnt as pretty !
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How can you say that?! Look at it, Beautiful
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Old 02-16-2005, 08:02 PM   #29
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The CR.42 was aerodinamically perfect amongst other biplanes.
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Yeah, and my pictures of it were better. COLOUR, well one was.
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