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| View Poll Results: Best Biplane Fighter of WW2? | |||
| Fiat CR.42 Falco |     | 260 | 27.66% |
| Gloster Gladiator |    | 376 | 40.00% |
| Polikarpov I-153 |    | 304 | 32.34% |
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03-16-2005, 05:32 AM
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 | Yes but while you're attached it would be too easy to get bounced, you're flying a giant bomb!
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03-16-2005, 03:35 PM
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 | If you do, just drop the thing and run!  |
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03-16-2005, 06:03 PM
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| I'm surprised no one has mentioned this! Through a loophole, I present to you THE best biplane fighter of World War Two. Below: The Hurricane had its origins in the Hawker Fury biplane. One Hurricane was given a jettisonable top wing to extend its range for delivery flights.  *EDIT*~I forgot, source is my copy of FIGHTER THE WORLD'S FINEST COMBAT AIRCRAFT - 1914 TO THE PRESENT DAY, by Jim Winchester; a Parragon Publishing Book. |
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03-16-2005, 06:06 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| That's cheating!  (like I care. ) |
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03-16-2005, 07:19 PM
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| Must be the best then
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03-17-2005, 03:07 PM
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| The CR.42 would annilhate its ass... |
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03-17-2005, 03:52 PM
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| no it wouldn't, and that top wing was only to carry fuel on ferry flights..........
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03-17-2005, 06:01 PM
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| Exactly, after the fuel was spent, the wing and its spars were released... Other than that, there were few other additions in equipment. |
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03-17-2005, 06:07 PM
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| I confess, I don't know much about this type of Hurricane. Wouldn't the act of releasing the wing in flight be highly dangerous? |
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03-17-2005, 06:53 PM
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| In itself, the airflow would probably push it back low enough to chop off the tail... I'm guessing a) there were charges to blow it off, b) it was performed in a dive so it fell safely, or c) both. |
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03-18-2005, 07:06 AM
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| I would think the lift generated by the wing would pull it up enough to clear the tail. It also would not be 'blown' at a high speed. |
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03-18-2005, 11:10 AM
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Bit vulnerable aint it? Couple of hits on the wing and kaboom... | |
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03-18-2005, 12:34 PM
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| That's why it was only used on ferry flights or at least that was the idea
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03-18-2005, 12:40 PM
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| yes it was never deigned to go into combat with the second wing attatched............
__________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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03-18-2005, 04:07 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England
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| Then how can you call it the best Biplane FIGHTER if it was never actually designed to fight? |
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