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03-16-2005, 05:32 AM
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#61 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | 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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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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#64 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | That's cheating! 
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03-16-2005, 07:19 PM
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03-17-2005, 03:07 PM
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Country: | The CR.42 would annilhate its ass...
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03-17-2005, 03:52 PM
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#67 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | 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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#69 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | 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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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass no it wouldn't, and that top wing was only to carry fuel on ferry flights.......... | Would with me flying it
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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Country: | 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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#74 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | yes it was never deigned to go into combat with the second wing attatched............
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03-18-2005, 04:07 PM
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Country: | Then how can you call it the best Biplane FIGHTER if it was never actually designed to fight?
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