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Hi Vincenzo,
>why not +12 lbs for Hurricane II?
I believe the boost settings were increased incrementally for the Hurricane II, but I don't know the time line and thought the lower boost might be more representative for a 1942 comparison.
The final boost settings were +14 lbs/sqin in low gear and +16 lbs/sqin in high gear, which would of course yield better performance than what is indicated above.
However, I'm not sure it was available before 1942, and if we're talking about 1943 we might need to consider the Yak-9 instead of the Yak-1.
Regards,
Henning (HoHun)
Hi Clay,
>So, say you need fighters and these three designs are on your desk. Which do you want?
Since I was about to go off-topic, I just spun off a new thread on Yakovlev fighters here:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/technical/performance-comparison-yakovlev-fighter-family-17580.htm
Thanks for getting me started on Yaks!
Regards,
Henning (HoHun)
The Hurricane is hardly obsolete as it shot down 3/5 of all Luftwaffe aircraft, but my vote would be the Hurricane, average overall performance and a nasty armament.
I agree, except that the A6M was so badly outclassed at war's end I wonder if it is fair to say it was a major factor in 1945.3/5 of all Luftwaffe aircraft during the BoB (summer of 1940). After that the Hurricane played mostly secondary roles, while the P40 replaced it in Africa and the Yak soldiered on in front line service, and in improved models, right up to the end of the war.
When you think about it, there are four fighter planes which were major factors in the war from start to finish. The 109, Spitfire, Zero, and Yak. Everything else either came in mid-war(P51 and FW190 for example), was considered sub-standard and replaced in their primary role(P40/F4F), required a major redesign (LaGG3>La5/MC200>MC202/205), or were soon obsolete (Ki27, I-16).
Basically, the Yak started out as the best Soviet fighter in 1941 (Yak 1), and finished as the arguably best (Yak 3, dogfighter) in 1945, and then went on in service into the 1950s. That puts it way ahead of a host of other fighter designs from 1940.