Birth Month - Page 4

Chantytown · 04-11-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Quirkygal

'Cept I try not to in front of the kids!

heh! One would hope...

PursuitOfHappinessParty · 04-11-2008, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Malkavian

I never liked Japanese aircraft design. Soviet planes could do anything Nips could and then some, plus as a bonus, Soviets did not explode when hit in the tanks. British, Soviets and Japanese shared air fighting philosophy, with Soviets having the best planes of all three. Americans and Germans had the same philosophy... With Germans having better planes, but Americans having more of them.

American/German philosophy was superior to the British/Soviet/Japanese though.

Agreed, except America fielded the single best plane.

Malkavian · 04-11-2008, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BleedingPinky

Really? Don´t think so, but still fun. BTW, nother ww2 fan here. Malk, mig-3 wasn´t worth a shit

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It wasn't when the war started in 1941 and later. In 1940, it was (one of) the fastest production plane in the world

Seriously, it's not all that bad... Underpowered and underarmed, but pretty fast at altitude. Since you are Spanish, you should know Soviet I-16 Rata.

Those kicked ass in Spanish civil war. Until Emil showed up.

Malkavian · 04-11-2008, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by PursuitOfHappinessParty

Agreed, except America fielded the single best plane.

Hmmm? Which one? Mustangs were 'meh' at medium and low alts... American bombers kicked ass, but i never was into bombing...

guest1234567 · 04-11-2008, 02:52 PM

Use the first letter of the month you were born to answer the following:

1. What month were you born? October
2. 4 letter word: Oink
3. Vehicle: Oldsmobile
4. City: Oslo
5. Boy Name: Oliver
6. Girl Name: Olive
7. Alcoholic drink: Ouzo
8. Occupation: Operator
9. Something you wear: Optional
10. Sport: Ostrich Racing
11. Food: Orange
12. Something found in a bathroom: Orange potpourri
13. Something found in a kitchen: Orange Juice
14. Something found in your garage: Oil
15. Reason for Being Late:Overtime
16. Cartoon Character: Olive Oyl
17. Something You Shout: Oh Shit!
18. Animal: Ostrich
19. Body part: Olfactory stuff
20. Word to describe you: Old

BleedingPinky · 04-11-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Malkavian

It wasn't when the war started in 1941 and later. In 1940, it was (one of) the fastest production plane in the world

Seriously, it's not all that bad... Underpowered and underarmed, but pretty fast at altitude. Since you are Spanish, you should know Soviet I-16 Rata.

Those kicked ass in Spanish civil war. Until Emil showed up.

Me no comprendo,

. I reckon Ilyushin made some good planes at the time, but mg-3 was just a pure sleek, underpowered wooden plane. (I built an RC model of it around 20 years ago, did my research back in the day,

)

Malkavian · 04-11-2008, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BleedingPinky

Me no comprendo,

. I reckon Ilyushin made some good planes at the time, but mg-3 was just a pure sleek, underpowered wooden plane. (I built an RC model of it around 20 years ago, did my research back in the day,

)

IL2 Sturmovik was excellent ground attack plane... The best WW2 russian fighters were Yak's and La's (with exception of flying coffin LaGG, which was not all that bad in my opinion too).

MiG was sleek, and looked good

Fast and a chick magnet, what else could you wish for? Except armor and power and weapons and more reliable engine....

BleedingPinky · 04-11-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Malkavian

MiG was sleek, and looked good

Fast and a chick magnet, what else could you wish for? Except armor and power and weapons and more reliable engine....

A Hellcat with a well trained pilot was the deal. Too late for the European scene, ugly as hell (oops, redundant), but much more punch & thrust,

Malkavian · 04-11-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BleedingPinky

A Hellcat with a well trained pilot was the deal. Too late for the European scene, ugly as hell (oops, redundant), but much more punch & thrust,

F6F? A bit too slow and follows American .50 cal fetish - the main reason i don't like American planes... The only one aircraft that could do well with .50 cal was P-47 (that's the only US plane i actually like, and even that one is not without problems, but the engine is absolutely awesome) and the only reason for that was it had 8 of them instead of 6 for mustang and F6F and P-40. Normal people (VVS and Luftwaffe) were using 20mm autocannons from the get go. Germans had Mk108 30mm autocannon which was the best air gun of the war... The only American plane i know that tried to solve the weapons problem was P-39 Aircobra with 37mm cannon. It would be a great plane if it wasn't a death trap for rookie pilots.

BleedingPinky · 04-11-2008, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Malkavian

F6F? A bit too slow and follows American .50 cal fetish - the main reason i don't like American planes... The only one aircraft that could do well with .50 cal was P-47 (that's the only US plane i actually like, and even that one is not without problems, but the engine is absolutely awesome) and the only reason for that was it had 8 of them instead of 6 for mustang and F6F and P-40. Normal people (VVS and Luftwaffe) were using 20mm autocannons from the get go. Germans had Mk108 30mm autocannon which was the best air gun of the war... The only American plane i know that tried to solve the weapons problem was P-39 Aircobra with 37mm cannon. It would be a great plane if it wasn't a death trap for rookie pilots.

What? Nasdrovia bro!

6 .50 cal could hit the shit out of any lousy armored both german and japanese planes (especially these ones).
P-39, omg, that POS with the engine behind the cockpit? No wonder they supplied zillions of them to the russians under the lend-lease program.

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