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    Kyushu J7W1 Shinden canard prototype

    yes - except the ***-ender was a dog with a poor CoG that was more of a danger to its own pilot than Bandits were wasnt totally to blame - it was loaded with a 400 Hp less Allison than it was supposed to recieve the extra power-loading may have helped mask its bad handeling somewhat...
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    Best Tank Killer of WW2 continued

    for tank "busting" you want cannon the probable best plane for gunzo tank strafing was probably the Hurricane II-d . . . . . but slow best tank busters that had a decent level of survival against Fighters was probably the FW190-F Typhoon the specialised slow-speed G/A aircraft like...
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    Kyushu J7W1 Shinden canard prototype

    here is the Shinden today - stored at the smithsonium , it is on the backlog for restoration there was talk of the project actually starting later this year , but i havent heard of anything definate they recently completed the only Curtiss XP-55 Ascender to static restoration it looks...
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    Kyushu J7W1 Shinden canard prototype

    the supposed feild notes from the test flights copied from a shinden Internet webpage : Prototype "SHINDEN" flying record Mushiroda Aairport Hukuoka-city Hukuoka-pref. JAPAN <1st test flying> in 3rd Augst 1945 Body conditions Loading goods : Front opportunity gun...
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    Kyushu J7W1 Shinden canard prototype

    this is all the info i have in my Shinden text file : Wingspan 11.1 m (36 ft 6 in) Length 9.7 m (31 ft 8 in) Height 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) Weight Empty, 3,645 kg (7,639 lb Japan's J7W1 Shinden was the only World War II aircraft of canard configuration that any combatant ordered into...
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    Kyushu J7W1 Shinden canard prototype

    its always fascinated me - would love too have seen it developed
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    In game Bf-109 video, by Gutted.

    he swears it was filemed with the cockpit on , if so he's one of the better deflection shots this game has in its community
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    Flying the Me-262

    hello - first post here Me-262 is my single favourite ride in FB - its mass fun the engine heat is related to speed , not TAS either but speedbar speed - you go slow youll overheat , overheat for too long your power drops . up high you actually going faster than what the speedbar says so...
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