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    Was the Seafire’s narrow track the issue?

    Dunno. May be because USSR cut Graf Zeppelin into little pieces? So, you say that Spit's narrow track is not that bad as Bf 109's narrow track? Ah, now it's clear. Thank you!
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    Was the Seafire’s narrow track the issue?

    Hello! Why Germans addressed the track issue when planned Me 155 ?
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    Soviet vs. Japanese Fighters

    Ehm... Yak-1 series 4, spring 1941, M-105P engine with inverted-g problem, indeed. Yak-1 series 20, summer 1941, M-105PA engine with carburettor fixed for inverted-g. Yak-1 series 79, late 1942, M-105PF forced engine which adds acceleration rate. The feature here is that USSR documented own...
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    P-47 Thunderbolt Manual's

    (did not downloaded yet) how one manual can describe all 52"boost and 72"boost engine?
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    technical description of Airacobra/V-1710-E4 by nkap

    ftp://ftp.redrodgers.com/Vedma/
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    technical description of Airacobra/V-1710-E4 by nkap

    ftp://ftp.redrodgers.com/Vedma/Airacobra.with.Allison.V-1710-35(E4).Technical.description.pdf
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    Spitfire Manuals

    ftp://ftp.redrodgers.com/Vedma/Spitfire_TSAGI.djvu
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    Kawasaki KI 61 Hien "Tony"

    it was my answer to Guynemer. the answer was understood by Guynemer and accepted as precise and useful. well, msword said that my post is grammatically correct, only recommending me to use "as" instead of "like". conclusion: my posts have readability and are clear for understanding. p.s.any...
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    Kawasaki KI 61 Hien "Tony"

    a topic starter with french nick looks to be satisfied with an article given. any decent avia-fan, like members of this forum, can easily google enough information about this popular airplane in almost any language, whatever he can read. so there is no sense to translate that article imho...
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    Kawasaki KI 61 Hien "Tony"

    what for?
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    Best Aircraft in Many Different Roles Part II

    well, it does relate. if 1800kg could be lifted only with 1500m concrete runway carried at 1000m altitude and dropped at 10km range, it usually means that it was done very rarely in combat conditions. for example, discussing load of Pe-8 i prefer to recall FAB-5000 (5000kg GPB) that was...
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    Tail gunner worth?

    even spotting bandits, VVS usually kept formation to carry out primary goal. many veterans said that LW preferred to intercept strike planes AFTER the strike was done. sometimes LW even to avoided interception of well built flight group. with soviet doctrine in mind these veterans wondered why...
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    Tail gunner worth?

    saw some memoir mentions of the fact that stuka is quite maneuverable. read a report that said il-2 turn time is slower 2 times and radius lesser 1.5 times (or vise versa) than 109's. so when il-2 goes virage, 109 should not follow it, because when it follows, it outruns il-2 by outer circle and...
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    Secret Codeword "Greengrocer"

    does it correlate to sortee results?
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    Best Aircraft in Many Different Roles Part II

    said 'just pressed' was called n00b by so named heavyweight. every1 happy. imho incident closed.
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