Yeah so I heard, I doubt it though if it was related.
Best Bomber of WW2 (continued)
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MP-Willow
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But you are back 
On the thought of ladies, how could be get more to talk here? I would like to know what they think.
On the thought of ladies, how could be get more to talk here? I would like to know what they think.
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of who??
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cheddar cheese
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People of the female variety.
MP, a couple of women do post on the site, "The Jagdflieger Pips" and "Crippen". However they have a tendecy to post more in the Off-Topic section that on the Aviation related topics.
MP, a couple of women do post on the site, "The Jagdflieger Pips" and "Crippen". However they have a tendecy to post more in the Off-Topic section that on the Aviation related topics.
MP-Willow
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C.C thanks, but then how can we bring them to Aviation?
Was the Ju-87 the best Dive Bomer?
Was the Ju-87 the best Dive Bomer?
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well cripps baisically follows anything to do with me or the lancaster, i propose a bit huge lancaster thread over here just for me, cripps, and anyone else who can only say nice things about the lancaster............
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MP-Willow said:
No, the Dauntless was better in almost every way that counts. The Stuka was SLOW!
mosquitoman
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How's about the Vultee Vengeance, how does that compare as a dive-bomber?
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it's not too shabby actually..........
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What about the He-177... 
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cheddar cheese said:What about the He-177...
Plagued with problems (mostly due to the doubled up engines per prop) and not a very stable bombing platform. Hitler's stupidity in action again!
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cheddar cheese
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Yep! Why he wanted it to work as a dive bomber I dont know!
mosquitoman
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The Manchester was supposed to be able to dive-bomb aswell
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i believe he was making a joke about the -177 being so bad wen it got to it's target (sorry IF it gets there) it would break down and DIVE down onto the target.............
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cheddar cheese said:
Because the Stuka was so effective early in the war. Hitler could not wrap his puny drug riddled brain around the concept of anything bigger than the tactical war. With him it was either tactics or knockout punches, nothing in-between.
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the lancaster kicks ass said:
No, it was actually intended for use as a dive bomber...
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yeah i didn't know that
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the lancaster kicks ass said:
To quote your message again, I doubt the plane would even make it to the ground, it would explode before it even reached the ground, resulting in a little light "Shrapnel rain" over the target
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Not really. Hitler had decreed that all bombers should be capable of being dive bombers, and thus no 4 engine bomber development could be pursued.
Heinkel of course knew this was stupid, so they endevoured to work around the decree. I don't think the He117 was ever really intended to be a dive bomber, it was just made capable enough of dive bombing to cover the engineer's asses. But even so, the increase in structure to support dive bombing (rather than to support stable flight and added durability) and the stuffing of two engines into each nacel to drive one prop made the plane unsuitable for its real roll - strategic bombing.
Heinkel also pursued the He277 but by the time Hitler recanted his foolish decree, it was too late to get the true 4 engine (and prop) design into the war.
Heinkel of course knew this was stupid, so they endevoured to work around the decree. I don't think the He117 was ever really intended to be a dive bomber, it was just made capable enough of dive bombing to cover the engineer's asses. But even so, the increase in structure to support dive bombing (rather than to support stable flight and added durability) and the stuffing of two engines into each nacel to drive one prop made the plane unsuitable for its real roll - strategic bombing.
Heinkel also pursued the He277 but by the time Hitler recanted his foolish decree, it was too late to get the true 4 engine (and prop) design into the war.
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i've always thought that undercarage was a bit strange.......
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