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• Jan 14, 2005

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I am sort of lost where this convo is going anyhow.

 

• Jan 14, 2005

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I don't think your alone

 

• Jan 14, 2005

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I hope not.

 

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What? The conversation is going somewhere, I assure you.

 

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cheddar cheese said:

I thought the -152 was much more powerful than that?

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The TA's had a more effective supercharger (3 speeds I believe), and had NO2 injection for high altitude performance.

However, i believe in fact the NO2 injection was not installed on most service TA-152's.

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• Jan 14, 2005

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Not many 152's saw service in the first place i think...as little as 12 I think, but im not sure.

 

• Jan 14, 2005

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and that conversation was very valid and did have a point, and that's the word of god............

 

• Jan 14, 2005

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I thought he only had one word. There's been two points now that have been the words of god, it's all wrong.

 

• Jan 14, 2005

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it's the word of god, it can change if it wants...........

 

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God Shmod...

 

• Jan 15, 2005

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cheddar cheese said:

Not many 152's saw service in the first place i think...as little as 12 I think, but im not sure.

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I am not sure how many it was but I know it was not many infact I have not seen an accurat account of how many were actually built.

 

• Jan 15, 2005

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again, not many.............

 

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I've researched this quite a bit. From recall...

There were about 150 werknumbers assigned as TA152's (of all types) and Dora's beyond the Dora9 series.

There were about 75 airframes completed, including prototypes and pre-production combat planes (~20).

About 55 airframes were delivered.

About 30-55 saw combat.

Maximum strength was never more than about 20-25, typical strength was less than half that (it was a high maintanence plane).

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• Jan 16, 2005

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As CC said above......

Not many 152's saw service in the first place i think...as little as 12 I think, but im not sure.

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Guess he was right on the money....

Ur # of aircraft manufactured tho is incorrect..... There were 26 prototypes and 67 pre-production and production Ta-152's manufactured before the end of the war, for a total of 93 airframes....

This comes from The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WWII, by Paul Eden, 2004....

 

• Jan 16, 2005

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Still not too many and I can believe that it was a high maintenance aircraft.

 

• Jan 16, 2005

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lesofprimus said:

As CC said above......

Not many 152's saw service in the first place i think...as little as 12 I think, but im not sure.

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Guess he was right on the money....

Ur # of aircraft manufactured tho is incorrect..... There were 26 prototypes and 67 pre-production and production Ta-152's manufactured before the end of the war, for a total of 93 airframes....

This comes from The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WWII, by Paul Eden, 2004....

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I've seen lots of different figures for this plane from a variety of "reputable" sources. The numbers I gave were approximate. The 55 planes delivered figure sticks in my mind as having been pretty solid across many sources, and about 35 actual operational is the lowest figure I've seen.

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• Jan 16, 2005

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Whatever the specific number, it was rather low.

 

• Jan 17, 2005

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Yup.....

 

• Jan 17, 2005

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Whatever the specific number, it was rather low.

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Yep. At the same time, there were a couple of P-51H's flying. So if we're comparing technology, the and the Ta152 is being considered, so should the P-51H. Had the war been going differently, the P-51H would certainly have been deployed. As it was, there simply was no pressing need to do so, and the logistics of doing so were deemed not worth the effort.

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