Best possible fighter

[Anonymous]

The video is cool, thanks!

The one on the P-51 is pretty good too. Most are early level training films, often very focused on checklists and takeoff and landing proceedures, but some have some other tid-bits in them as well.

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[dinos7]

i believe the f4u corsair, spitfire, hawker hurricane the p-51 mustang and the fw109 were the best fighters.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

and the fw109 were the best fighters.

Do you mean Bf-109 (Me-109) or the Fw-190?

 

[cheddar cheese]

He better mean Fw-190 8)

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Well I agree somewhat but I still think the 109 was one of the best aircraft but she was not the best possible fighter.

Out of his list I would go with the 190 if that is what he means. Deffinatly not a 109 or a Hurricane.

 

[dinos7]

i meant the fw-190

 

[wmaxt]

I'll stick with these P-38, Spitfire, fw-190/Ta-152 and F4U.

The P-51 was a good aircraft but I would choose the planes mentioned above first. The only advantage the P-51 has over the last 3 is range, and it doesn't even have that over the P-38.

wmaxt

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

remember guys (if you'd read the first pages) that the idea of this thread isn't to find the best fighters, it's to design you're own single engined fighter taking characteristics from different fighters..........

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Hmmm lets see then. You know I dont know because I dont think with what was operational in WW2 you could get something better then a Ta-152.

 

[cheddar cheese]

If the Italians had continued plane development we could have seen some rivals for the Ta-152.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Such as?

 

[cheddar cheese]

Well, in 1943 the Series-5 fighters were beter than anything at the time. The Fiat G.56 with the DB-603 would have been great, and although never built, the Re-2006 could have been similarly great. Ok these planes are not up to Ta-152 standards, but I think that given 2 more years of design and development at the same rate they were going at in 1943 they could have had some truly great fighters around.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Hmmm, possibly.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Its impossible to tell though really. Im just going by logic.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I dont see the Italians being capable of doing so. Even today they rely on others for anything that is worth a damn.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Sounds like here.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeah but you guys buy some pretty good stuff though.

 

[Nonskimmer]

We do?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

You bought the Hornet and the Leopard tanks. My understanding is you are buying new ones also. Dont you use the Fox also. The Fox is pretty sweet.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Not sure about the Fox.
The problem Adler is that we'll buy or make something ourselves, and then keep it around for forty years at a stretch. There's only so much updating you can do to a piece of equipment.