Fw-190

[lesofprimus]

I think it was more than a 1/3...

 

[plan_D]

I don't think it was much more than half the kills. The Hurricane hunted the bombers, the Spitfires the fighters. The Hurricane was the savior in BoB. There were also 32 Sqd. of Hurricane and 11 Sqd. of Spitfire. Of course the Hurri was going to shoot down more.

 

[Yeomanz]

im gunna say no , because it wasn't very manouverable , though it was faster than the 109 , but im still going to say no ...

 

[lesofprimus]

im gunna say no , because it wasn't very manouverable

Are u saying the Fw-190 wasnt manouverable???? God I hope not...

 

[Yeomanz]

im gunna say no , because it wasn't very manouverable

Are u saying the Fw-190 wasnt manouverable???? God I hope not...

well less so than the 109 anyway

 

[lesofprimus]

I dont think anyone but urself would say that an Me-109 was more manouverable than an Fw-190, except maybe the armoured Fw-190A8/R3....

 

[Yeomanz]

well im only 14 so what would i know

 

[lesofprimus]

Atleast u can admit it....

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

what?? that he's 14???

 

[lesofprimus]

That he doent know everything....

 

[Yeomanz]

I barely know a think ,

i just have opinions on everything , though i know alot of the Japenease Codes

you know G4M-betty ect .........................................................

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Ect?

Ectetera?

 

[Yeomanz]

oh dear can i not abreviate now

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it's the codes i normally have problems with, like the TBM avenger and stuff, and i can never remember if the F4F was the wildcat or hellcat, samd with the F6F...................

 

[Yeomanz]

What about a F7F , that was a tigercat or something like that , or maybe it was a bearcat , never been good at allied planes

 

[evangilder]

Here you go, the Grumman Cats:
F4F- Wildcat
F6F- Hellcat
F7F- Tigercat
F8F- Bearcat

We have a Hellcat and a Bearcat at our museum and we get normal visits from a Wildcat. I used to confuse them as well, now I have been around them enough to remember.

 

[Yeomanz]

so my first guess was right , is the bearcat he jet one ?

 

[evangilder]

No, the Bearcat was the prop powered fast fighter. The Bearcat would actually go from a full brake stop to 10,000 feet in 96 seconds! I have seen it do that and it is really amazing! The top speed on it is quite fast too (Don't remember the exact off the top of my head). The jet one you are probably thinking of is the F9F Panther. There was also a swpet wing version of it called the Cougar.

 

[plan_D]

Couldn't the 109 out-climb and out-dive the -190. I can't remember, I know the -190 had the best roll rate in the war and it was faster, could turn inside and more powerful than the -109.

 

[Anonymous]

A few comments...

The Bf109's generally turned better than the FW190's at low speeds, the FW's turning better at medium and high speeds.

The FW's and 109's generally climbed about the same for a given time period, with the exception of the Bf109K which climbed like a rocket under NO2 (SEP) boost. However, SEP power was not something that could be used in combat very effectively except to escape in a climb. To engage SEP the engine had to be under a load (climbing pretty hard) and the RPM's and prop pitch had to be set just so.

The FW190A series was limited to altitudes below about 24000 feet, above that the engine computer had issues and it lacked performance. So against US bomber escorts, the Bf109 series was really the only choice until the Dora9 (which apparently fixed the problem or provided a bypass) arrived in very late 1944.

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