DarrenW
Staff Sergeant
Thanks for looking that up for me. Too bad the chart he speaks of isn't located in that post.
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Well if you find it don't follow his lead on how to interpret it!Thanks for looking that up for me. Too bad the chart he speaks of isn't located in that post.
Thanks for the advice. I already see huge discrepancies in his analysis concerning the service ceilings of 1943 fighters.Well if you find it don't follow his lead on how to interpret it!
Fargo?
I'm trying to find this chart in post #869 but came up empty. Does anyone know where it possibly went?
And I apologize in advance to those who would like to have seen this thread die a thousand horrible deaths a thousand or so posts ago...
I think so.Fargo?
I'm trying to find this chart in post #869 but came up empty. Does anyone know where it possibly went?
And I apologize in advance to those who would like to have seen this thread die a thousand horrible deaths a thousand or so posts ago...
Fargo?
Thanks Wuzak for the link. I hope to find it quickly as these threads were already exhausting the first time around...Maybe these?
Groundhog Thread Part Deux - P-39 Fantasy and Fetish - The Never Ending Story (Mods take no responsibility for head against wall injuries sustained)
The "early 2 stage Spitfire MkIX" was a 1942 aircraft. Only 4 squadrons active with the Mk IX before Sept '42, basically test batches. Real production of the Mk IX was in 1943. By 1943 the engines had improved. Do you think the P-39N is actually a match for the P-51A? The P-51A being faster...ww2aircraft.net
Old thread but still worth correcting a few of many salient discrepancies:See the chart in post #869. 38000ft ceiling and 31000ft combat ceiling. Better than P-40, P-51A, F4F, F4U, F6F, FW190, Typhoon, A6M2 and Ki-43. About the same as P-38F/G, P-47C and Me109G and better climb below 30000ft. Not as good as Spitfire IX. That about covers it for 1942/43 fighters.
I understand it had the highest flat spin rate of all of them.
And all the while holding down the trigger so you're hurling rounds at all the bad guys in all directions.It was a useful combat maneuver. If a Zero is on your tail just pull back on the stick and BINGO, now it's right in front of you - on your tail again - in front - behind. Then you just need an hour or two to climb back to combat altitude. What? I don't have an hour or two of endurance? Oh, well. He who fights and spins away...