SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I'm going with yes.Hey SparotRob,
re:". . .would the Zero been able to out-range the BF-109? . . ."
See my post#132 above.
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I'm going with yes.Hey SparotRob,
re:". . .would the Zero been able to out-range the BF-109? . . ."
See my post#132 above.
While we focus on the technical attributes, advantages and disadvantages of the Zero hypothetically being used in the BoB, any thought of how the aircraft would be flown? Tactics?
The Russians were already putting armoured seats on the Polikarpov I-16s used by the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War years before the Zero's first flight.When the Zero was designed was common not put armour and SS tanks, also the Spitfire and Bf 109 were w/o.
The Russians were already putting armoured seats on the Polikarpov I-16s used by the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War years before the Zero's first flight.
My point is that if a Mark VIII Spitfire which is a 400+ mph airplane that climbs like a homesick angel is having to work so hard against crappy old KI43 Oscars that they are coming home with wrinkled skin and damaged engines, then how is it supposed to be that a Hurricane will do just fine? Or maybe Oscars and Zeros aren't the pushovers that some people like to make them out to be.A somewhat extraneous addition the above (having almost nothing to do with the Hurricane's ability to maneuver with a Zero or Oscar) is that the Hurricane did not have to worry about wrinkled skins and bent engine engine bearers. Due to the method used in its construction it was very difficult to over-stress the airframe. Even at its Vmax in a dive any feasible G pull-out was relatively safe.
crappy old KI43 Oscars that they are coming home with wrinkled skin and damaged engines, then how is it supposed to be that a Hurricane will do just fine? Or maybe Oscars and Zeros aren't the pushovers that some people like to make them out to be.
Neither were the Spitfire VIII and Hurricane IIThe Oscars and Zeros of 1943 are not the Oscars and Zeros of 1940 either.
A somewhat extraneous addition the above (having almost nothing to do with the Hurricane's ability to maneuver with a Zero or Oscar) is that the Hurricane did not have to worry about wrinkled skins and bent engine engine bearers. Due to the method used in its construction it was very difficult to over-stress the airframe. Even at its Vmax in a dive any feasible G pull-out was relatively safe.
Or maybe Oscars and Zeros aren't the pushovers that some people like to make them out to be.
The Mark VIII Spitfire was a superb aircraft, but the problem is if an Oscar is in gun range of you, then you are in gun range of him. An Oscar can turn on a dime and flip the tables instantly.Or maybe the RAF pilots should have just B&Z the Japanese aircraft like the Americans did against them and the Luftwaffe for that matter?. In a straight up 1-1 fight the MkVIII holds all the aces.
I'd say the damage would most likely be caused by over zealous pilots having been accustomed to Hurricane's attacked the Zero's with too great a speed and realising that they are going to overshoot hauled back on the stick trying to turn back into the attack bending their aircraft.
The Mark VIII Spitfire was a superb aircraft, but the problem is if an Oscar is in gun range of you, then you are in gun range of him. An Oscar can turn on a dime and flip the tables instantly.
I think you need to read this again.