What plane do you wish had sawservice

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

UMMM.... Yes.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Oh but they were...the Germans used MC.205's because they were more than capable of dealing with P-51D's...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I think they used them because they took them from the Italians and would use anythign that was decent, but not because they thought the Me-109G and Fw-190's could not.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Maybe. Whatever the case though, when the Series 5 fighters were entering service in 1943 they were right up with the best of the time.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ok let's change the discussion a little, was there anything purely italain that was any good (ok not purely but mostly)??

 

[cheddar cheese]

SM.79, MC.202 (Ok but that had DB.601, as did Re-2001), CANT Z.1007, MC.200, CR.42, RS.14, P.108, Re-2000.....things like that 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

all of which were rubbish compared to german or allied designs...........

 

[plan_D]

First massive error that I care to point out, the Cr.42. It wasn't good, in fact it was pretty crap. As all bi-planes were.

 

[cheddar cheese]

In relative terms it was good though.

Wow lanc, shows that youve done lots of research on your Italian planes, because if you could be arsed to do a little look around youd see that they werent all "rubbish" compared to Allied designs.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah i CANT (see what i did there 8) ) believe CC actually thinks all them were good........

 

[plan_D]

Comparitively, my turds could be considered good...compared to let's say a B-25 Roc. That doesn't make the Cr.42 good.

 

[mosquitoman]

It's good compared to a Wright Flyer

 

[cheddar cheese]

Wright Flyer with a couple of .50 cals won the wings would make for a great ground attack aircraft, as it operates best at an altitude of around 3 - 4 feet

 

[mosquitoman]

Then again it would probably cause more damage by crashing into the enemy positions

 

[plan_D]

Going around 5 mph, it'd probably just crash and fall to the ground. Whoever it crashed into would brush off his shoulder and laugh at the pilot.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Im sorry but I can not think of too many good Italian designs. I think they just failed in the aircraft department.

 

[cheddar cheese]

The majority of the designs were incredibly sound. They just couldnt produce engines that done them justice.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Either way I am not impressed by them.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Hmmmm. Your call but I think the series 5 fighters deserve notice from anyone.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

They may have been some of the best that the Italians made but compared to Me-109's and Spitfires they would put a fight at best. Against a Fw-190 or P-38 they stood know chance.