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the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
how much room do those games need??
GermansRGeniuses
Tech Sergeant
I'm surprised no one has reacted to what is only a sample of Hs's spam power and return...
Lightning Guy
Master Sergeant
- 2,511
- Apr 29, 2004
I think he was talking about merely being cramped in a single-seat plane for 9-10 hours.
Dan
Airman
i would have flown for the allied because (one of many reasons) they had the spitfire: the only downside to the spitfire was the max ammo which meant that you had to concerve ammo instead of plug away
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
but that was true of any fighter.....................
Dan
Airman
no i mean that the Spitfire that i think 4 machine guns and 2 cannons that fired pretty fast so they usually had to extend the ammount of ammo that was loaded into the Spitfire
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
it depends what mark you're talking about...........................
MP-Willow
Staff Sergeant
the spit Mk Ve wing was god to go with guns and rounds. It was not that much less then other fighters.
Lanc, so you sit for 9 or 10 hours in a little seat, that you are flying over nothing but water. The games would have to be mind gimes excersises to keep you alert. It is like driving cross country in the US there are places that you can just zone out because there is nothing!
Lanc, so you sit for 9 or 10 hours in a little seat, that you are flying over nothing but water. The games would have to be mind gimes excersises to keep you alert. It is like driving cross country in the US there are places that you can just zone out because there is nothing!
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
i thought you thought the XIV was the best??
Maestro
Master Sergeant
plan_D said:No I've been reading more and the Mk. XVIII was the best Griffon engined and the Mk.VIII was the best Merlin engined. The Mk.XIV and Mk.XVIII were the best overall.
I'm sorry to say that Plan_D but you're wrong about the Mk. VIII. Every info I have say that the Mk. VIII was surpassed by the Mk. IX. Even if the Mk. IX came out before the Mk. VIII. (That's a long story, but I already talked about it a while back.)
But I agree with you concerning the Mk. XIV and Mk. XVIII.
MP-Willow
Staff Sergeant
My vote is the Mk. IX and then the XIV. The Mk. IX just seemed to have most of the bugs worked out and the arms in the Universal wing were pritty good. Question how common was a guns fit of 2x20mm cannon and 2x.50 mg?
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
- 19,931
- Dec 20, 2003
i've never evn heard of that armourment on a spit before.......................
Maestro
Master Sergeant
the lancaster kicks ass said:
Me neither. I heard about Spitfires with 8x303, or 2x20mm and 4x303, or 4x20mm (yes, the Mk. IX had a variant with four 20mm cannons). But I never heard of a Spitfire armed with .50 cal.
MP-Willow
Staff Sergeant
ok thanks all. I am trying to understand why they would not have replace some of the .303s with the .50? Or was it because of the thin wing? Again sorry, if I find any refferance to it I will let you all know.
GermansRGeniuses
Tech Sergeant
MK. IX's had two Hispanos and two Browning MG's.
Maestro
Master Sergeant
GermansRGeniuses said:
I don't realy understand your post, GRG... Are you saying that the Mk. IX had a variant with 2x20mm and 2x.50cal ?
Or are you saying that it had 2x20mm and 2x303 ? (In this case you're wrong, it had 2x20mm and 4x303.)
Lightning Guy
Master Sergeant
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- Apr 29, 2004
Several different marks of Spit could carry the E wing with 2 .50cals and 2 20mm but I don't think the fit was that common. And the ammo load probably wasn't extremely impressive either.
