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by klr » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:40 am
Clinton Huxley wrote:klr wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:Hey, the Barracudas crippled the Tirpitz for a bit.
16 direct hits from dive-bombing, but she was still only out of action for two months. "We're going to need a bigger bomb ..."
Better than not being out of action for 2 months...I quite like the look of the Barracuda - it's impressively ugly.
Not as eye-clawingly ugly as the Avro Bison:
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:41 am
...or any Italian military plane from the '30s, for that matter.
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by Clinton Huxley » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:42 am
klr wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:klr wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:Hey, the Barracudas crippled the Tirpitz for a bit.
16 direct hits from dive-bombing, but she was still only out of action for two months. "We're going to need a bigger bomb ..."
Better than not being out of action for 2 months...I quite like the look of the Barracuda - it's impressively ugly.
Not as eye-clawingly ugly as the Avro Bison:
A touch of the Quasimodo about that one....
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by klr » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:44 am
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
Sparviero was actually called the "huncback" by its crews. Presumably as a compliment ...
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by klr » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:48 am
Clinton Huxley wrote:You do wonder why Italy bothered.
Tri-motor aircraft (which the Italians used a lot of) were usually twin-engined designs for which good enough engines could not be found.
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by Clinton Huxley » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:49 am
klr wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:You do wonder why Italy bothered.
Tri-motor aircraft (which the Italians used a lot of) were usually twin-engined designs for which good enough engines could not be found.
Hence the legendary 12-engined Cornetto bomber...
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:51 am
I read that as "cornutto".
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by Clinton Huxley » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:52 am
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I read that as "cornutto".
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by klr » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:54 am
Alternatively, just add more wings:
... and if that doesn't work, add even more:
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:54 am
Did that monster ever leave the water?
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by Clinton Huxley » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:55 am
Klr, what do you reckon was the best Italian aircraft of the war? They couldn't all have been duffers.
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by klr » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:58 am
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Did that monster ever leave the water?
Crashed on the first flight.
More engines was better than more wings - in this case, 12 of 'em:
Clinton Huxley wrote:Klr, what do you reckon was the best Italian aircraft of the war? They couldn't all have been duffers.
Macchi 202/205 series fighters. Fitted with German Daimler Benz engines (as used in the Bf 109), they were an excellent design.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:59 am
"It doesn't fly, it's just beats the air into submission."
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by klr » Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:01 am
klr wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:Klr, what do you reckon was the best Italian aircraft of the war? They couldn't all have been duffers.
Macchi 202/205 series fighters. Fitted with German Daimler Benz engines (as used in the Bf 109), they were an excellent design.
... also the Reggiane Re.2005 & Fiat G.55, which used the same engines, and the same general design.
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