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Originally posted by Red Admiral
It gives up other things in order to have a high rate of climb. Armour, armament, range and bomb-carrying ability. Its also very small which limits future development. You've got to look at it as a whole. If it was the same size/weight etc as a Spitifre or Bf 109 then the climb rate would be inappropriate. But it is smaller, lighter and cleaner.
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
I was talking about the CR.35 versions. The CR.36 is just smaller and cleaner as well as around 1000lb lighter than the Emil. That, and an extra 100hp at low altitude give a higher rate of climb at sea level.
On guns I was thinking along the lines of the VYa-23 but with lower powered cartridge with lower mv. Existing 13.2mm Scotti and FN-Browning guns should be fine for the moment though.
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Originally posted by thesmilingassassin
So the aircraft buffs here (RA, Kirk, Hrolf and DF) are ok with climb rates roughly equal to a 1941 Mig-3 with half the HP and double the firepower?
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
I'm not a fan of the 23mm Madsen (or the 20mm), they're heavy at 55kg and have low rate of fire (300rpm for the 20mm, 400rpm for the 23mm) as well as low muzzle velocity. If I was going that way, I'd use the 20x138 cartridge with historical gas operated Breda or Scotti guns, but that limits rate of fire and adds weight.
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Though looking at the fighter page, I see the 1932 M.167 is heavier armed than the Eclipse offering we objected to, and has a huge engine, so I'm intrigued by the mechanics/rationale behind that.
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
Those are the half dozen racing planes that had some available 25mm Revelli cannon strapped on to them in an effort to be able to shoot down Zeppelins.
The information on the Madsen cannons (and others) is available in Flight magazine's online archive.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Hrolf Hakonson" (Apr 10th 2008, 2:27am)
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