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This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "Hrolf Hakonson" (Jun 29th 2009, 4:40pm)
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Hrolf Hakonson" (Jun 29th 2009, 4:40pm)
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
After having a bit more of a look over this I'm really not convinced by the speed, the Jumo 211 and BMW 801 standard versions really shouldn't be that fast. I think there are a number of problems; firstly the fuselage diameter, 4ft really is much too small. I measured the historical Do-217 and it's 5x5.8ft for an average of about 5.5ft. Cleaness is also rather high at 85%. I'd understand that if there were no gun turrets, but they add a lot of drag to the aircraft (a Mosquito with a dorsal 4x7.7mm turret was -40mph). With the changes it'll be closer to historical lines. Still faster as the BMW801A engines magically produce a couple of hundred horsepower more than historically without cooling issues.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Hrolf Hakonson" (Jan 28th 2010, 8:24pm)
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