Fantasy 'dream on' thread

[scottyvt4]

Originally Posted by Balderz002

Hows about an He-177 Grief? Quite cool

hmmmmm could be as bad as a 109 G6 for combustability lol

"The resulting design was a technical innovation resulting in a four engine creation of a seemingly twin-engine bomber and reduced air resistance as a byproduct. The initial DB 606 engines, themselves a derivative of the DB 601 types, proved unreliable and prone to fires earning the aircraft several telltale nicknames like "the Torch" and "Lighter".

[Balderz002]

But if that trait were to be carried out into a game (random engine fires), then they should put in the negative g problem of the early merlin engined machines! That would make dog fighting a bit more interesting!

[P-51]

Originally Posted by Balderz002

But if that trait were to be carried out into a game (random engine fires), then they should put in the negative g problem of the early Merlin engined machines! That would make dog fighting a bit more interesting!

I never push anyway, rolling and pulling is quicker. That and the problem was fixed on the engines of the Mark2 spits that are in the game.

[Balderz002]

"By 1941 Miss Tilly Shilling in Farnborough had developed a partial cure for the problem. A diaphragm across the float chambers with a calibrated hole (the infamous "Miss Shilling's orifice"!) allowed negative 'g' manouvres, and was fitted as standard from March 1941. Sustained zero 'g' manouvres were not sorted out until somewhat later."

[P-51]

Well more or less fixed!