MiloMorai

At what height are you flying? The range for the A-8 with 640ltr and no drop tank was 615km (0.3km, 1.20ata) to 1035km (7km, 1.05ata) depending on the height flown. Are you including warm up, taxi out, take off power, climb? For the A-8 Fw, had a 12.5% reserve.

Late war German manufacturing 'problems' are not modeled, so why should Japanese 'problems' be modeled?

The BMW powered 190s were known to do a flick stall and spin (always to the right) when pushed hard. Some pilots even used it as an evasive maneuver. Did the D-9 also have this problem? The enlarged tailplane of the Spitfire was only an experiment. The last Spitfire IX/XVI had come off the production line a year earlier.

The VG 33 might be pushing it a bit as GC 1/55 got 2 a/c only a few days before the French surrendered. North Africa from the Torch landings to the surrender of Axis forces would be nice or a mid war SW Pacific.

Doesn't even come close to Ford's P-51, err Mustang. Who ever heard of a fighter called a Camaro?

For you button pushing jet jockeys. No music, just J-79s.

To keep with the late war fighters, the George and/or Frank would fit in nicely (would prefer the George if just one is modeled).

The immaculate detail could be added later. I was thinking more in getting a flyable bomber quicker. Also a B-24J would be better than a B-17G for gunnery with its turrets giving a much larger field of fire. I think a way around the convergence could be found.

A dog bone map could be made for the air quakers. Three airfields at each end of the bone and a 1/2 hour flying time from end to end.

By the end of 1943, with the development of long-range fighter escort and radar aid, the formation system was used much less for defensive firepower. 12 aircraft squadrons flew in 3 squadron Groups with each Group spread out at 4 mile intervals. This formation was used successfully until the end of the war. If there was one 'pilot 'for each squadron, or even each flight, the number of people would be reduced. The 'pilot' would control the squadron, or flight. Only 12 'pilots' would be required for a group. The 'pilot' could switch to either nose or tail guns and control the upper or lower turret depending on where the attack was coming from in azimuth. Forget the waist guns as they were basically useless like the radio compartment gun. The 'pilot' would control all the guns in the squadron or flight. The above would reduce the amount of modelling required. I would also let the 'pilot' switch a/c if his primary a/c was shot down.

For a Pearl Harbor scenario http://www.ww2pacific.com/aaf41.html

Like 8-10hrs for the round trip from GB and back. _ _ _ _ _ _ There was more than Zeros > Jacks, Tonies, Tojos, Georges, Franks

hummm guess who

Yes it would be awesome to find 100+ people to man a squadron of B-17s for hours.

How was the Spitfire when fitted with the auxiliary fuselage tank ever able to fly?

For a time P-51s were breaking wings. The up locks for the u/c weren't working properly and the u/c could drop slightly into the airstream resulting in wing failure.

And these are ...............

I seem to recall someone commenting on the British testing of captured German a/c saying the a/c had been repaired after damage, wrong fuel, and other excuses so would not be performing as they should.

The book, which you have not identified, also says words 'up to' and 'mainly'. For those want to see where I got my numbers from (last post), http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=25063

BS543 Mk IX LF / M66 407mph 403 Sqdn. 9-6-43; 611 Sqdn. 10-6-43; 485 Sqdn. 6-7-43. Failed to return from operations 22-8-43.

Naw, they just shipped them out to where ever they were suppose to go without any acceptance flights to make sure the a/c were up to spec.:music_whistling:

Is the silly wave smilie an admission of an :poster_oops:? Neither of the 2 airfields you mentioned are described as Absprunghafen or Feldflugplatz but as Einsatzhafen and Fliegerhorst. Einsatzhafen : operational airfield (minor – limited services; used mainly for fighters, dive-bombers and ground attack aircraft). Ranked I for 1st Class and II for 2d Class Fliegerhorst : air station, aerodrome, airdrome or air base (major – full services) Absprunghafen : advanced landing ground Feldflugplatz : field airstrip, advanced airfield or satellite airfield (minor – limited services; used mainly by single-engine aircraft). The Allies called this an advanced landing ground (ALG)

But your document does not show the manufacturing locations and the number produced (by month and total) at those locations.;) Even the F-8 greatly outproduced the D-9 (AradoWarnem - 2264 and NDW - 1350) Compared to the A-8 at ~4800, the D-9 @ 670 is not a significant number.