On Friday 11 July 2003 13:39, Jim Wilson wrote: > David Culp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > First a FW-190: http://home.comcast.net/~davidculp2/fw190.jpg > > This was just to test Aero-Matic, but it's turned out to be a nice flying > > machine. > > Only three projects at once? ;-) Wow. Nice stuff! > > The FW-190 is quite the aircraft. That engine...14 cylinder radial...phew. > It has about 2/3 the prop blade of the P-51, but apparently it was a little > faster. Maybe the range wasn't as large. > > Best, > > Jim
I thought one of the major features of the p51 was it's range. I think it was one of the few, if not the only fighter that had the range and endurance for bomber escort duties from the UK into Germany. I believe that the German a/c were generally of lower range and were more likely to be flown from captured airfields nearer the battle front for the attack role. Fighters based in Germany would be there primarily for defence against attacks and so didn't need great range. LeeE _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
