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sk8orfate
Cadet 		posted 09-17- 05:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for sk8orfate   Click Here to Email sk8orfate     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
on the boulton paul defiant.cause it is a kewl thing in sdoe that we can go into autopilot..tak over the gunner spot...then go back.(they were supoosed to make that a multiplayer thing too though werent they?
well anyways.i have been searching all through the net for one of janes way excellent aircraft id books.cant find it(i am talking about e-books here)
plus i had to trash my com due to a virus and i have lost acd3 and ops..so,i would like to know where i can find those.
but uh the boulton paul would be good i think.anyone of you have the schems of it,i would appreciate it.

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gt
Pilot 		posted 09-18- 02:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for gt   Click Here to Email gt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great! All the best luck!
Here's what I've 'created' so far
(bad quality due to jpg compression...sorry)


heres' a little bit more about the Defiant:


cheers
gt

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Sunray
Pilot 		posted 09-18- 12:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sunray   Click Here to Email Sunray     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Would kinda neat to play with this piece of junk. Not your work. The real one was a waste of resources. Under powered. No forward firing guns. Total waste of resources.

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Vahnatai
Pilot 		posted 09-18- 11:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Vahnatai   Click Here to Email Vahnatai     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
would the real defiant have been a good fighter had they removed 2 of the turreted guns and mounted them facing forward in wings?

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wakeup tailgunner
JAG 		posted 09-19- 03:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for wakeup tailgunner   Click Here to Email wakeup tailgunner     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
NOPE!

It was too heavy, and wasn't manouverable enough.

There were various attempts to build turret fighters, and none could escape the inevitable problem. A turret plus guns and all the equipment necessary to power it is heavy. On a bomber, this isn't a problem. On a fighter, the trade off just doesn't work.

The prospect of flying up alongside bombers and raking them with bullets was fine .... it was just far easier to do it with a Spitfire

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Werner Molders
JAG 		posted 09-19- 07:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Werner Molders   Click Here to Email Werner Molders     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Pity the gunner - if the electrical was hit the poor s.o.b. was stuck in the turret, no way out.

Werner

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