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eswube
Post subject: Re: FD AU 3Posted: July 4th, 2015, 7:59 am
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Well, that single MG 151/20 could fire between cyllinders, although it would be an awkward location and difficult to reach for maintenance etc.
Anyway, nice work. :)


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Post subject: Re: FD AU 3Posted: July 5th, 2015, 6:50 pm
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Maybe in a single row radial, but in a two-row one, the second row is staggered and the spaces between the front row used to cool the row behind, so no "clear" passage available for a cannon barrel...
Anyway, that wouldn´t be a "motorkanone", strictly speaking...
The La-7 had as much as 3x 20mm B-20 cannons, but they were arranged "around" the cylinders, over them...

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Post subject: Re: FD AU 3Posted: July 5th, 2015, 6:54 pm
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Here are the AU Grumman FF airplanes, this time based on the AU world of Kaiserreich (which is one of my favourite alternate timelines)

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Post subject: Re: FD AU 3Posted: July 6th, 2015, 7:39 am
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Very nice work.
I'm unfamiliar with the AU, but I think these would fit nicely into any AU.

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Post subject: Re: FD AU 3Posted: July 8th, 2015, 5:32 am
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Sneak preview:

Republic of Texas Air Force, A-14A Skyraider circa 1949:

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I'm testing exhaust stains. The color is 102/91/61, set to opacity 170 in paint.net, aliasing enabled and applied in a separate layer on normal blending, erased where required with aliasing disabled, and then merged into a single layer.

What do yall think? Acceptable for FD standards or not?

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Post subject: Re: FD AU 3Posted: July 9th, 2015, 12:45 am
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I like it.

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Post subject: Re: FD AU 3Posted: July 9th, 2015, 10:25 am
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looks very good, but I think you should also test it with aliasing disabled, so you will have a limited colour scale ;-) which would be more common to fd scale rules ;-)

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Post subject: Re: FD AU 3Posted: July 9th, 2015, 11:37 am
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Very, very much a WIP but something from the Green Isle to be going on with.

The McFarlane F.40/1 was developed in a rush after the events over France in 1940 and later the Battle of Britain. It was realised that the aircraft currently in service were not particularly suited to combating the times in use by the Axis at that time. Both the Netherlands and France had fallen ruling them out of providing new aircraft and the UK was desperately clinging on for its own existence so could not spare Spitfire production.
At the time it was mooted early in 1940 that Spitfire production might be undertaken in Tol Galen but the limiting factor of the unavailability of the Merlin proved a deciding factor against it at the time. (note, TG does produce Spitfires later on, specifically VIIIs and XVIs) As there were no immediate off the shelf options other than the P-40 which was already on order from the USA it was decided to embark on an ambitious scheme to develop and prototype a domestic fighter in under 90 days. This proved to be somewhat over ambitious and it was 115 days before the first F.40 flew. The Allison V-1710 was chosen as the powerplant as the type was already being manufactured in-country for other types under licence. The prototype and early serial-production aircraft were armed with two 13.2mm and four 7.92mm Browning Commercials as no viable cannon armament could yet be sourced, the MG-FF / Oerlikon proving too unreliable.
From late 1940 / early 1941 there was a policy shift away from the split armament leading to a homogeneous battery of four 13.2mm Browning Commercials in the wings whilst the cannon conundrum was solved. Once this was solved cannon started to appear on most variants in one form or another, firstly the 23mm Hispano and latterly the 25 and 30mm were mounted.
As with the Spitfire, clipped-wing models were produced for low-level work to increase roll-rate, most of these were fitted with low-altitude rated V-1710s.
With Merlin production starting to catch up in the UK and licence production under-way in TG and the commonwealth some F.40s were fitted with Merlins, most of the Merlin-powered variants were either PR or high-altitude aircraft making use of the Merlin 64, 70 and 71 with associated cabin-blowers.
The final aircraft produced could be found with either a Merlin or V1710 powering them in the shape of a Merlin 66 or 1710-119 and armed with either 23 or 25mm cannon and 13.2mm Brownings.

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There's still some variants to do, naming and proper conventions to be followed and what not and the specifications blurb to be transcribed but that shouldn't be too hard to accomplish.

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Post subject: Re: FD AU 3Posted: July 9th, 2015, 12:13 pm
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I really like those Blackbuck, would really love to see a later Mk FB18 ??? possible with Contra Rotating prop similar to MB.5 power plant......


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Post subject: Re: FD AU 3Posted: July 9th, 2015, 12:23 pm
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That is a possibility but I've not worked out that far ahead yet :P

ETA: F and LF.18s and PR.19 added.

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