OT: Some pics of a P-63

[jakla1027]

Hey just took these pics today at a local airport event, thought you guys might like to see this old restored warbird....she flew down here for the event & i belive she's been all arcoss the U.S. to airshows in the past so maybe some of you have already seen her...

It's a P-63 thats based outa Rexburg Idaho, at the Legacy Flight Museum fyi...

[jakla1027]

Secound pic

[jakla1027]

The last pic i got of her

[JeffroK]

Now thats the P39 variant I want !!!!!!!

I did mod the downfall game and added them, better than the P40 that starts on Okinawa, not as good as the P47 or P51.

[DivePac88]

Still Zero/Oscar meat to us JFBs, really love when Allied players use them on CAP, and better still for escort.

[PaxMondo]

Man, she had to be a B_____ to land. Nose high like that. Especially on a rough field. Glad I didn't have to drive her .... [;)] Proud of the guys who did. [&o]

[mdiehl]

Still Zero/Oscar meat to us JFBs

Not a credit to the game design by the way. The P-63 was faster, more maneuverable, and in every way superior to the A6M. It was what the P-39 *should have been* if they P-39s original intended role as a high altitude interceptor had been supported.

[Terminus]

Coming from you, that's entirely worthless and without merit.

[mdiehl]

Coming from you, that's entirely worthless and without merit.

Forty thousand posts in ten years Terminus? You are amazing. With your busy work schedule and social life, how DO you find the TIME?

[mdiehl]

Bell P-63 (from Wiki, FWIW, but you can find the same in almost any volume).

Performance

Maximum speed: 410 mph (660 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7,620 m)
Range: 450 mi[35] (725 km)
Ferry range: 2200 mi (3,540 km)
Service ceiling: 43,000 ft (13,100 m)
Rate of climb: 2,500 ft/min (12.7 m/s)
Wing loading: 35.48 lb/sq ft (173.91 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.20 hp/lb (0.34 kW/kg)

Armament

Guns:
1× 37 mm M4 cannon firing through the propeller hub
4× 0.50 in (12.7mm) M2 Browning machine guns
Bombs: 1,500 lb (680 kg) bomb load on wing and fuselage

And the A6M .....

Performance

Maximum speed: 533 km/h (287 kn, 331 mph) at 4,550 m (14,930 ft)
Range: 3,105 km (1,675 nmi, 1,929 mi)
Service ceiling: 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 15.7 m/s (3,100 ft/min)
Wing loading: 107.4 kg/m² (22.0 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 294 W/kg (0.18 hp/lb)

Unsurprisingly, the ONLY arena in which the Zero looks good by comparison is in its low altitude climb rate. The Zero looks good next to just about everything in low-altitude climb.


The funny thing is that the US never fielded the P-63 in combat. They all went to the USSR via lend-lease, and, as I recall, to a few South American allied nations.

[NefariousKoel]

Buahahah!

Termie gets own3d!


I wonder if he'll be back to throw another tantrum and call you a "dum dum stoopidhead"?

[USSAmerica]

No need to waste the electrons on that. [:D]

[JWE]

ORIGINAL: USS America
No need to waste the electrons on that. [:D]

Quite agree. It goes without saying in any case.

I did notice that the game has the same specs for the P-63. But then our expert wouldn’t be expected to know that, not having the game.

[LoBaron]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Man, she had to be a B_____ to land. Nose high like that. Especially on a rough field. Glad I didn't have to drive her .... [;)] Proud of the guys who did. [&o]

I think she was rather easy on the pilot on landing. Don't forget you need to go nose high anyway for the flare, and thats only the last seconds before touchdown. Also taxiing for sure must have been more comfortable compared to a taildragger.

[DivePac88]

ORIGINAL: mdiehl

Still Zero/Oscar meat to us JFBs

Not a credit to the game design by the way. The P-63 was faster, more maneuverable, and in every way superior to the A6M. It was what the P-39 *should have been* if they P-39s original intended role as a high altitude interceptor had been supported.

Goodness me what a surprise, mdiehl dis agrees with me (as he does), I'm deeply hurt I am.

[Terminus]

Ignore the little assweasel. He's too ignorant to know how ignorant he is.

[mdiehl]

I did notice that the game has the same specs for the P-63. But then our expert wouldn’t be expected to know that, not having the game.

DivePac says that Zeroes regularly eat the P-63's lunch in WitP. Is that true? If so, wouldn't the specs seem to counterindicate that result?

[mjk428]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Ignore the little assweasel. He's too ignorant to know how ignorant he is.

[:D]



Commencing countdown...

*ignore on*

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Man, she had to be a B_____ to land. Nose high like that. Especially on a rough field. Glad I didn't have to drive her .... [;)] Proud of the guys who did. [&o]

I think she was rather easy on the pilot on landing. Don't forget you need to go nose high anyway for the flare, and thats only the last seconds before touchdown. Also taxiing for sure must have been more comfortable compared to a taildragger.

Maybe, but I am still glad I was not asked to drive her ...

[danlongman]

I was reading this and some other threads and I have a question.
Does termite always just drop in to say something repugnant and obnoxious?
Is he nine years old? Or just the kind of person who likes to write obscenities on other peoples things?
He even takes the time to say really nasty things to spambots.
Things must be pretty rotten in Denmark.