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    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by VW-IceFire:
    I'll have to check on the Typhoons sea level speeds but the value is too low for a Typhoon as well.

    I'm looking forward to mastering all of these things <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
    Thank you, it is very interesting, the more, the better
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    What does Clostermann say about
    the Performance of the Tempest in
    "the Big Show"?
    I dont have my book here,

    hare is a quote from the Book when he is using the emergency power:


    Engine temperature 125â?, oil pressure down to the fifty five. Regretfully I opened the radiator and closed the throttle to 3500 revs. Even then I went on gaining on the Focke-Wulf, who was probably making for home, his magazines empty. We were now over Bremen, and he was still a thousand yards ahead. This businness might take me rather far; I closed the radiator again and opened the throttle flet out. My "Grand Charles" responded at once. We were now over the first docks of the Weser. We roared between the shattered remains of the big transporter bridge. On either side rose the charred hulks of the ware-houses; the few cranes and derricks still erect rose uo like black skelettons. Suddenly a salvo of Flak shelles blossomed beetween theFocke-Wulf and me - brief white flashes, mingled with brown balls which passed by either side of me. More kept appearing miracously out of the void. The automatic flak now chimed in and the orange glow of the tracers was reflected in the black oily water, from wich overturned hulk emerged, like enormous stranded whales. I concentrated on not losing sight of my Focke-Wulf - lukely he was silhouetted against the dying glow of the sky. For a moment the Flak redoubled in intensity. There was a sudden Clang behind my back - then suddenly the tracers were snuffed out and diseappeared... A bit suspicious ! A glance behind me explained this curious phenomenon : on my tail six Focke-Wulfs in perfect close echelon formation - exhaust white hot -pursuing me at full throttle. With one movement I broke the metal thread to enable me to go to "emergency" and shoved the throttle lever right forward. It was the first time I had occasion to use it on Tempest. The effect was extraordinaire and immediate. The aircraft litteraly bounded forward with a roar like a furnace under pressure. Within a few seconds I was doing 490 m.p.h by the air speed indicator and I simultaneously caught up my quarry and left my pursuers standing. I had soon reduced the distance to less than 200 yards. Although in this darkness my gun sight rather dazzled me, I had him plumb in the middle and I fired two long, deliberate bursts. The Focke-Wulf oscillated and crashed on its belly in a marshy field, thowing up a shower of mud. He miracously did not overturn. Whithout losing anytime I climbed vertically toward the clouds and righted myself to face the others. They had vanished in the shadows. They must have turned about and left their comrade to this fate. I flew back over the Focke-Wulf I shot down. The pilot was limpimg off, dragging his parachutte an dquite dazed by the shock. I besparred the remains of his machine with shells and they caught fire at once.
    That made two !

    Extract of "flames in the dusk"
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    Wow.

    Thanks for that, I really must look that book up quite soon.
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    Best WWII diary book that I've read so far. Closterman doesn't beat around the bush...lots of people never come back, he has a whole bunch of very close scrapes, and so on.

    As I can remember, he flies the Spitfire IX (an LF model just like in game), a Spitfire LF V with clipped wings, a Spitfire VI high alititude, once in a Typhoon for a test flight, and then a bunch in a Tempest V. Both of his Tempests were Series II models...one was probably with a Sabre IIB engine and the other with a Sabre IIC engine ("Le Grande Charles")
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    So back to the original question...there is no doubt in my mind the Tempest is in the patch...the only question is...will it be flyable?
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    Probably not flyable...but that is more than OK with me - I just need them as targets for my LW BoE dynamic fighter campaigns.

    Jagd
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    Why do you say that?

    Reading Alex Voicu's last post here...cockpit was on its way. The last screen captures shows a fully finished cockpit that was being worked over in finishing detail.

    If we don't get it flyable now...I highly doubt it'll ever be. That'd be a shame.
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    takes time to put them ingame, the cockpit in this case as the external is already in from what ive seen.

    they might turn out tobe rather scary targets too jagd

    i also think u should try out some of the non lw planes in the game, your really missing some sweet planes, ki43 for example
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    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by VW-IceFire:
    If we don't get it flyable now...I highly doubt it'll ever be. That'd be a shame. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    This aircraft has been in development too long (it was first seen in a Dev. Update in Nov. 2003) for it not to make Flyable. As you say... it'd be a shame if the cockpit didn't see the light of day.
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    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by VW-IceFire:
    Why do you say that?

    Reading Alex Voicu's last post here...cockpit was on its way. The last screen captures shows a fully finished cockpit that was being worked over in finishing detail.

    If we don't get it flyable now...I highly doubt it'll ever be. That'd be a shame. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    I only said that because the prior posted asked if it will be flyable in next patch and from what some people in the know said, it will be only AI. Flyable or not flyable does not make any difference with me as I only need it as AI target. The more targets, the merrier. Too bad we won't get some A-20Cs, A-20Ks and B-26s.

    Out of the allied stuff, I only flew breifly the P-40E & P-51D for the kick of it, and perhaps P-47D & A-20 once. I have not tried most of the Russian paper birds either.

    For some reason, I personally find unethical to fly any other than Axis. I fly mostly German, Hungarian and sometime Finland. Cannot wait for the Italian birds. It's just me but that is the way it is.

    Cheers,

    Jagd
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