On the subject of good ports...

[Roger]

 

[Barvan40]

I hope Bill makes them full FSX models someday.

 

[cheezyflier]

what are those on the wings? they look like microphones

 

[Barvan40]

Cheezy, here is your answer:

http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzerfaust.htm

 

[cheezyflier]

thanks!

 

[Lionheart]

eeks! sorry, I didnt notice this post.

Roger that Roger and dully noted.

:d


<--- make note, convert Bucker Bestmann to FSX format


:ernae:



Bill


PS: Awesome screenshot Sir.

 

[Lionheart]

Objects on Wings are called 'Panzerfaust' hand launched tank grenade rockets, able to take out large Tanks. They had a unique design for a cone shell casing that caused massive damage to Tank hulls.

The Bucker Bestmann, near the end of the war, was rigged with 4 Panzerfaust rocket units, controlled electrically from within the cabin, making it an armed aircraft capable of taking out a tank, if it could get close enough. The accuracy with Panzerfausts at long distance was guite dismal, requiring a pilot to get very close, which in a small plane as this, would be deadly as they would probably be shot down sooner then they could get a site aquired.

The Bestmann was the trainer of Luftwaffe aces and a couriour aircraft at most. No more....

PS: Also used by the Swedish airforce as a trainer as well, as they were built in Sweden, Germany, and Yugoslavia. (Popular little plane back then.. also used for air racing after the war).


Bill

 

[CrisGer]

My cousin Heinrich who was a Luftwaffe pilot mentioned them once in a letter i saw, he said they were known as widowmakers but that they were great to fly, very manuverable.

 

[Lionheart]

My cousin Heinrich who was a Luftwaffe pilot mentioned them once in a letter i saw, he said they were known as widowmakers but that they were great to fly, very manuverable.

Hey Chris,

I hadnt heard that before. One things for sure, they were hard to land. They tended to bounce, like a Me-109, which was usually the type of plane the Luftwaffe pilots went to next.


Bill