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Sundog said:
Wow, that's looking great. Compared to an A-20, that cockpit looks absolutely spacious.
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I have to fight that feeling a lot. The panel was spread widely across the cockpit, and the height was less than normal so that the pilot has excellent forward visibility. The cannon is visible in the seating position. If you can imagine the pilot's shoulders being wider than the yoke, then you get some sense of the smallness (height-wise) of the panel. With that said, one issue raised during testing was that the throttles were difficult to stagger at takeoff as the pilot normally wanted to lead with the left throttle. That throttle being a longer reach was difficult to set that lead with.
 
Terry said:
Nice workmanship Milton.:applause:

Was this the same 75mm cannon that was mounted in the B-25h? I don't believe that aircraft was modeled either.
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Same cannon, different model without the auto-loader I believe. Someone correct me if I am wrong here please.
 
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Nice workmanship Milton.:applause:

Was this the same 75mm cannon that was mounted in the B-25h? I don't believe that aircraft was modeled either.

Same cannon, different model without the auto-loader I believe. Someone correct me if I am wrong here please.
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On the money, same gun but manually loaded. Only carried 21 rounds. Imagine the poor crewman who was assigned in a limited amount of space having to pull the brass reload and sit within a foot or so as the trigger was pulled on this 75 MM monster. They even had to partially plate over part of the pilots wind screen to protect him against the cannon's flash and blast. Although thought to be ineffective imagine yourself in a Japanese Destroyer and being hit with the concentrated fire of 14, 50 Cal. and one 75 MM cannon, all aimed at amidship or at the bridge. This was also the same gun used in a Sherman Tank as well.
 
Looks great Milton.
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Thanks everyone for your interest and kind comments. We will likely be another 8 weeks on this project before uploading. We hope we can bring you an enjoyable ride. Now back to work for me. :wavey:
 
Very Nice so far Milton (as is always the case with your excellent models).... Looking forward to flying that beast.

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Looks incredible Milton! I wonder if they got the idea of the nose gun on the A-10 from this design?
 
Drooling on this end Milton - already have a VIP parking space reserved for her in my FS hangar! Mike :ernae:
 
Wing_Z said:
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It would've wreaked havoc with airframe life too.

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"The design engineers used solid steel in some places to help with the structural impact of cannon use."

"... the flame damper [for the engines] did not function as planned, a two-foot long blue flame being visible around the entire engine and easily seen from air or ground."

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Milton Shupe said:
"The design engineers used solid steel in some places to help with the structural impact of cannon use."

"... the flame damper [for the engines] did not function as planned, a two-foot long blue flame being visible around the entire engine and easily seen from air or ground."

Quotes from the article.
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Something tells me that she wouldn't have been going on many night raids anyway. Night vision was still a few years off!:kilroy:
 
The Black Cat PBYs did pretty good at night back then. But then, they were Navy :d.
 
I appreciate the offer, look for a PM in a moment. But what stumps me is how the pilot would acquire a blacked-out target at night.
 
If you would like a copy of the Airpower article on the Grizzly, please PM me for the link. This is an eleven page article very thorough in its description of the aircraft. There are about 12 pictures or so.
 
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