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Who would win..

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  • 10-11-2008 6:00pm
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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    In a close quarter dog fight, lets say at under 1500mtrs distance and just using guns, between a modern day jet fighter (any type) and a WWI biplane - again any type.

    I'm guessing the biplane being slower, smaller and lighter would out maneuver the jet and hand him his ass?.


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    sunnyjim
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    I'd go with Biggles in his Sopwith Camel too.


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    cyrusdvirus
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    Mairt wrote: »
    In a close quarter dog fight, lets say at under 1500mtrs distance and just using guns, between a modern day jet fighter (any type) and a WWI biplane - again any type.

    I'm guessing the biplane being slower, smaller and lighter would out maneuver the jet and hand him his ass?.

    or the big F*ck Off Fighter Jet just does 1 quick fly by with full burners on and watches Biggles bite it/burn it/ get ripped apart by wake turbulence


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    gatecrash wrote: »
    or the big F*ck Off Fighter Jet just does 1 quick fly by with full burners on and watches Biggles bite it/burn it/ get ripped apart by wake turbulence


    Unless the biplane pilot is a kamakazi!..

    One biplane a few hundred quid - V - multi-million dollar jet.. Biplane wins!.


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    cyrusdvirus
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    Mairt wrote: »
    Unless the biplane pilot is a kamakazi!..

    One biplane a few hundred quid - V - multi-million dollar jet.. Biplane wins!.

    Canvas wings and airframe vs metal wings and frame
    wooden struts and supporting wires v metal frame and no supporting wires
    Ok prop engine v jet engine would hurt

    But I'd take my chances in my bulti-squillion-trillion-gazillion euro fighter jet!! :)


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    Manic Moran
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    Wasn't something like that already hypothesised?

    Zero1.JPG

    I seem to recall the prop-jobs didn't come out the better of the exchange.

    I'm going to go with the zoom-and-booms.

    NTM


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    iceage
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    remember the rules though..close quarter dogfight.( like I'd know!):rolleyes:


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    diverdriver
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    Someting like a Typhoon could turn almost as tightly as a Camel. A WW1 scout only had rifle calibre machine guns. All the fast jet pilot would hear is dink, dink, dink. A modern fighter could sustain the turn rate until the biplane spins out of the turn. Failing that the wake turbulence would roll the biplane into a ball. Even a blast of burner would set fire to the fabric and finally a simple tap on any part of the biplane would disintegrate it without any damage to the jet. GAME OVER!


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    cyrusdvirus
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    diverdriver wrote: »
    Someting like a Typhoon could turn almost as tightly as a Camel. A WW1 scout only had rifle calibre machine guns. All the fast jet pilot would hear is dink, dink, dink. A modern fighter could sustain the turn rate until the biplane spins out of the turn. Failing that the wake turbulence would roll the biplane into a ball. Even a blast of burner would set fire to the fabric and finally a simple tap on any part of the biplane would disintegrate it without any damage to the jet. GAME OVER!


    That's what i said!!! (Or at least implied) ((or maybe it's what i meant to say))


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