Search results

  1. Ralph Peter's Middle East

    You necro'd an EIGHT YEAR OLD thread to promote something you posted? Never, and I mean NEVER do this again.
  2. Ralph Peter's Middle East

    8 Years? Seriously? Rotting zombie dispatched by car bomb.
  3. WI: Korean War without F-86 Sabre

    Sure, you'd have to redesign the engine bays. You sort of design the plane around the engine.
  4. The Mighty Boeing F8

    It would be fairly difficult. The XF8B derived its performance from a HUGE, 28 cylinder P&W R-4360-10 Wasp Major that put out 3,000 HP in the Boeing application (nearly the same engine as in the AM Mauler, except the Mauler could carry THREE Mark 13 torpedoes), the version in the B-36...
  5. The Mighty Boeing F8

    Correct. Best part is that the Letters were not exclusive. "B" was Boeing, but it was also Beechcraft. "V" was Vultee, it was also Lockheed. "A" was also used for attack AND ambulance, "G" was for glider and air tanker. Confusing as hell. :D Here's a wiki list...
  6. The Mighty Boeing F8

    I LOVE the XF8B. Problem was the "F". The time for piston engine fighters was ending. The AD1 (later A-1) Skyraider (another fantastic design) was blessed with the attack "A" so it managed to survive. The AD1 was also already accepted for production by the Navy, under the unweildy designation of...
  7. WI: Korean War without F-86 Sabre

    It was a promising design, but the engines weren't. As noted by JustLeo the Westinghouse jet engines were sort of a dead end. When the F-101 emerged from the XF-88 cocoon it had P&W J57 engines. Each of them developed 62% more power, without burner, than the TWO Westinghouse J34 managed, with...
  8. WI: Korean War without F-86 Sabre

    The question really needs to be why there is no F-86? Depending on the answer there are a range of answers There are several other fairly solid candidates that would have been able to fill the role the Sabre performed, whether they would have been as good as the F-86 is an open question, but...
  9. Better outcomes for Israel/Palestine?

    Zombie of the Banned sighted. Clean up team en route. Engineering team dispatched to check fences of Coventry for weaknesses.
  10. Sealion Naval Forces

    I have no idea why you went off on this "the Nazis learned everything from America rant", but you don't get to F-Bomb people because you trolled and flame-baited them. Take some time, call it a week, and repaint your toll booth. Please be civil when you return.
  11. Is the USMC so large as a coup-prevention measure?

    The Marines fulfill a specific set of mission requirements that are different from the U.S. Army. Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) are forward deployed and can generally get to any spot with a coastline in days, arriving with the ability to make amphibious landings, Heli-borne assault, or...
  12. What if Nikolai von Essen violated Swedish neutrality in WW1

    Zombie sighted afloat. HSF engaging. Threat bilged.
  13. Best Case Scenario for the CSA in the Gettysburg Campaign

    Zombie sighted Battery of Parrot Guns deployed. Clean up on Aisle 6.
  14. How can prostitution remain legal in the US?

    I could move this to Chat, where it would unquestionably become a death match. Or I can lock this entire disaster. Locked. BTW: This doesn't mean that a couple of y'all are out of the woods here. Need to wait and relook at a few of these posts in the light of a new day. Ian will want...
  15. AHC: Holocaust towards muslims.

    Ya, this won't turn into a Banfest. Locked for the common good.
  16. Why wasn't the Amerika bomber finished?

    A true long range heavy would also have been of great use on the East. As far as the Luftwaffe was concerned the Urals might as well have been the Rockies. Couldn't get to either one.
  17. Why wasn't the Amerika bomber finished?

    Ah, the dreaded Horton Brothers. 60 years ahead of their time, just like Jack Northrop. Flying wings are inherently unstable. Prior to the development of computer monitored automatic fly-by-wire systems flying wings were excellent ways to kill test pilots. The Ho 229 being an effective weapon...
  18. Why wasn't the Amerika bomber finished?

    Uh... https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=211950 Post # 2.
  19. AHC/WI: Hood gets a Golden BB on Bismarck

    They would, however, the great killer of ships is fire. Nothing burns like unspent solid rocket fuel and current ASM not only cause bonus fire damage that way, but they can carry shaped charge warheads that can cut through armor like its tissue paper. Between that issue, the relative high...
  20. AHC/WI: Hood gets a Golden BB on Bismarck

    This more function of the rarity of such actions than any proof positive that it can not be done. Excluding actions were the enemy is tied up to a quay or at anchor in port There are, to my knowledge FIVE (perhaps 6, depending on definitions) actions that involve post Dred battleships...
Top