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D.520

Post by 69th_Spiritus_Mortem » Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:32 pm

A little info on the D520 and some WiP shots of the cockpit work which is quickly nearing completion.
Armament:
- 4 wing mounted MAC 1934 M39 7.5 mm,650 rounds per gun
- 1 nose mounted hs 404 20mm cannon 1 60 round drum
The D520 was by far the best mass product french fighter in May/June 1940.
After many post production improvements, it reached a top level speed of 540 KM/H.
Having a cleaner aerodynamic than the Bf-109 E, it bleeds less energy in turns, and has a real advantage in high speed maneuvers. However, in low speed turning dogfights, the Emil holds the turns longer thanks to its leading edge slats.
During battle of France, D520's are credited with 130 aircraft kills (Luftwaffe and Regia aeronautica), for the loss of 54.
The German ace Werner Molders was shot down by a D520 piloted by sous lieutenant René Pomier Layrargues on June 5, 1940.
During the Syria Lebanon campaign, most of the Vichy air force fighters where D520. In aerial combat, D520's are credited with 27 British/Australian aircraft shot down for the loss of 11 Vichy D520's.
The best ace on D520 was Pierre Le Gloan, on June 15, 1940, he shot down 4 Italian CR42's and a BR 20 on a single sortie.

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Re: D.520

Post by Dickie » Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:57 am

Nice art. Did you see the video on Facebook? Interesting sounds could be gathered from that.

I'll sort out those images here later.

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Post by Dickie » Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:23 pm

Thanks cunt

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Post by 69th_Spiritus_Mortem » Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:07 pm

Thanks for posting those, I'm not sure why it wouldn't post the photos, it kept giving me a 505 server error.

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Post by Spectre » Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:26 pm

I only get 500 series errors on my work computer. I still don't know why.
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Re: D.520

Post by Biggs » Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:52 am

this pics don't do the reflector sight any justice... its a fuckin work of art... really unique too. :nice:
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Re: D.520

Post by Dickie » Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:46 am

69th_Spiritus_Mortem wrote:Thanks for posting those, I'm not sure why it wouldn't post the photos, it kept giving me a 505 server error.

It's our server hosts not anything you did. They've been letting us down in the past month ish

http://www.aircombatgroup.co.uk/forum/v ... =23&t=8160
(not sure if you can access that)

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