this morning I noticed, in my DBW install, the HF IXE spitfire. I had heard of the HF marks, the ones that flew abnormally high for piston aircraft 42,500 feet being what on source tells me. they also say first impressions do count. I have never had a better experience with a merlin. It was the first piston that I have ever flown that will climb above 40,000. Anywho this got me thinking, what did these aircraft shoot down and do we have those, my searching through my long selectable aircraft list is no, so here is a request
JU-86R
JU-86PThese two aircraft were used for high altitude recon and in the case of the P sometimes as high altitude bombers over england. to reach the impressive altitude of 45,000+ feet, they used a pair of turbo charged diesel engines with nitrous oxide injection.
Unfortunately, when used for high-altitude bombing, they could only carry a bombload of 551lbs if they wanted to reach their service ceiling. 3 Ps were lost over north africa due to a modified spitfire V. Later when Rs started flying over the UK, one was nearly shot down by a HF-IXE spitfire
General characteristics
Crew: 2 (pilot and radio operator)
Length: 16.46 m (54 ft)
Wingspan: 32 m (105 ft)
Height: 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 82 m² (883 ft²)
Empty weight: 6,700 kg (14,800 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 11,530 kg (25,420 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Junkers Jumo 207B-3/V diesel engines, 746 kW (1,000 hp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 420 km/h (260 mph) above 9,150 m (30,000 ft)
Range: 1,580 km (980 mi)
Service ceiling: 13,000 m (42,650 ft)
Rate of climb: 4.67 m/s (900 ft/min)
Armament
Guns: defensive armament of three MG 15 machine guns
Bombs: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of bombs
JU-86P
JU-86R-1 Note the extended wingtips, this model could reach 52,000 feet
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