FD scale Alternate Universe Designs
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Re: FD scale Alternate Universe Designs
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Re: FD scale Alternate Universe Designs
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Re: FD scale Alternate Universe Designs
Great job on the radial!
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Re: FD scale Alternate Universe Designs
Updated crediting Rowdy, for his Centaurus from his Tempest
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Re: FD scale Alternate Universe Designs
any thoughts on the speed of it?
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Re: FD scale Alternate Universe Designs
I'll take the Merlin powered one. Though the radial fairing might be simpler to produce since it's a much simpler shape.
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Re: FD scale Alternate Universe Designs
Simpler, easy to maintain and more reliable then Merlin. Garra will start maybe with Merlin 66 who give you about 1,720 hp, Centaurus IV ( the same as Tempest ) give you 2,520 hp. Thats a lot more power even if radial is heavier and less aerodynamic.

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Plus, with a radial engine and 4x 20mm cannon, it would make an excellent ground attacker for its day.
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Re: FD scale Alternate Universe Designs
The radial has more HP to compensate for the added weight and lack of aerodynamics. So it ends up being about the same worth as the Merlin.Rhade wrote:Simpler, easy to maintain and more reliable then Merlin. Garra will start maybe with Merlin 66 who give you about 1,720 hp, Centaurus IV ( the same as Tempest ) give you 2,520 hp. Thats a lot more power even if radial is heavier and less aerodynamic.
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Still Centaurus give you max speed 711 km/h and Merlin 66, 669 km/h. But we both have our preferences, you prefer sleek like racer car designs and I love tough heavy streaming with power machines.
Neverless you draw a very nice fighter, with or without radial. 



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