What're Your Favourite Two Seaters for Future Series ?

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More for Mike ;)

Again not exhaustive but drawn from previous Series 10 discussions - have at it, there's a 10 day limit

[Shadowcat]

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[Mike George]

The results in this poll are hidden. Why.

[Marechallannes]

I miss the A/H Hansa Brandeburg C.1... :hmm:

Voted for Salmson 2, Pomilo PE & SAML S2.

[Stumptonian]

Pretty much any of those.
Made my choices but results ate hidden.
I would have definitely picked BE.2c and FE.2b but already got some from Shapeways, so picked others.

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The results in this poll are hidden. Why.

Because I decided it would be !

[Flying Helmut]

Got all of those that I wanted (no Hansas, Pomilios or SAMLs required) so voted for more of the same, to have Ares minis to compare to my Shapeways.

[Popsical]

No Taube? Voted other for it.

[matt56]

Too many choices, Dave! But I managed to pick four good ones...:sAprvd:

All the best,
Matt

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No Taube? Voted other for it.

See post #1 !

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Too many choices, Dave! But I managed to pick four good ones...:sAprvd:

All the best,
Matt

Hoping we get more than one series in the future Matt ! ;)

[Mike George]

FE2's

The first squadron to be equipped entirely with the F.E.2 was 20 Squadron, deploying to France on 23 January 1916. At this stage it served as a fighter-reconnaissance aircraft – eventually about ⅔ of the F.E.2s were built as fighters (816) and ⅓ as bombers (395). The F.E.2b and F.E.2d variants remained in day operations well into 1917, while the "b" continued as a standard night bomber until August 1918. At its peak, the F.E.2b equipped 16 RFC squadrons in France and six Home Defense squadrons in England.
On 18 June 1916, German flying ace Max Immelmann was killed in combat with F.E.2bs of No. 25 Squadron RFC. The squadron claimed the kill, but the German version of the encounter is either that Immelmann's Fokker Eindecker broke up after his synchronizer gear failed and he shot off his own propeller, or that he was hit by friendly fire from German anti-aircraft guns. In any case, by this time the F.E.2b was at least encountering the German monoplane fighters on more or less even terms and the so-called "Fokker scourge" had ended.
By autumn 1916, the arrival of more modern German fighters such as the Albatros D.I and Halberstadt D.II meant that even the F.E.2d was outperformed and by April 1917, it had been withdrawn from offensive patrols. Despite its obsolescence in 1917, the F.E.2 was still well liked by its crews for its strength and good flight characteristics and it still occasionally proved a difficult opponent for even the best German aces. Rittmeister Baron von Richthofen was badly wounded in the head during combat with F.E.2d aircraft in June 1917 – the Red Baron, like most German pilots of the period, classed the F.E.2 as a "Vickers" type, confusing it with the earlier Vickers F.B.5.
In combat with single-seater fighters, the pilots of F.E.2b and F.E.2d fighters would form what was probably the first use of what later became known as a Lufbery circle (defensive circle). In the case of the F.E.2, the intention was that the gunner of each aircraft could cover the blind spot under the tail of his neighbour and several gunners could fire on any enemy attacking the group. On occasion formations of F.E.2s fought their way back from far over the lines, while under heavy attack from German fighters, using this tactic.
Although outclassed as a day fighter, the F.E.2 proved very suitable for use at night and was used as a night fighter in home defense squadrons on anti-Zeppelin patrols and as a light tactical night bomber. It was first used as a night bomber in November 1916, with the first specialist F.E.2b night bomber squadrons being formed in February 1917. F.E.2bs were used as night bombers in eight bomber squadrons until the end of the First World War, with up to 860 being converted to, or built as bombers. Service as a night fighter was less successful, owing to the type's poor climb and ceiling.
F.E.2bs were experimentally fitted with flotation bags for operation over water and were also used to conduct anti-submarine patrols, operating from the Isle of Grain at the mouth of the Thames River.


THE ABOVE INFO IS WHY WE NEED THE FE2's

[Hedeby]

BE2c first as so many in operation although easy meat for the Hun, Gunbus second, then the FE2b then the Armstrong..

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Good result for the FE & BE lovers ! The Vickers FB5 'Gunbus' squeaks into third & a three way split for the fourth.