Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum - Dornier Do 335 Pfeil Arrow: The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engined Fighter

Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum (http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/index.php)

- Books and Magazines (http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/forumdisplay.php?f=16)

- - Dornier Do 335 Pfeil Arrow: The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engined Fighter (http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=33035)

Dazman

21st February 2013 15:19

Dornier Do 335 Pfeil Arrow: The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engined Fighter

Has anyone read this book by Classic Publications?

Just wondering if it follows their usual standards.

Dazman

23rd February 2013 15:09

Re: Dornier Do 335 Pfeil Arrow: The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engined Fighter

Must not be a popular book here.

Jukka Juutinen

24th February 2013 18:45

Re: Dornier Do 335 Pfeil Arrow: The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engined Fighter

It is quite good, very typical of the series. Personally I prefer Karl-Heinz Regnat's volume, (Aviatic in German, Schiffer in English).

Dazman

24th February 2013 23:48

Re: Dornier Do 335 Pfeil Arrow: The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engined Fighter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jukka Juutinen (Post 162702)

It is quite good, very typical of the series. Personally I prefer Karl-Heinz Regnat's volume, (Aviatic in German, Schiffer in English).

Why do you prefer the other book over this one?

Jukka Juutinen

26th February 2013 18:39

Re: Dornier Do 335 Pfeil Arrow: The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engined Fighter

Regnat's book is much, much more technical and "engineeringlike", as aircraft monographs should be. E.g. it is mentioned in Classic's book that the Do 335 suffered from weak nose landing gear, but leaves it at that without analyzing why it was weak, what were the modes of failure and how it might have been corrected. I don't recall whether Regnat discusses this, but nevertheless such issues go unanswered in too many aircraft books.

All times are GMT +2. The time now is 15:59.