Talk:VL Myrsky

Evaluation of the project
"The Myrsky proved fast and manouevreable enough to dogfight the contemporary Soviet aircraft" - This is a joke? With the engine in 1065 hp and weight of 3200 kg, he flew at a speed of 530 km/h. These parameters are obsolete by the end of 1941, but not that by the middle of 1944. It was a plane, obsolete at the time of its first flight. 178.71.198.158 (talk) 11:46, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Political cost
"The decision to start developing a new fighter for the Finnish Air Force was based on experience gained before the Winter War: in the "arms race" leading up to a war, it can be difficult for smaller nations to purchase top-of-the-range fighters without a significant political cost." - The development of VL Myrsky started before the Winter War, during spring 1939. How the development before the Winter War could be based on the experiences gained during the Winter War? What was the significant political cost regarding the procurement of top-of-the-range fighters? Myllyre (talk) 15:17, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Did you read that quote before posting it? It says "experience gained *before* the Winter War", Finland had tried buying Messerschmitts & then Spitfires or Hurricanes in 1936 but had been denied because both Germans and British thought they needed every fighter their factories produced for their own use, by 1939 the writing was on the wall & all of Europe was arming for the war everyone could see approaching in the horizon, meaning it was even more difficult to get decent fighters.Ape89 (talk) 13:44, 28 July 2018 (UTC)