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Offline Hangtime

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« on: January 08, 2001, 12:20:00 PM »
Gimme an A26A Invader!!

Ysssssssssss; oh yes yes yes!

Anybody got any good artwork on A26A's ??

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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2001, 12:25:00 PM »
P61..OKAY,So it WAS declared a fighter, but it will work!

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« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2001, 12:31:00 PM »
Stuka  

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« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2001, 12:31:00 PM »
Arado 234

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Offline Tac

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« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2001, 12:44:00 PM »
Nash... the Stuka as a perk? You insane! That thing is fodder for any aircraft out there.


I would LOVE to see the A-26 'vader here. I flew it almost exclusively in Air Warrior 3. What a PUPPY!    

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« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2001, 12:45:00 PM »
b29!!!!
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Offline Nash

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« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2001, 12:48:00 PM »
Yah I know Tac, it's not the best performer out there, but damn - those sirens would kick ass! Hell, I'd trade in perk points just to be able to attach em to any ride I'm in!

Stuka!  

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« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2001, 01:23:00 PM »
Bring on the a26...we need a good attack aircraft

Think it had an option of 20mm or .50cal...8 .50s or 4 20mm   thats a package!! dunno the bomb payload think its up there...4k or more  

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« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2001, 01:47:00 PM »
a26 though definitely a great choice for perk bomber.

awsome plane
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« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2001, 02:40:00 PM »
 
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Originally posted by Nash:
Yah I know Tac, it's not the best performer out there, but damn - those sirens would kick ass! Hell, I'd trade in perk points just to be able to attach em to any ride I'm in!

Stuka!  

Maybe if we get some better support of external sounds, instead of evrything being so damed quiet. I still think that is one of the most lacking things in AH as far as immersion goes.

Right now, if the Stuka was here, and it had the dive sirens, you would be the only one to hear it. What fun is that?

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« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2001, 02:59:00 PM »
 
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Yah I know Tac, it's not the best performer out there, but damn - those sirens would kick ass! Hell, I'd trade in perk points just to be able to attach em to any ride I'm in!

Stuka!  

The F4U is supposed to whistle when it comes in fast, because of the speed the air moves over and into the wing mounted radiators. It would be cool to be able to sit on the ground or in the cockpit and hear that. I don't fly the F4U much except on carrier ops.. but it would be cool to get a warning when you are about to get vulched!! <G>
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« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2001, 03:01:00 PM »
There are no perk bombers, only perk loadouts.

Personally I don't want the A-26 perked, it's merely a plane of trade offs, and it's best preformence altitudes would make it easy meat for fighters.

I'd really like to see all but the unbalancingly fast bombers available all the time, but with the more unbalancing load out options costing perk points (like getting all four duce gun pods in addition to the strafer nose on the A-26, plus the rockets, bombs and both turrents)

Even the B-29 could be manageable if it had a reduced "normal" arena load out. With the current buff gun system the B-17 is even better off defensively, it's a large target with a pressurized cabin that can cause nasty explosions. Then you could, of course, use some perk points to buy the entire load.

But there just aren't enough bombers that have enough qualities for perking, because they will always be killable by fighters by the sheer nature of their operation. Where as some perk fighters would have the capability to stay alive when flown smart, no matter how smart a buff pilot is, there is little they would be able to do to protect their plane while still using it for what it's intended for.

Thus is the nature of the arena.

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« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2001, 03:02:00 PM »
Ar 234 Blitz would be nice! Extremely fast bomber plane, well naturally, since it was first operational jet bomber.

I find B-29 somehow ordinary or unimaginative. He 177 could be Luftwaffes perk bomber but it was not that special in its abilities.

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« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2001, 03:06:00 PM »
Blitz please

   

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« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2001, 03:15:00 PM »
I saw that bomber in person Raub. They fixed it up at the National Air and Space Museum Restoration Center in Maryland and then moved it to the National Air and Space Museum where it sat on display for a year. This was several years ago, but I got to sit in the pilot's seat. I won a trip to the NAS Restoration Center on a 7th grade science fair project many many years ago for a project I did on airfoils and how they affect lift. But man, it was just great to be able to get the pilot's view and get a look around that Arado's cockpit. SUHWEET!!!!!
I don't know where they moved it to, but I sure wish I could see it again in person.
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