I don't care anything about what get use in the main, none of planes suggested by any one would see any significant use in the main.
The wholes in the plane set mostly effect events, the CT and ToD. There are very few planes left to model that would have any meaningful use in the main.
Ju188A it has no real use in an event, the CT or ToD.
While I wouldn't mind seeing more Italian aircraft in AH they would have limited use. Even in the med...
For VVS planes there are so many needed just to get to a point where the most basic event could be run it will take more then 1 update.
Just an I16, Lagg 3 or Yak 1 wont do it.
If ToD is going to be a success and bring a new type of player into AH substitution roulette is not going to do it.
The P-39 wasn't a 'ground attack aircraft' it was an A2A fighter. Look how the Soviets used it. the M4 wasn't designed to 'bust tanks'. Just like the Yak 9t wasn't.
The P-39 kills 2 birds at once. For a New Guinea campaign the P-39/P-400 is a must, for the eastern front the P-39 is a must. Who cares how it will fair in the main. A Ju-188 wont fair any better.
The Japanese plane set is full of wholes. To claim 'its filling nicely' is pure BS. I only suggested the 3 most obvious Japanese planes and could come up with another 3.
The fact of the matter is if ToD starts in Western Europe it only stands to reason to fill that plane set out so that ToD starts outs out well.
I assume you want an earlier variant P-47 without the boost, since the current one already has the thin prop?
No I want the limited range.
P-47C-5 or D-4 (D-4 had water so its not just a water issue). The D-11 is '44 aircraft. By adding an A-3 (an A-4 would be almost the same as the A-3, we could do with an A-2 but then we end up with more mismatched variants; ie Spit V with 16lbs boost etc...) and a earlier ('43) Jug the time frame for a Western European Theater gets extended. As such you get more balanced theater overall. Initially difficult for the Allies ending up extremely difficult for the LW.
If you just run 30 days of P51s late 38s and late Jugs then it may not be sustainable. AH has the P-38s as well now.
A 'happy time' for both sides basically.
I only fly the 109 and the planes I suggested I would ever fly at all. I did suggest to G-14 because it unfair to force the LW to fly just the 43 G-6 until October '44 and its unfair for the Allies to face the G-10 (really a K-4 with a 20mm option) earlier. So a G-14 or G-14/AS (with DB603 supercharger giving better performance at altitude)would balance that out.
I just think to make ToD a success the wholes should be filled before its introduced, at least in one theater...
So my suggestions are based on actually needs and wholes in the plane set. Not just would I would want to fly.
