B-29 Super Fortress

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And you heard that from?

My Co earshot.

[Nemisis]

Wow so simple why didnt someone think of this before!!  I think "we " should get to it right away,by "we" I mean you!  Since you seem to know exactly how to do it by all means go for it....

If you can see any holes in my idea, go ahead and say so. And if I tried to coad anything harder than a wall, it would be riddled with bugs.

[stealth]

Anyway the reason I got because the thing has was to many machine guns is a good point.Plus Ive seen kinda of a pattern here everysingle bomber that has a 20mm and a bigger load then a b25 lets say is not gonna be on the game.If so then probably a perked plane.

[sluggish]

So you think the b29 would be perked?  Really??

[Chalenge]

Most of the B-29 sorties flown during the war only had guns at the tail position the others having been removed to save on weight. LeMay had decided that high altitude bombers were not as effective and so he wanted the bomers to fly lower and faster. So shortly after they bombers were flying out of Iwo they were stripped of most of their guns.

This is why I 'suggested' many months ago that IF the B-29 were ever to come into the game that only 3/4 fuel loads and above would have the option for the full gun package. Logically it should also sortie with max-fuel paired with limited bombs and max-bombs paired with limited fuel even though the plane was certainly 'over-engineered' to fly with both max loads it seldom if ever flew that way.

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Most of the B-29 sorties flown during the war only had guns at the tail position the others having been removed to save on weight. LeMay had decided that high altitude bombers were not as effective and so he wanted the bomers to fly lower and faster. So shortly after they bombers were flying out of Iwo they were stripped of most of their guns.

This is why I 'suggested' many months ago that IF the B-29 were ever to come into the game that only 3/4 fuel loads and above would have the option for the full gun package. Logically it should also sortie with max-fuel paired with limited bombs and max-bombs paired with limited fuel even though the plane was certainly 'over-engineered' to fly with both max loads it seldom if ever flew that way.

This is a good idea.

[Pannono]

Why does everyone just ask for the B-29? Ask for a variant.
If we do get the 29, and thats a big "if", we should get the B-29B. The only defensive weapons the B-29B had were the tail guns. It would allow fighters that did intercept it to destroy it easily if they knew what they were doing. This would counter the superior speed and payload with subpar defensive capabilities.

[LLogann]

The B would be a terrible, unperkable choice.........  The HTC version of the B29 is the A model. 

Why does everyone just ask for the B-29? Ask for a variant.
If we do get the 29, and thats a big "if", we should get the B-29B. The only defensive weapons the B-29B had were the tail guns. It would allow fighters that did intercept it to destroy it easily if they knew what they were doing. This would counter the superior speed and payload with subpar defensive capabilities.

[Pannono]

How would it be a terrible, unperkable choice?
It would still carry 20,000 lbs of bombs. It would still have a top speed of 360 at 25k. It would still have a service ceiling of 32k. The range was 4,200 miles with 18,000lbs of bombs.
The B-29A had 12x .50s and 1x 20mm. It would be highly perked, and chances are you would know how to gun if you could afford a formation. No fighter could touch that. Imagine 999000 with 39 guns pointed at you.

Info from: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2530

[1carbine]

Yeah the B model doesn't sound like much fun but we would probably get that first.

[Denholm]

I'd prefer the B-29Πmodel.


Why?



BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST!

[firemike]

great idea! +1

[kingcobradude]

I think there should be a b29 on the late war arenas. I twould need a high perk, but maybe have a nuke for a bomb load

[stealth]

B29 is a great bomber,you half to remember though japan basically surrendered because of this plane and the atomic bomb.Now of course do not put a atomic bomb on here unless were bombing the city and it takes out lets say 4 city blocks 8 or so.Just put a nice choice of bombs on here and take some of the guns out of it.

[Masherbrum]

B29 is a great bomber,you half to remember though japan basically surrendered because of this plane and the atomic bomb.Now of course do not put a atomic bomb on here unless were bombing the city and it takes out lets say 4 city blocks 8 or so.Just put a nice choice of bombs on here and take some of the guns out of it.

       

I can guarantee you that Nagasaki and Hiroshima had more than..."say 4 or 8 city blocks" vaporized off of this Earth.    Spend more time working on sentence structure and less time on a plane that does not belong in this game.