Some of these guys are slamming the B-29 simply because they fear the impact on the game. In the pacific theater the B-29 didnt typically fly high-alt missions like its B-17 counterparts in Europe.
I would love to see bombs only dropped from the F6 view in the game, maybe pilot view in SOME planes.
Here are a few facts about the B-29:
The B-29 first flew Sept. 21, 1942 and first flew in combat June 5, 1944, 15 months before the end of the war.
Data Direct from Boeings website:
First flight: Sept. 21, 1942
Model number: 345
Classification: Bomber
Span: 141 feet 3 inches
Length: 99 feet
Gross weight: 105,000 pounds (140,000 pounds postwar)
Top speed: 365 mph
Cruising speed: 220 mph
Range: 5,830 miles
Ceiling: 31,850 feet (According to Boeings Website 4,000 ft LOWER than B-17!)
Power: Four 2,200-horsepower Wright Double Cyclone engines
Accommodation: 10 crew
Armament: 12 .50-caliber machine guns, 1 20 mm cannon, 20,000-pound bomb load
Nearly 3,900 were built and delivered during the war.