Author Topic: My aircraft wishlist. (Read 1684 times)

Guppy35 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 24, 2006, 01:18:24 PM »

Some great views of restored Russian I birds at Waneka.

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/i16wanakabg_1.htm

Fruda · « **Reply #16 on:** May 24, 2006, 07:14:03 PM »

The I-16 would be nice, but the MiG-3 is a far more important plane. Thousands more were built, it was instrumental in the air defense of Moscow (with great success at high altitudes against German 109's), and a lot were used on the front lines (though mostly by pilots of low skill who didn't know how to fly it).

The MiG-3, like the Corsairs and Thunderbolts, is purely a high-altitude fighter/interceptor. When used down low, it's not nearly as effective as it can be; however, it's still very nimble (though it's prone to stalls).

It's one of those high risk/high reward planes that's a lot of fun to fly once you get the hang of it. And honestly, how cool would a squadron of MiG-3's meeting a squadron of 109F-4's at 20,000+ be?

Karnak · « **Reply #17 on:** May 24, 2006, 07:33:36 PM »

Erm, many, many, many more I-16s were built than MiG-3s. The MiG-3 was a comparatively rare VVS fighter as I recall.

SAS_KID · « **Reply #18 on:** May 24, 2006, 08:15:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
Some great views of restored Russian I birds at Waneka.

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/i16wanakabg_1.htm

that is a sexy plane:cool:

mipoikel · « **Reply #19 on:** May 25, 2006, 01:55:43 AM »

Nice Guppy!

So far the best wishlist I've seen.

Treize69 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 25, 2006, 02:33:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Fruda
The I-16 would be nice, but the MiG-3 is a far more important plane. Thousands more were built, it was instrumental in the air defense of Moscow (with great success at high altitudes against German 109's), and a lot were used on the front lines (though mostly by pilots of low skill who didn't know how to fly it).

Yes, but they performed so poorly anywhere BUT up at high altitudes that they were limited to high-alt recon after Moscow. From Ospreys "Russian Aces" book:

The final days of the MiG-3 era found the 402.IAP attacking the enemy bridgehead over the Taman peninsula in early 1942

Even the much-maligned LaGG-3 series (supposedly, though doubtfully, nicknamed the "Lakirovannyi Garantiroannyi Grob", or "Guaranteed Varnished Coffin") had a much better combat record than the Mig-3. And it lent itself to the modifications which would lead to the highly succesful La5, La5F, La5FN, and La7 series. The MiG was a dead end.

Debonair · « **Reply #21 on:** May 25, 2006, 03:29:09 AM »

I-211 was a pretty good plane according to what little i've read about it, but the soviets weren't into producing redundant designs. Same reason the later Sukhoi attack plane never got into production

TexMurphy · « **Reply #22 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:59:45 AM »

Guppy´s list + Karnak´s list + Yak7, Mig3, LaGG3 for Russia + J2M for Japan

that list would mean that we can cover basicly any theatre and that we have a planeset that is competetive with virtually any game out there...

Tex

But · « **Reply #23 on:** May 25, 2006, 03:54:29 PM »

We must have the Henschel Hs 129 the greatest anti tank aircraft in world war 2