The planes we truly need most.

[Angus]

Well, still, AFAIK the HS129 had poor performance, being underpowered.
A boatplane like the Sunderland or the Japanese Mavis (?) would be nice IMHO and add a new depth to the game, taking up from....ports? You had many fighters on floats as well, like the Northrop fighter, and a ....Nakajima?
Sea Hurry would be easy for HTC since the FM is practically there.
Anyway, what is the next one being promoted by HTC?

[Gixer]

These are the planes in my opinon that need to be added the most, because most of them played great roles in WWII.

LaGG
La-3
MiG-3
Yak 1
Yak 3
Yak 5
Yak 7
He-111
Ju-52

Nice list!!   


<S>...-Gixer

[ridley1]

I remember watching wings of the luftwaffe or something like that about the stuka.....the Hs129 was meant to replace the 87 in a dive bomber/ ground attack role.

What we really need, just because it's so damn weird and ugly is a BV 141.
And I'd really like to see Hitech figure out the flight dynamics for it.

[glock89]

I remember watching wings of the luftwaffe or something like that about the stuka.....the Hs129 was meant to replace the 87 in a dive bomber/ ground attack role.

What we really need, just because it's so damn weird and ugly is a BV 141.
And I'd really like to see Hitech figure out the flight dynamics for it.

was that the german plane with the cockpit in the wing and the engine in the middle 

[Angus]

no

[ridley1]

Glock...
that is the one withe the engine in a fuselage, with a separate nacelle for the crrew cockpit.

Weirdest aircraft.....ever!!!!

[glock89]

Glock...
that is the one withe the engine in a fuselage, with a separate nacelle for the crrew cockpit.

Weirdest aircraft.....ever!!!!

i know would be fun to have in aces high

[Koz]

I agree with the I-16 the Mig and the LaGG.I have read abou these plains and found that they were well designed planes.

[Motherland]

I agree with the I-16 the Mig and the LaGG.I have read abou these plains and found that they were well designed planes.

The MiG-3 and LaGG-3 were horrible. The LaGG was known as the Lacquered Coffin or something to that effect by VVS pilots.

[Koz]

How you fly them is what counts.

[moot]

There's no use for planes that no one (or maybe 5-10%) will have fun flying in, as long as other historicaly significant planes can also be fun and/or successful in the MAs.

[dirtdart]

A heavier axis bomber would be cool.  Since the game does not factor in reliability, the bomber b planes would be cool.  The Ju-288, the He-177, and the ME-264 (?) the big four engined one with no cockpit per say.  Those could move out and I recall the project was cancelled because after developing high altitude, high speed airplanes, the ministry decided the premise was no longer valid... go figure. Perhaps internet rumor, more than likely I assume it was resources and technology.  That Jumo 22a engine in the Ju-288 was wicked.  The Ju-288 was as fast as a mossie (I think, you real data guys don't scalp me please) and could lift 6K in bombs. 

[Sikboy]

How long has it been since Judy got a mention?

-Sik

[Brooke]

I'd still go by numbers produced in WWII for the various countries for adding planes, with some ordering based on what would be nice to fill out scenarios.  The list below are the most-produced planes, for each country, that are not already in the game.  I then shuffled and interleaved the order of countries based on a preference for which aircraft are most useful for scenarios.  For example, the Japanese plane set is missing its major bomber (the G4M) and it's best and most-produced torpedo and divebombers (the B6N and the D4Y); and the Russian plane set could use one of its major attack planes (the Pe-2) and more representation for early and mid war (I-16, Yak-1, etc.).

He 111, 7300 -- for Battle of Britain
Pe-2, 11427 -- a major Soviet attack plane, 2nd only to the Il-2
G4M (Betty), 2446 -- the main Japanese bomber
D4Y Suisei (Judy), 2038 -- the most-produced Japanese divebomber (better and faster than the D3A)
B6N Tenzan (Jill), 1268 -- the most-produced Japanese torpedo/carrier bomber (upgrade of the B5N)
I-16, 9004 -- for early-war German/Russian scenarios
Yak-1, 8720 -- for early-war German/Russian scenarios
Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar), 5919 -- a much-used Japanse fighter in the earlier years
LaGG-3, 6258 -- for early-war German/Russian scenarios
Ki-21 (Sally), 2064 -- a much-used Japanese bomber
Yak-7, 6339 -- for mid-war German/Russian scenarios

[Coolguy0730]

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