Author Topic: New Mossie please (Read 1175 times)

Spiritin · « **on:** January 12, 2007, 07:46:18 AM »

Later models had a large calibre nose cannon..............PLEASE!!!!

macleod01 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2007, 08:48:54 AM »

Im saying no to this idea for the pure darn fact that I dont want you flying with bigger guns!

prhim · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2007, 09:52:43 AM »

From a website I found (no idea of historical accuracy):

"RAF Coastal Command obtained a specialized derivative of the FB.VI, the "FB.VIII", which had a 57 millimeter autoloading Molins gun, an airborne modification of the light 6-pounder antitank gun, installed in place of the four 20 millimeter cannon. Two of the 7.7 millimeter Brownings were often removed in the field, with the two remaining used for sighting the big gun.

The Molins gun was adopted to help Mosquitos hit German submarines from out of range of the vessel's antiaircraft guns and proved effective, but Coastal Command Mosquitos were then qualified to carry a variant of the RP with a solid warhead. Aircrews felt the RP was a much better weapon. 25 FB.VIIIs were built, all as conversions of FB.VIs, with the first flying in mid-1943."

Not sure if a total of 25 aircraft qualifies the type for AHII or CT.

UdieNow · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2007, 10:09:40 AM »

57mm gun + mossie = new HO'in toy:t

Karnak · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2007, 11:38:27 AM »

Well, the FB.Mk XVIII also had 800lbs of additional armor, so it would handle quite differently. It is not just a gun change, so it may not be possible to do it as a perk gun like the F4U-1C will be done as a perk gun version of the F4U-1D.

Tails · « **Reply #5 on:** January 13, 2007, 12:27:59 AM »

HTC has already said they will not add Tse Tse (Big-gun Mozzie), due to the possibility that it could snipe bombers from outside their gunrange.

Now, a glass-nose version would make a nice stable-mate to our current fighterbomber, and our current one would be lovely without the flame dampers.

VooWho · « **Reply #6 on:** January 13, 2007, 12:44:26 AM »

I want bomber version mossie. I want to fly on deck and bomb berlin, and fly back with 50 trailing 109s that run out of fuel over the North Sea, or English Channel.

Kurt · « **Reply #7 on:** January 13, 2007, 12:45:39 AM »

I'm all for it... As far as I know I have never been shot down by a mossie and I have shot down plenty... Therefore, they probably do need a gun...

Oh... They have a gun?

hmmm. No one ever used the gun on me.

Karnak · « **Reply #8 on:** January 13, 2007, 01:05:43 AM »

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Originally posted by Kurt
I'm all for it... As far as I know I have never been shot down by a mossie and I have shot down plenty... Therefore, they probably do need a gun...

Oh... They have a gun?

hmmm. No one ever used the gun on me.

Funny, my K/D ratio in the Mossie is massively positive and the only kill a Bf110 has ever gotten on my Mossie is the one that I oversped and tore my elevators off while diving on it.

Even the Bf110s that dove on me never managed to get me, though I'll admit that I was lucky on several occasions and the superior deck speed of the Mossie got me out of several other sticky situations.

As to the 57mm cannon, it might be doable as a perk option. Pay x perks and get a 57mm cannon in the place of the four 20mm cannons, two of the .303s and the bomb bay space and an addional 800lbs of armor.

B3YT · « **Reply #9 on:** January 13, 2007, 08:29:26 AM »

What a rubish reason for not having the 57mm . it only had 45 rounds in that 6 pounder . The 20mm cannon is good at hiting bombers 1.2k out if it's set up right .

I demand a 57mm mossie and that it should fly as it's suposed to eg fast and manoverable

EagleDNY · « **Reply #10 on:** January 13, 2007, 03:26:39 PM »

I'd just be happy if we had the bomber version Mossie with the 4,000 lb cookie. I wouldn't mind seeing an upgraded cockpit (since those Spitfire cockpits look so nice), and if they got around to fixing the CG issue it would be nice...

Major Biggles · « **Reply #11 on:** January 13, 2007, 04:19:18 PM »

well, i personally think a great mossie list would be:

B. MkIV (early war level bombing mossie with glass nose and bombsight)

FB. MkVI (our current mossie. update the graphics, fix the centre of gravity bug, and remove the flame damper modelling from the flight model)

B. MkXVI (late war level bomber, which was incredibly fast and could carry a 4000 lb cookie bomb, like the big 4000lb bomb on the lancaster ingame)

that would give a decent range of marks spanning several years.

Scherf · « **Reply #12 on:** January 13, 2007, 08:58:15 PM »

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Originally posted by Kurt
I'm all for it... As far as I know I have never been shot down by a mossie and I have shot down plenty... Therefore, they probably do need a gun...

Oh... They have a gun?

hmmm. No one ever used the gun on me.

Guess you've never met thrila.

blkmgc · « **Reply #13 on:** January 13, 2007, 09:31:00 PM »

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Originally posted by VooWho
I want bomber version mossie. I want to fly on deck and bomb berlin, and fly back with 50 trailing 109s that run out of fuel over the North Sea, or English Channel.

Same here. This would add a very effective strike AC. We were just talking about this the other night amongst ourselves.

Souless · « **Reply #14 on:** January 14, 2007, 11:26:10 AM »

I would be pleased if our current mossie had the flame dampeners removed and the subsequent performance modelled into the game.
Also the CoG must be fixed as well