La5 and LA7

[Bruv119]

I had to tone done my initial response incase you found it a little aggressive tried to sum up what i was saying in one line.


Sounded to me like you get killed alot by them in your hardly produced top of the line 152 by average spit pilots.

The spitfire is no "toy" plane and i'm sure the Luftwaffe found it out for themselves.  See sig.

Bruv
~S~

[zoozoo]

It also looks like we are getting new pilots too!  


Looks like a black leather helmet thingy majig wit some kewl shades!:aok  

Think we should have like a choice of what your pilot looks like in hanger. If we have the one that looks like that one above thats two so far. And this one can be the third.  

[Greebo]

Originally posted by Tilt
Re the control panel I note that a g meter is included.

Is this just HTC policy to always include one? Lavochkins never had them.

Effectively all real planes have a G meter....its called the pilot. AH's dash meter offers a poor substitute for that "seat of the pants" feeling a real pilot would get. Sort of like how the icons are a substitute for a real pilot's better depth perception.

[Greebo]

Originally posted by Wmaker
I know you're probably not allowed to spill the beans, but is there any change for new variants? La-5/La-5F would really be useful additions!

There are no other La variants in the works at the moment.

[thrila]

bruv how about this?  I have it played when i startup my PC instead of the windows sound.

get me spitfires

[Tilt]

Originally posted by Greebo
Effectively all real planes have a G meter....its called the pilot. AH's dash meter offers a poor substitute for that "seat of the pants" feeling a real pilot would get. Sort of like how the icons are a substitute for a real pilot's better depth perception.

Thanks............... figures I suppose

Assuming we have the "La7" panel on both models could I be fussy enough to suggest that the guages be repositioned to a closer level of positional accuracy.

looking at the centre panel and taking a key pad code

9 = G meter (this position would other wise have been blank or held a radio switch)
8 = Compass (no change)
7 = Altitude (no change)
6 = ROC (moved)
5 = Bank (no change)
4 = Speed (no change)
3 = oil pressure (moved)
2 = RPM (moved)
1 = Boost (moved)

As noted above the flap indicator was not an "in yer face" location but to the lower left of the left panel. I just wonder if we really want to help players game the flaps by making it so easily visible during combat. The more realist position would also lend itself to more "realistic" usage IMO.

Appologies for fussing over what seems great work ...............

[RATTFINK]

Originally posted by Karnak
There are aircraft out there other than American ones you know.  


Why should they perk them?
 
You mean like the F4Us?  These are the first Russian aircraft to be updated.

Though I do agree the F6F needs a facelift badly, as does the N1K2-J.

wow,  I've never been quoted that many times in one post

[Bruv119]

Thrila we are on Bish for awhile now you should jump on our Vent server and fly with your countrymen for a few sorties

[moot]

Originally posted by Bruv119
I had to tone done my initial response incase you found it a little aggressive tried to sum up what i was saying in one line.


Sounded to me like you get killed alot by them in your hardly produced top of the line 152 by average spit pilots.

The spitfire is no "toy" plane and i'm sure the Luftwaffe found it out for themselves.  See sig.

Bruv
~S~

This is a real tedious freakin thread derailment so I PMed you my response.  If you have any more incorrectly aimed anti-luftwobble smack talk, do it by PM.

[TUXC]

Originally posted by Tilt
2 x 1.5 = 3   so its 50% greater volume of fire.

You're absolutely right. Going from 3 cannons to 2 would be a 33% reduction whereas 2 to 3 is a 50% increase. Rookie mistake, guess I was thinking about cannons instead of my math.

[Wmaker]

Originally posted by Greebo
There are no other La variants in the works at the moment.

Well that's unfortunate! It would have been a great and a relatively easy way to start the expansion of the VVS-planeset. Those variants would have been very useful in special events like in the possible re-run of the Stalins 4th at some point. They were very common and saw a great deal of action.

I just can't see the logic behind slipping in relatively rare "late in the war" variants like the P-47N (rare when looking at the total production of the P-47s) and at the same time not adding variants like the La-5 and the La-5F which were part of the back bone of the VVS. Now that the Las get their facelift it is doubtful that HTC gets back to making these variants anytime soon. I don't mean to sound too sour however...P-39Q helps the VVS-planeset a great deal aswell. It's just that it would have been a good place in time to add them.

I know Greebo that you have nothing to do with these decisions I'm just thinking out loud.

[Gabriel]

These look really nice.

Between these and the P 39Q the VVS set is getting some attention, now if only those Yaks would get redone.

[Timppa]

Originally posted by Wmaker
I just can't see the logic behind slipping in relatively rare "late in the war" variants like the P-47N (rare when looking at the total production of the P-47s) and at the same time not adding variants like the La-5 and the La-5F which were part of the back bone of the VVS.

Priorities. Perhaps because the basic La-5/La-5F MA hangar queens would have taken too much valuable development time from the much more important TOD ?

[Wmaker]

Originally posted by Timppa
Priorities. Perhaps because the basic La-5/La-5F MA hangar queens would have taken too much valuable development time from the much more important TOD ?

It is true that they wouldn't be used in the MAs as much as the P-47N but these planes saw much more action in the real war. La-5 would require a bit more work but La-5F would have been fairly easy to derive from the FN.

...and if the MA usage numbers are the only thing to consider when development time is scarce...well...then the planeset will go south very fast...IMO.

[VansCrew1]

With the new look of the LA coming out you can bet all the dweebs will be in them.