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Offline valdals

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please add these 3 new vehicles
« on: April 01, 2008, 07:04:55 AM »
I would like to see the he 219 bomber. the bomber carried it own radar and was used at a bomber interceptor at night. I would like to have the 251 with the 75mm gun and the m3 with the 75 mm gun.

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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2008, 07:19:58 AM »
This should be in the wishlist forum.
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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2008, 10:58:23 AM »
I would like to see the he 219 bomber. the bomber carried it own radar and was used at a bomber interceptor at night. I would like to have the 251 with the 75mm gun and the m3 with the 75 mm gun.

valdals, the Uhu wasn't a bomber, it was a purpose-built night fighter. And although, the performance was quite impressive for a night fighter, I don't think the 219 would fare too well in the daylight-only MA. It has no appreciable bomb load, and as a fighter, far more maneuverable planes would "eat it's lunch". (although 110G vs 219 duels would be cool  :D)

This is a real shame, because the 219 is an awesome airplane.  :aok
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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2008, 11:02:56 AM »
valdals, the Uhu wasn't a bomber, it was a purpose-built night fighter. And although, the performance was quite impressive for a night fighter, I don't think the 219 would fare too well in the daylight-only MA. It has no appreciable bomb load, and as a fighter, far more maneuverable planes would "eat it's lunch". (although 110G vs 219 duels would be cool  :D)

This is a real shame, because the 219 is an awesome airplane.  :aok
He219's performance was not nearly as good as claimed. Never broke 400mph in service and had a climb rate barely above 2000ft/min.  Most of the numbers you can find for it are Heinkel's claims, not actual Luftwaffe experience.
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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2008, 12:54:17 PM »
He219's performance was not nearly as good as claimed. Never broke 400mph in service and had a climb rate barely above 2000ft/min.  Most of the numbers you can find for it are Heinkel's claims, not actual Luftwaffe experience.

No argument here Karnak. However, compared to the other Luftwaffe night fighters (Ju-88C/G's, etc) the 219 is still pretty impressive. It was somewhat underpowered and suffered from high wing-loading, but the combat debut of the three pre-production planes (provided the Luftwaffe accounts are true) against the RAF is hard to argue with. I think it certainly would have done a number on marauding Lancs.
I never claimed it was an "uber-weapon", however it does rank very high on the "Cool Scale".

Have you seen these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:He_219_Rumpf_1.jpg
http://www.flightof2photography.com/gallery.php?photoID=63&catID=3&itemPos=5&startAt=1

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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2008, 02:09:16 PM »
I saw the He219 in person when I visited the Udvar-Hazy hangar of the National Air & Space museum. Weird looking bird. They have an Ar234, a Do335, and an Fw190F there too. As well as the cockpit section of one of those Ho- flying wing things.

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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2008, 02:42:32 PM »
Love the 219, favorite model I put together as a kid.

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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2008, 06:44:20 AM »
if we had the 219 i would stop using the a20 as a bomber interceptor.

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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2008, 05:03:20 PM »
I would like to see the he 219 bomber. the bomber carried it own radar and was used at a bomber interceptor at night. I would like to have the 251 with the 75mm gun and the m3 with the 75 mm gun.

If your talking about the He219 owl it was designed as a prue night fighter and nothing else. It would make an awsome addition with upward firing 20mm's for lancs and other bombers without belly turrets.

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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2008, 05:57:36 PM »
if we had the 219 i would stop using the a20 as a bomber interceptor.

:huh There are several planes in-game that can do the job better than the A-20.

If your talking about the He219 owl it was designed as a prue night fighter and nothing else. It would make an awsome addition with upward firing 20mm's for lancs and other bombers without belly turrets.

BigPlay, the Schräge Musik guns were Mk108's (30mm not 20mm), and they're pretty much useless against a target who knows you're there. They worked great if you could creep up undetected to a bomber's low-6, but keep in mind that during daylight you're going to be spotted by the tail gunner or pilot long before you get into position to fire those monsters. (especially if they're using F3)  Unless of course you think you can make a near vertical approach from underneath , level off and then take the shot, in which case I :salute you. If I had that kind of E, I think I'd just dive on the poor guy and let all those forward-firing cannon work their magic. :D
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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2008, 06:12:23 PM »
if we had the 219 i would stop using the a20 as a bomber interceptor.

The A-20 isnt a bomber interceptor....its a fighter interceptor :aok

The Tiffie is a bomber interceptor

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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2008, 06:33:18 PM »
The A-20 isnt a bomber interceptor....its a fighter interceptor :aok

The Tiffie is a bomber interceptor

Gotta admit, I learned that the hard way back in my early days when I decided to get low and slow in a Dora to kill a "lowly" A-20.
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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2008, 10:56:13 AM »
:huh There are several planes in-game that can do the job better than the A-20.

BigPlay, the Schräge Musik guns were Mk108's (30mm not 20mm), and they're pretty much useless against a target who knows you're there. They worked great if you could creep up undetected to a bomber's low-6, but keep in mind that during daylight you're going to be spotted by the tail gunner or pilot long before you get into position to fire those monsters. (especially if they're using F3)  Unless of course you think you can make a near vertical approach from underneath , level off and then take the shot, in which case I :salute you. If I had that kind of E, I think I'd just dive on the poor guy and let all those forward-firing cannon work their magic. :D

Your right they did have 30's there. I confused it with the Ju 88 and 110 night fighter version. The plane was rather fast and maybe a F3 view or a gunsight for could be used for the upward firing 30's. I know that's not accurate but neither are dive bombing Lancs. I usually don't have trouble getting under bombers and thought that would be another way of attacking them, just a thought.

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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2008, 07:33:19 PM »
The A-20 isnt a bomber interceptor....its a fighter interceptor :aok

The Tiffie is a bomber interceptor
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Re: please add these 3 new vehicles
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2008, 10:27:31 AM »
I actually perfer the 110 G for bomber hunting it's a lot tougher than the 262 or Ta152 plus more cannon rounds for bad shots like me. :aok