I know he has those reasons. But I cant remember what they are....
Anyone able to refresh my memory?
My take about 3-4 years ago on these boards:
Absolutely, but few have the precsie corrollary of the A-26/A-20.
The Allied bombing issue is more complex than say, German or English fighters or Japanese or Italian Planes.
American production was insane and we made many, many planes of various types that flew and engaged in combat. By contrast, the important planes of the luftwaffe are far, far fewer in model types and only really come into play as variants. The Luftwobblers amongst us have to have the various iterations of the 190s and 109s or there is not an interesting enough plane set to keep them here. The Allies had sooooo many aircraft they can model, why model the A-26 when TOD is the next big whammy? If the 8th AF campaign is the gig, the 109 and 190 variants and American heavies were the thing to concentrate on. Heck, in such a planeset new skins and configurations for the B-17 are vastly more important than is the A-26.
Why not concentrate on early war aircraft now so we can wage a true rolling planeset? Because, as in hunting rifles, we need more magnums, faster is always better!!!!!
By all means, make the A-26, but only after the rolling planeset with early war horses is completed. Toward that end, the most important medium bombers to make would be what? An He-111? The SM-79? A Maryland? A Wellington? A Do-17? For the Yanks, it has to be the B-25[since post now flying, wtg HiTech].
I love the A-26! It's a fantastic plane, but it's really just an A-20 on steroids and I don't think the performance difference is as great as say that between the F4F and the F6F is it? Perhaps it is, but interms of importance to the war the A-26/A-20 comparison is no F6F/F4F comparison. But if the rolling planset is desired for immersion, we need earliest craft. Let's get it after we have the early war fleshed out because for 3+ years the A-20 was the best attacker we made and for 4-6 months it was the A-26.
Joe Baugher's site notes the max speed difference between the A-20G and A-26C as about 20 MPH--not enough to worry about, extra 2k ordinance which is sweet.
Sakai