Brewster Buffalo

[Bruv119]

can't wait to bnz them in my uber spit !!!   


Good work  SuperFly  / Greebo   and TY.   

[froger]

I say Give it a Blue n yellow Paint Scheme and call it a Peashooter

 

 

[RTSigma]

Yea! More unique planes! Now since its gear was crank-operated, will that be modeled?

PRESS G MULTIPLE TIMES TO LOWER GEAR

[A8TOOL]

[Kotari]

Wtg HTC 

I named that ride "Pike", because it looks like a widely found fish in our lakes: short, fat and sharp teeth 

[Gianlupo]

Wtg Finns!

Now, let's go on and build the Ilmavoimat.... let's add the Fiat G.50!

[warhed]

The AH pilot does look too big.

Lusche = Brewster Test Pilot?   

[Wmaker]

Now since its gear was crank-operated, will that be modeled?

Brewster's gear isn't crank-operated, F4F/FM-2's is.

[Rich46yo]

Technically the Model 239 was Finnish. Yes it's an American design built in the States, but the Finns stripped most or all of the armor off, removed the naval equipment (arrestor hook, etc) increased the armament, (4x.50cal instead of 1.30 and 3x.50) and made a large number of other changes (basically stripped her BACK into the plane that Boyington said was actually very good until the Navy overloaded her). The 239 is completely distinct from the F2A-3 the USMC used at Midway, and the derivative export models the British and Dutch used in the early phases of the Pacific War.

Were making things up now?http://www.warbirdforum.com/saga.htm

As required by the "Neutrality Act," Brewster modified the F2A by replacing its government-supplied engine, gun sight, and direction finder with export-approved equipment. It took out the life raft and arresting hook, and doubled the firepower by installing two half-inch machine guns in the wings. (Like most American fighters of the time, the F2A had two nose-mounted machine guns, synchronized to fire through the propeller arc.) Lastly, it painted out Felix, the bomb-carrying cartoon cat that was the mascot of VF-3. The company produced 44 of these "de-navalized" fighters under the designation B-239.

The B-239s went by boat to Norway, then by train to Sweden, where they were assembled by Norwegian air force mechanics under the supervision of Brewster engineers. The Americans didn't lack for smokes or news of the Brooklyn Dodgers: their buddies in Queens had stuffed the wing panels with cigarettes, magazines, and newspapers.

http://www.warbirdalley.com/buffalo.htm

A Finnish variant of the F2A, the VL (Valtion Lentokonetehdas) Humu was intended as a replacement for the Finnish Air Force's worn-out F2A-1 Buffalo fighters, which could not be replaced due to poor wartime availability of imported combat aircraft. The most significant changes from the original F2A-1 were a wooden wing (necessary due to material shortages) and a Russian M-63 engine purchased from Germany. The project soon fell behind schedule and the Humu proved to be inferior to the F2A-1 due to a higher aircraft weight, among other factors . Only one aircraft was delivered, and it never entered Finnish service.   [History by Jeff VanDerford with significant contributions by P. Kojo and Sampo Vuorinen.]

The Brewster is about as Finnish as baseball.

[moot]

Lusche = Brewster Test Pilot?   

  Probably!

[Wmaker]

The Brewster is about as Finnish as baseball.

http://www.pesis.fi/pesapalloliitto/international_site/  

[bravoa8]

The new update is going to be so cool

[Rich46yo]

Morons think before opening your mouths.  Scenarios and FSOs' will employ the Buffalo.

If you don't like it in the MA don't fly it simple.

Nobody had better have their own opinion. Or pine for the airplane "they wanted". I mean it, this is the last warning you'll get.

Dont say I didnt warn you.

[Infidelz]

Thank you HTC.

Inf>

[TexMurphy]

Im sitting here on the west coast of sweden and I thought I saw something pop over the horizon towards the east. Likewise there have been reports on the news of of earthquakes in finland.

Now I understand what it is... its the collective finish ejaculation of geekey joy that is sending out shockwaves over the entire continent...

Grats guys your worth it, just through the contribution to the community that you guys make is worth a reward like this... imho it should have come earlier....

Its also great to see the EW/MW gaps beeing filled as it will give us even better scenarios and snapshots.

Now Im hoping for additions to the Japanese, Italian and Russian planesets.

Tex