F7F-3N Tiger Cat

[gatt]

LOL, we need only some MiG-15 and F-86 to make "Aces Over Korea". Hell, were they on the design board or not!? At least in designer's brain!!!  

[Westy]

Read it again .... "WWII flight simulation".  Sorry, but I think that precludes non WWII aircraft

 Yup. I read it again. Didn't see "WWII flight simulation using only aircraft that saw air-to-air combat" - that is what you were implying. no?
 I do not have a problem with what HTC is doing Jekyll. I like the planes they have added and will add. No prototypes, no "dream plane that never left some sketch pad from some hallucinating engineer cowering in  a bomb shelter"

 I'm happy.

 You're not?

  -Westy

[Jekyll]

Never said I was unhappy Westy, but how can you seriously argue for yet another US Navy 4 cannon bird when the Japanese, Russian, Italian, British planesets are so thin on the ground?

There's probably at least 50 aircraft that should be added to Aces High before we get into the "golly gee we had it finished but the darn war ended before we got to use it" crowd    

BTW Nashwan, according to my sources, the Hornet F.1 was not delivered to the RAF until 1946!

Spake Gatt:
 

LOL, we need only some MiG-15 and F-86 to make "Aces Over Korea"

Too late Gatt    Looks like Targetware is going to have that market sown up.  And I gotta say, TK is looking verra verra nice  

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[Toad]

Thanks, WW.

I was looking for the first operationally deployed squadron but that's all a quick google search turned up.

Can't find anything on VMF(N) 533 either.

But, if this was a LW plane, this is more than enough justification to demand it be modeled immediately!  <G,D,R>

[Dowding]

The Tigercat is my favourite US plane. Seen it several times at the Duxford airshow over here.

But I'd like to see the Il-2 first.  

[Westy]

...how can you seriously argue ...

 Put yer gun back in the holster "quick draw". Cheesuz Aytch Chripes I argue the inclusion of just about ANY plane used or produced in WWII. In the case of the F7F I'm making a point, once again, about what has been declared the cut off point for aircraft modelled. If it was produced, it's fair game. Seems to be HTC's pov.
 I'd like to see the BoomerRang added. Questio. How many and how much action did they see? Answer? Who gives a sh&t. It was produced and deployed. Same with the Dutch twin tail early war fighter. It was produced and deployed.  HE-162, DO-335.. same thing. Bring em all on.  BoB and Midway scenarios get old. Try something fresh for a change why don't you?

 -Westy

[Ripsnort]

hmmmm. forgot why I was here....oh yeah,...BRING THE TIGERCAT TO ACES HIGH!  

[Ripsnort]

Oh, and Jekyll, don't let stats fool ya, when CO (and XO) of JG2, most my kills were in a FW190A8, also a cannon bird.      Now that I fly for a Marine Squadron, naturally some of my kills are gonna be in a cannon bird, as they were in JG2. Moral of the story?  Cannons are lethal, whether they are in a Tiffy, Chog, or Spit.  If I was in a Spit squadron, you can bet most of my kills would be in a MarkIV.

Incidently, the tour before last (why you picked last tour I have no idea) I had more F4U-1D kills that the Chog.  I probably did more ATA in that tour, and more ground pounding last tour.



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[Servo]

Yet more drivel from Jekyll. "I hate AH and you do too!" If Targetware is looking so good, go freakin post on their ubb. Stop trying to stir up the AH crowd here.

I'm going to say something here that's probably going to get me flamed. Personally, I don't think the majority of the people who play AH do it because the planes are historically matched up. Because their not. So you can cry about the F7F never seeing combat, but who gives a @(#*? A P-51 never shot down P-47, a Yak never shot down a La5. But they do it all the time in AH. I think I speak for most of the community when I say that flying a WWII flight simulation is more about playing on the strengths and weaknesses of the various aircraft (regardless how many were made or saw combat).

Thats what makes it fun.

Servo

[LJK Raubvogel]

 

Originally posted by Servo:
I think I speak for most of the community when I say that flying a WWII flight simulation is more about playing on the strengths and weaknesses of the various aircraft (regardless how many were made or saw combat).

I think you speak for yourself.

[leonid]

 

Originally posted by Servo:
Personally, I don't think the majority of the people who play AH do it because the planes are historically matched up... I think I speak for most of the community when I say that flying a WWII flight simulation is more about playing on the strengths and weaknesses of the various aircraft (regardless how many were made or saw combat).

Thats what makes it fun.

First of all, this game would be much more attractive to me if it was historically matched.  Second, It would seem paramount that a flight sim allow players to use the strengths and weaknesses of various aircraft, otherwise it would be something like Crimson Skies.  While I'm quite satisfied that HTC model their aircraft with convincing accuracy, the 'everybody flies everything' arena has never been a selling point for me.  

[Missile]

GEE-MIN-EEEE,

All this argueing about bringing another 4 cannon US Navy bird into the arena. Okay-ALL RIGHT ALREADY.

No TigerCat. Now bring on the Mossie. 4 .303s and 4 20mm cannon. This Better? Yeah,  Missile's Mighty Mossie (TM). I like it. Any questions?

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Da Missile

[Gorf]

Servo!!

Damm good response!!
Short and sweet!

(S)