I want to say THANK GOD, and I mean THANK GOD the HTC team does not allow any ords to be attached to this fighter, so that it won't become another suicide porking/hangar banging machine and so the various board members who look upon such gross misuses of fighter aircraft with anything other than sad pity won't call for this good but non-super fighter to be perked.
Like everyone said, it is still a Jug. It is only really a Late-War plane for five minutes. Judicious use of WEP will still be vital to have it available when you REALLY need it.
Nightmare ? Hardly. I posted numbers, verifiable. Heck, you even turned around a few days later and quoted similar numbers in another thread.
I've shown how the 47N performs leaps and bounds beyond what folks pretend it does based off the charts, because the charts use full fuel. I've also shown how the 47N in-game isn't far off from the 47M specs. I've flown the 47N a lot in-game, heavy and light, and 99% of the playerbase talks down to it because they look at a misleading line on a climb chart and call it "slow"....
47M not needed IMO, but will give some nice skin options if nothing else.
Krusty, I tested the climb rates offline. 25% fuel for both,which yielded about 30 minutes on the E6B for both, 8 guns, 267rpgs. Hit the runway, start the engine, WEP and climb. The initial climb rate of the N on the E6B was around 3600fpm. The initial climb rate of the M was around 3900fpm. In 5 minutes of WEP climbing, the N got to 15.5K. The M got to 18.5K on a WEP climb of the same duration. The M also has enough of a top speed advantage over the N on MIL to make a difference, and matches the D-11, formerly the MIL speed king amongst Jugs. The M outclimbs the D-40 on MIL, which was the climb rate champion amongst jugs up until now. It for all intents and purposes out-climbs a P-51D on WEP. There is not getting around the fact that this is a worthwhile upgrade to the Jug lineup.
