Jg301 was completely transformed into Ta152H, and was sent into battle as a Ta152 jagdgeschwader...was a plane that made operational aces. Was a plane that arrived very late to the fighting scene, that is true, but none the less arrived.
That qualifies the Ta152H as a fully operational, fighting fighter. Not a prototype, not by far.
He162, on the other side, was a plane that saw combat (killed and was killed by tempests), but was NOT operational. Some geschwaders were fully converted to He162 for V-day, but that doenst mean that it was an operational fighter in WWII.
IMHO same can be said about P51H, F8F, F7F, etc...
I dont say that fighters wich saw combat or not should be modelled or not...but to start doing it will open a big can of worms...you know, Do335,He162, Ta152C (THAT is a bad prettythang
), 109K14, Me262A with Mk103, even Go229...would be planes with as much right to own to this sim than a p51h, F8F, Spit XXI...bringing us to a WWII '46 scenario faster than giving us an early war planeset.
Somewhere we should mark a line of non-crossing for planes available to be modelled...and I think that it should the line should be marked allowing planes that saw OPERATIONAL combat (in regular units, as operational planes), but letting outside planes that never saw combat, or achieved kills in a prototype or pre-operational stage.
This is my humble opinion, of course
but this is getting out of topic, we dont need another flamewar about P51H, spits XXI and Ta152Cs
Back on topic.......Still I want to know about the 360mph on the Fw190A8!!
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