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Offline Perrine

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how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« on: September 13, 2010, 04:29:28 PM »
clipped crop clapped spit 5


clipped and griffon engine detuned spit 12
this would be nice perk plane in mid war arena





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Offline SmokinLoon

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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2010, 05:16:57 PM »
No.  The spitfire is smurfy with clipped wings and with the ghey16 being the most capable fighter in the game already... adding more would be a travesty.  Besides, there are a whole host of other fighters that are worthy of being introduced prior to any more spitfires.  The Spitfire are covered very well, too well really.   ;)
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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2010, 05:17:30 PM »
Hell yeah  :aok
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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2010, 05:18:13 PM »
Quote from: SmokinLoon on September 13, 2010, 05:16:57 PM
No.  The spitfire is smurfy with clipped wings and with the ghey16 being the most capable fighter in the game already... adding more would be a travesty.  Besides, there are a whole host of other fighters that are worthy of being introduced prior to any more spitfires.  The Spitfire are covered very well, too well really.   ;)

There is NEVER too many Spitfires until we start INVENTING variants  :devil
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Offline Plazus

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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2010, 05:25:53 PM »
We have enough Spitfires for the time being, IMO. I think HTC should invest more of their time fleshing out the Axis airplanes first before adding more Spits.
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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2010, 05:30:43 PM »
Well, selfishly Plaz... YOU LIE


but from a community POV, yeah. we need more Black Crosses and Red Dots...... targets  :devil
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Offline Perrine

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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2010, 05:31:35 PM »
Quote from: Plazus on September 13, 2010, 05:25:53 PM
We have enough Spitfires for the time being, IMO. I think HTC should invest more of their time fleshing out the Axis airplanes first before adding more Spits.

How about this... i wish for more clipped wings spits, in return you get a Bf109G-10 (basically a Bf 109G-14 geared for hi-alt) and remodel axis planes like Zeros to AH2 standards  :aok
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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2010, 06:48:59 PM »
Quote from: SmokinLoon on September 13, 2010, 05:16:57 PM
No.  The spitfire is smurfy with clipped wings and with the ghey16 being the most capable fighter in the game already... adding more would be a travesty.  Besides, there are a whole host of other fighters that are worthy of being introduced prior to any more spitfires.  The Spitfire are covered very well, too well really.   ;)



no........... :bolt:

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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2010, 06:58:30 PM »
Give me my Me-410, tu2 and yak3, and you may have your spitfires.

Ill allow this.
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Offline Plazus

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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2010, 08:02:43 PM »
Quote from: Perrine on September 13, 2010, 05:31:35 PM
How about this... i wish for more clipped wings spits, in return you get a Bf109G-10 (basically a Bf 109G-14 geared for hi-alt) and remodel axis planes like Zeros to AH2 standards  :aok

Again, I am going to disagree. Respectfully of course. Not only would it be nice to remodel the Zero and the Bf-110, it would be worthwhile for HTC to model in the Me-410, He-111, Do-17, Ki-43, G4M, Tu-2, and a slew of others that has not been represented yet. These aircraft are badly needed for the scenarios and FSOs that take place each week. Clipped-wing Spits just would contribute nothing to AH except pollute the already large planeset with more Spits.

Why do you want another clipped-wing Spitfire? It is from my understanding that you just want another ub3r late war Spitfire with lethal guns that can out-roll, out-turn, out-accelerate, out-run, and out-climb anything else in the game. Learn to fly the Spitfires already in game before making a silly wish like this.
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Offline StokesAk

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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2010, 08:05:13 PM »
If you fly long enough, some one can eisly clip your wings for you, few .50s would do it.
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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2010, 08:18:28 PM »
There is nothing worse than the most beautiful plane turned into something ugly.  :old:


On a serious note, why would you want an airplane with a high altitude engine have low altitude wings? It would suck all around.
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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2010, 08:37:54 PM »
err ... um ... yes! :aok
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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2010, 09:09:03 PM »
Quote from: guncrasher on September 13, 2010, 06:48:59 PM


no........... :bolt:

semp

Show me another plane that can do what the '16 does across the board....  ... .... .... ....   cant think of one, can you.   ;)
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Re: how about more clipped wing spitfires?
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2010, 09:22:16 PM »
Quote from: Plazus on September 13, 2010, 08:02:43 PM
It is from my understanding that you just want another ub3r late war Spitfire with lethal guns that can out-roll, out-turn, out-accelerate, out-run, and out-climb anything else in the game.

No.  My original post contained only mid war spitfires.

The spits that i mentioned (detuned griffon powered XI and clipped cropped clapped Mk V) were developed specifically to at least put up a fight against Fw-190 at low alt in 1942-43.  Don't worry,  La7s, P51s, 190D and other god-tier late war planes should still overmatch and dominate Mark XII and clipped cropped clapped Mk V.

See the performance of these planes

clipped cropped clapped mk v
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/w3228speed.gif
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/w3228.html


spit xii
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/spitfire-XII.jpg
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/spitfire-XII.html

it shouldn't cause disruption and whinefest like when spit XVI was introduced 5 years ago.
but who cares!? They gave us a 109G14 and i think its performance mirrors the spit 16 (just gotta adopt to different style of gunnery in 109) :aok

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