Night Fighters

[fbWldcat]

The Mossie we have is not really a night fighter.  For the best night fighter of the war we'd need the Mosquito NF.Mk 30.  Did about 430mph at ~27,000ft.  On the deck it would be a bit slower than the Mosquito VI we have already.


And yes, hunting B-29s in a Mosquito Mk 30 does sound good to me.

Did the NF. Mk 30 have the same loadout as the fighter/attacker we have now?

[Karnak]

Did the NF. Mk 30 have the same loadout as the fighter/attacker we have now?

No .303 machine guns, no bomb bay, no capability for rockets.  More 20mm ammo.  It could carry a 500lb under each wing, but that was the limit of its ordnance capability.

[guncrasher]

whatever happened to the b29? i hardly see it anymore. 

semp

[5PointOh]

It was only added to save space in the Wishlist forums...

[MachFly]

It was only added to save space in the Wishlist forums...

[Hap]

our night isn't night.

[icepac]

whatever happened to the b29? i hardly see it anymore. 

semp

I see them every day but the long chase in my 110 usually ends up with a 163 fight deep in enemy territory.

[Westy]

"our night isn't night."

So true. And with every plane equipped with awacs radar and a big neon icon
how are 'night' fighters going to stalk and catch anyr prey?

[DERK13]

its a cool idea but i laugh at this for 1 we need night first in order to have night fighters and 2 even if we did have nightfighters and night you would have a bright red color above your name so either way your not hard to spot.

[5PointOh]

My thoughts...you do not need night for night fighters in AH.  Reasoning?  If everything in AH 100% correct, 1 country would be Allied, 1 country Axis, and 1 country Switzerland, and we must all fly our countries respected planes.

[Ruah]

If we are going for nightfighters:

JU88 G/R series.  Later in the war, with some modifications and with more speed and firepower - the JU-88 was probably the most successful night-fighter of the war (namely because the germans had more stuff to hunt at night) and mighty sexy too.



but really, night fighting - to be frank - would take a lot of new code and some actual technical skills (operating the equipment) - but a proper 24 hour time cycled AH 2 would be ideal - so that the there will be real night and day cycles with different skills and equipment.  But thats all distant future stuff.

[Karnak]

I don't think night is needed for night fighters to get some use.  Sure, a pure day fighter will have the advantage, but there are people who can use the Mossie VI, Bf110G and A-20G as successful fighters in AH now.

A fight between a Ju88G-7 and Mosquito NF.Mk.30 would probably be a lot of fun, daylight or not.

[icepac]

How about a C6N night fighter?

[guncrasher]

I don't think night is needed for night fighters to get some use.  Sure, a pure day fighter will have the advantage, but there are people who can use the Mossie VI, Bf110G and A-20G as successful fighters in AH now.

A fight between a Ju88G-7 and Mosquito NF.Mk.30 would probably be a lot of fun, daylight or not.

i use the b26, but you gotta be fast to jump from guns back to pilot .

semp

[fullmetalbullet]

whatever happened to the b29? i hardly see it anymore. 

semp

lol i fly them alot. unfortionatly i havnt ran into anyone at 25,000ft to 29,000ft they always up from the base i drop on then they chase me and fail cuz im at full power going 350mph. and last night when i was empty i clocked it at 392mph.

as for night fighters yes it would be better if we had night time for night fighters. an i dea that i thought of was to have a small dar circle around the nightfighter so you wouldnt need another player opperating the radar(or you can if you want).