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Offline Arlo

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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #450 on: April 19, 2014, 12:55:48 PM »
Bit unaesthetic bud  :eek:

Not convinced that's a prime qualifier for legitimacy.  Have you seen a Stuka? ;)

Another 'ugly plane' I advocate:


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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #451 on: April 19, 2014, 02:07:25 PM »
Not convinced that's a prime qualifier for legitimacy.  Have you seen a Stuka? ;)

I agree. It's interesting to consider aesthetics and fitness for purpose. I had to write a paper on it recently. My present opinion is some things coincidentally look naturally right to a layman but somethings that look horribly wrong  are actually right when you test them in their domain. Compare the Mosquito and the Transavia Airtruk for example.

Then there's the whole cultural layer. Tank-Ace obviously hates the Whirlwind but I conversely think 109s look a bit displeasing.


Another 'ugly plane' I advocate:

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She's not bad. Decent set of proportions. Surely the co-pilot is facing the wrong way though. What a schoolboy's

 



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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #452 on: August 20, 2015, 09:36:18 PM »
This!!!



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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #453 on: August 20, 2015, 10:18:54 PM »
Needs 10% more pic. :)
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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #454 on: August 21, 2015, 02:02:14 AM »
I would love to see this but the B25J needs to be here first along with many others
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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #455 on: August 21, 2015, 06:44:23 AM »
+1 to Westland Whirlwind

We need this tiny twin!
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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #456 on: August 21, 2015, 07:39:23 AM »
I would love to see this but the B25J needs to be here first along with many others
B-25J isn't even in the same conversation as the Whirlwind.  It is just a new version of an existing airframe.  Whirlwind exists in the conversation with things like the Beaufighter, Meteor, Ki-45, J2M, Ki-44, G.55, SM.79-II and Pe-2, you know, airframes that are completely without representation in the game.
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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #457 on: August 21, 2015, 10:57:21 AM »
Sho-ki! Sho-ki! Sho-ki! Sho-ki!

Not uber... not even all that competent... But I want it.

And yes, the Whirlwind, we should have it. In general, strike twins are underrepresented, imj, though the addition of the TU-2 has helped.

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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #458 on: August 22, 2015, 04:17:43 AM »
I just always bring the B25 J up due to the fact the C is a sitting duck and the H is just dumb IMO
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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #459 on: August 22, 2015, 04:39:08 AM »
I just always bring the B25 J up due to the fact the C is a sitting duck and the H is just dumb IMO
Which is appropriate in a discussion about which variants of existing airframes in AH to add, but the work load to add a variant is far lower than the workload to add a new plane so they are not comparable.
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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #460 on: August 24, 2015, 05:13:30 PM »
The Whirlwind would be a sexy little scrapper. Guess the Mossi aficionados would say their jag was in the shop, so today they are just fooling around a bit. We will never know for sure until Hitech releases it how it really handles low, slow with flaps out on WEP....... :joystick:
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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #461 on: September 08, 2015, 06:56:09 AM »
what about the aircraft that were made in far greater quantities and have a place in this game...but are not here....like  ju-52,ju-188.j2m3,g-55,he-177,sm-79,british tanks,grant tank,just to name a few.

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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #462 on: September 08, 2015, 07:14:31 AM »
what about the aircraft that were made in far greater quantities and have a place in this game...but are not here....like  ju-52,ju-188.j2m3,g-55,he-177,sm-79,british tanks,grant tank,just to name a few.

...or the Westland Whirlwind
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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #463 on: September 08, 2015, 10:03:12 AM »
what about the aircraft that were made in far greater quantities and have a place in this game...but are not here....like  ju-52,ju-188.j2m3,g-55,he-177,sm-79,british tanks,grant tank,just to name a few.
Wishing for the whirlwind does not exclude any other plane from being added.
The whirl will have a relatively high value for its service numbers - with heavy firepower, jabo capability and relatively good performance, it will see some MA use. While on scenarios/events it is limited to the BoB era, those are very common and popular special events.
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Re: Westland Whirlwind
« Reply #464 on: September 08, 2015, 08:11:52 PM »
who said anything about excluding any plane....but look at the time frame, the last aircraft added was the tu-2...that was january 2014.  if we are going to get a new aircraft or vehicle every 1 and a half years.i think there are better aircraft and vehicles to choose from than the swirlwind...but hey, keep it on the list. it may appear in the year 2134.