Westland Whirlwind

[Arlo]

Bit unaesthetic bud 

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

Another 'ugly plane' I advocate:

[nrshida]

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

 

[JUGgler]

This!!!



From the dust bin 



JUGgler

[Volron]

Needs 10% more pic.

[JVboob]

I would love to see this but the B25J needs to be here first along with many others

[BuckShot]

+1 to Westland Whirlwind

We need this tiny twin!

[Karnak]

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.

[PJ_Godzilla]

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.

+1 and by all means...

[JVboob]

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

[Karnak]

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.

[bustr]

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.......

[alpini13]

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.

[BuckShot]

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

[bozon]

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.

[alpini13]

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.