Starting Friday July 29th "Folgore"

[jimson]

Plus this terrain has a default skin for it.

[tmetal]

yeah she is better defended, but seems much more delicate when you consider her fondness for cooking the crew over an open flame.  Then again I fly the betty more often than I fly the Ju88 or the boston in the MA's and AvA.  Maybe I should talk to a professional about my masochistic tendancies. 

Jimson - i normaly don't like the look of that particular Italian camo job, but it definately works for the G4M.

[jimson]

I think it's pretty cool that the SEA terrain team includes these substitute skins.

The Rangoon terrain has a Japanese 110c skin to use as a sub for the Ki45 I believe, and a Tabby skin for the C47.

The Japan terrain even has a Nakajima Kikka skin for the Me262, although you would really have to stretch into "what if?" territory for that one.

[Krusty]

Since these are built into the terrain you really can't tell what the map will be used for in the future. I think they're just hedging their bets with the 262s and off-beat substitutes. You can only send the map to HTC to be compiled so many times.



If you squint you can imagine the glass dome nose is the third engine!

[Shifty]

If I take my reading glasses off there's no squinting required.

[swareiam]

Awesome! 

[jimson]

There is a bug with the new version that doesn't allow any weapon load outs to be disabled.

For now, the I-16 has been removed and the 109E has been added.

I'll change it back when there is a patch to fix this.

[Krusty]

I don't see the 109 being a G.50 standin either, or is the idea that you're ditching the G.50 and just giving something else from the axis force of the time for variety's sake?

[jimson]

Just for now, until a patch fixes it so we can put the I-16 back in without 20mms and rockets.

[Krusty]

I guess the real solution is.... well.....


















Have HTC add the G.50! 

Okay, okay.. I'm goin', I'm goin'! 

[jimson]

You got my vote.

[Shifty]

I guess the real solution is.... well.....


















Have HTC add the G.50! 

Okay, okay.. I'm goin', I'm goin'! 

Yep.

[swareiam]

Hey Jim,

Nice work...

But the AVA has the P-40B active only. The setup states P-40E. Turning on both is historically accurate I believe.

RAF, RAAF, and SAAF squadrons had the Tomahawk IIB and Kittyhawk I in late 1941.

Cheers...

[Shifty]

Commonwealth squadrons did not operate the Kittyhawk until early 1942.  I could find nothing about Kittyhawks being used in 1941 when I wrote this setup. If you have info on Kittyhawks in combat over Tobruk in November 1941 I will gladly change the setup.

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[swareiam]

Commonwealth squadrons did not operate the Kittyhawk until early 1942.  I could find nothing about Kittyhawks being used in 1941 when I wrote this setup. If you have info on Kittyhawks in combat over Tobruk in November 1941 I will gladly change the setup.

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Shifty,

I concede Sir, to my understanding the first action of the Kittyhawk I with commonwealth air forces was January 1st 1942 by No. 3 Squadron RAAF. They were deployed to the region in December but not in action until January.