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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2013, 09:21:46 PM »
I still want it.
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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #16 on: December 07, 2013, 10:10:32 PM »
Agreed
You started this thread and it was obviously about your want and desire in spite of your use of 'we' and Google.

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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2013, 06:43:04 AM »
Being sexy got the Mossie some HTC lovin'..... So being sexy could work for the 188, too!

We only campaigned for over a year to get the original mossie FM fixed and that was a major flaw with the FM. It was skipped over during two patches, which is why some of us started a long slow burning campaign to keep the mossie issue visible on the forums so HTC will not forget about it when they happen to have a meeting to arrange their ToDo list. This included tests posted in the bug section, several very long threads in the Wishlist section, mossie threads in the aircraft&vehicles section (I was posting a mossie pic every time one thread dropped out of the front page) and my "so you want to fly the wooden wonder" guide to the AH mossie which was actually a disguised long and elaborate rant about its modeling.

Then it was "fixed" in a way that made it completely anemic. Only months later it was completely redone both FM and 3D model, plus we got the pregnant bomber version. FINALLY! By then I was living in another country and away from the game, so it took me another two years till I could play AH with the sweat mossie we have now. Nearly 4 years in total for me since we started campaigning to get it fixed.

So much for sexiness. Real girls know that being sexy is not enough - they have to put out occasionally.
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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2013, 09:41:12 AM »
hi

nice story bozon,

so you are saying we should do the same with the 188?  i will do if it will rice the posibility of implementing this bird. or remodeling the ju88.

if htc let me knew what he is needing for i will do my best to organice it here in germany.

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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2013, 10:53:36 AM »
so you are saying we should do the same with the 188?  i will do if it will rice the posibility of implementing this bird. or remodeling the ju88.
Asking for a new plane is different from asking to fix an obvious bug in a plane already in the game. When asking for a new plane you have to compete with all the other requests for new planes. I mean, with all due respect to the 188, if a poll comes up and I need to choose between Ju188, D.520, and a Beaufighter, the latter wins hands down.

HTC does not like being pressured. Nobody does. Therefore prepare for a long battle of awareness. This is what the D.520, Beaufighter and Boomerang lobbyists are doing. They have VERY long threads that keep getting bumped once in a while to keep their requests in the mind of HTC, so when they decide on the next models in the queue, your favorite will at least be considered and not overlooked. Our F6F is 15-20 mph too slow at its FTH. Can you imagine the commotion on the forums if a 190 was 5 mph too slow? We had plenty of data posted and debated on the F6F years ago, yet there is no ongoing campaign to fix it and it has not been fixed.

What would really help your case is if the current JU88 is scheduled for graphics update. HTC often adds another model when updating old ones. I don't remember how old is the Ju88 3D model. HTC are now busy with the new terrain engine, so new plane models are probably a low priority.

In the mean time, posting interesting stuff on your plane in the aircraft&vehicles forum cannot hurt your case and is always an interesting read and possibly an interesting discussion. Got good photos of 188s? Some juicy anecdotes? test documents? something to debate about them? post it little by little so a 188 thread will be active somewhere on the forum most of the time, for a long time... and hope for the best.

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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2013, 11:46:52 AM »
I don't remember how old is the Ju88 3D model.
Version 1.04 Released

The Ju88A-4 was added on September 8th of 2000 along with the Lancaster and the Ostwind.  The Lancaster and Ostwind have been updated, though only relatively recently for the Lancaster.
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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2013, 04:43:54 PM »
Version 1.04 Released

The Ju88A-4 was added on September 8th of 2000 along with the Lancaster and the Ostwind.  The Lancaster and Ostwind have been updated, though only relatively recently for the Lancaster.
That is actually good news in case someone wants to start a 188 and/or other 88 derivatives lobby.
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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #22 on: December 19, 2013, 03:31:32 AM »
hi

this would be one of the ju 88 option i would like to be added.



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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #23 on: December 19, 2013, 10:48:54 AM »
 :aok any new luftwaffe bombers from the 1942-44 are welcome

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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #24 on: December 19, 2013, 12:59:40 PM »
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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #25 on: December 19, 2013, 04:14:27 PM »
So if I read correctly, the Ju188 carries the same ords (with options for larger external ord) as the Ju88 but is faster, climbs better, and has more capable defensive guns?  Sounds good, however it appears that the range of the Ju188 is even LESS than that of the Ju88.  Not good.  The Ju88 already is handicapped thanks to barely having an hour in the air in the MA (with 2.0X burn rate).
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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #26 on: December 19, 2013, 05:37:03 PM »
Just like the later Ju 88 versions the ~1200l fuel tank in the forward bombbay was pretty much standard

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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #27 on: December 19, 2013, 07:20:20 PM »
Just like the later Ju 88 versions the ~1200l fuel tank in the forward bombbay was pretty much standard
Given the option on the He111 I would imagine the Ju88 will get that when it is remodeled and a prospective Ju188 would have it as well.

Perhaps the Mossie VI can get its long range fuel tank in the bomb bay option added as well.
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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2013, 07:11:30 AM »
moin

jes that was one of my ju88 wishes a long time ago, i wished the internal fuel adition for the inner bombay door.  or just 2  900liter DTs.

that would made able to use the 88 more strategikaly.  longest flight in a ju 88 i was able to made was about 400 miles but i need to use all tricks and was gliding home  the last 2 sectors lol.

here is a other load out option

the "Waffenbehälter WB 81"



it was used singel with 3 outer bombs or in dobel with 2 outer bombs.

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Re: Junkers Ju 188
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2013, 09:43:07 AM »
Given the option on the He111 I would imagine the Ju88 will get that when it is remodeled and a prospective Ju188 would have it as well.

Perhaps the Mossie VI can get its long range fuel tank in the bomb bay option added as well.

I see the historical point of having the option available, but in AH I've not ever come across a bombing run in which I've needed the extra fuel.  If I take the 6/500 lb bombs the Mossi climbs even faster and gets to the target that much faster, and if I take the cookie I usually add wing tanks depending on the alt I'm going to reach.

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