New Stuka

[Bruv119]

Without looking at numbers, my gutt feeling is the HS129 with the big gun would fly a lot like a slightly smaller B25H....

an MY GAWD, look at that thing.... who wouldn't want to have that thing hanging out front?  

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its not about how big it is,  its what you can do with it that counts  

[Raphael]

I WANT THE STUKA NAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Karnak]

Have you actually checked it?

Everything I have read says that inadequate power was a persistent problem with the Hs129.  Given the engines it is using that isn't surprising.  Both engines combined have about as much power as one of the Bf110G-2's engines.

[Reaper90]

its not about how big it is,  its what you can do with it that counts  

When it's THAT BIG, it doesn't matter what you do with it, there's still gonna be a lot of screaming and whining involved!  

[Reaper90]

Everything I have read says that inadequate power was a persistent problem with the Hs129.  Given the engines it is using that isn't surprising.  Both engines combined have about as much power as one of the Bf110G-2's engines.

Best to not go vertical in it then, when turnfighting fighting against that M4!  

[Rich52]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cU6OK1zSxKg   

[Raphael]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cU6OK1zSxKg   

gosh I just want to fly it now, I shouldn't have heard the news ): can't sleep at night until the update is out

[Karnak]

Best to not go vertical in it then, when turnfighting fighting against that M4!  

Well, the thing I was questioning was if it would actually be more survivable than the Il-2 due to having two engines.  The Il-2 actually has more power than the Hs129 does.  Losing an engine on the Hs129 might still be fatal.

[BudHeavy]

 

[Reaper90]

Well, the thing I was questioning was if it would actually be more survivable than the Il-2 due to having two engines.  The Il-2 actually has more power than the Hs129 does.  Losing an engine on the Hs129 might still be fatal.

I wonder what the HS-129 power to weight ratio is compared to the B25H....

[ghi]

F3

[Karnak]

F3

Sorry, Ghi, but I would not be at all shocked if the Ju87G-2 enters the game already in the same category as the one the Il-2 now exists in.  It is possible that a new Attack category will be introduced in the next version that will contain things like the A-20G, Hurricane Mk IId, Il-2 and Ju87G-2.

[morfiend]

Everything I have read says that inadequate power was a persistent problem with the Hs129.  Given the engines it is using that isn't surprising.  Both engines combined have about as much power as one of the Bf110G-2's engines.

  Or we could just ask HTC to put the new BK 3.7 on the 110G,shame it only has 1 gun but the up side would be the ammo count. IIRC it carried 66 rounds and was loaded by the rear gunner like the 20's on the 110C.

  It wouldnt take as much work as say adding the Hs129,not that I'm against adding the 129.



   

[Karnak]

  Or we could just ask HTC to put the new BK 3.7 on the 110G,shame it only has 1 gun but the up side would be the ammo count. IIRC it carried 66 rounds and was loaded by the rear gunner like the 20's on the 110C.

  It wouldnt take as much work as say adding the Hs129,not that I'm against adding the 129.

No, but the guns are only part of the deal on the Hs129.  The other part is the armor, which, as I recall, no other WWII aircraft, other than the Il-2, matches.

[W7LPNRICK]

  Shame on HTC...wetting our lips to keep our minds off the 410!!