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Offline Rigger1

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Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« on: February 15, 2013, 06:53:29 AM »
New Brit carrier based planes, add the firefly or sea fury please!

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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2013, 07:28:42 AM »
we dont have many carrier based aircraft. but i dont think they be used much...then again i could wrong

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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2013, 07:45:43 AM »
Well the firefly has quad hispanos and similar range and fighter bomber characteristics to that of the P51.  Where as the Sea Fury has similar armorment, just less range.

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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2013, 07:56:40 AM »
Firefly Mk I would be nice, sadly a much uglier plane than the later versions.  Sea Fury was post war and is thus should not be added.
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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2013, 09:07:03 AM »
Prototypes for the Sea Fury were built in February 1945 before the end of the war.

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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2013, 09:34:52 AM »
Prototypes don't count or we could have all sort of stuff like DH Vampires and Hornets, Do 335s, P-80s etc. It needs to have seen squadron level service in WW2 to stand a chance of getting in.

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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2013, 03:42:56 AM »
Fire fly would be nice and a griffon Seafire Mk XV they were in squadron service 1944 :) 360 built by westland alone .
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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2013, 05:24:31 PM »
so the tempest was in service in 1942?  early war please.

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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2013, 05:57:26 PM »
Not sure why the comparison to the P-51.... Top speed was a little over 300 mph at 16K... Our Sea Hurricane does way better than that for the same armament.

It would be interesting as far as aesthetics and variation go, but it seems (IMO) to have had a longer and more interesting post-war career than it ever did in WW2.

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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2013, 08:22:17 PM »
Not sure why the comparison to the P-51.... Top speed was a little over 300 mph at 16K... Our Sea Hurricane does way better than that for the same armament.

It would be interesting as far as aesthetics and variation go, but it seems (IMO) to have had a longer and more interesting post-war career than it ever did in WW2.
Sea Hurri doesn't carry two 1000lb bombs or eight 60lb rockets.  probably doesn't have as much 20mm ammo either.

I seem to recall that the firefly Mk I did 316mph, which is, I think, faster than the Sea Hurricane Mk I armed with four 20mm cannons.
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Re: Add Firefly or Sea Fury?
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2013, 08:46:39 PM »
Ok, you're right about the attack capabilities. That would set it apart.

The Firefly hit that 316mph only at FTH of 16K o rso... Meanwhile the Hurr1 breaks 320 and the Sea Hurr is about 318 or so, according to the HTC speed/climb comparison charts. Their FTH is a little lower, but still not too far off.

I can see a use for the Firefly, sure... But I'll stick with my 2 cents about it having a more interesting post-war career than a war-time one. It was a minor player. The FAA lacked a lot of native designs and relied upon imports to get most of its naval aviation done. We pretty much have that covered with FAA skins for F4Us and F6Fs (and F4Fs, too).