He111 is HERE!!!!!!!!

[68Wooley]

At this point the plane-set is being filled out for scenarios. Anything that is likely to be used regularly in the MA is already available.

[Wmaker]

Heinkel it is then.

Color profile of the default markings:
http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/He-111/He-111H-KG55.1-(G1+BH)/images/0-Heinkel-He-111H-1.KG55-(G1+BH)-shot-down-Dorset-1940-0B.jpg

While not my first choice, it is good to see a new aircraft and a true work horse of WWII added.

[Lusche]

Anything that is likely to be used regularly in the MA is already available.

Nope.

[aztec]

Thx HTC

[waystin2]

Very cool and sorely needed for scenarios/special events/AVA etc.  Thanks HTC!

[matt]

 

[Devil 505]

Looks amazing. 

[Bino]

W00t!  Another new airplane!  Thanks, HTC!!!   

<returns to drawing board, to revise BoB setup for FSO...>

[Karnak]

I would love to see a Ju188A-1 added.  That would give the Germans pretty good coverage of bombers.  He111H-1(?), Ju887D-3 and Ju88A-4 for early war, Ju188A-1 for mid war and Ar234B for late war.

Do217 would also work in place of the Ju188, but I personally think the Ju188 is a much better plane.

[SmokinLoon]

Nope.

I can think of 6-8 planes right off the top of my head that the arcade gamers would gravitate towards if they were to be added to the AH plane set list.  They'd hurl themselves on these planes like a flies to a cow pie.  

Lets hope HTC continues to update graphics on the original AH planes (B26, SBD, etc), and also continues to keep adding aircraft that are obviously missing in the current plane set.  The Il-4 (DB-3) or Tu-2, and Ki-43 Oscar come to mind right away, as does the D520, Beaufighter, Ki-100, Wellington, and a real Brewster Buffalo variant (F2A-3).

I'm really glad HTC is finally adding the He111.  This is a good thing in more ways than one!        

[Changeup]

No pilot-operated nose machine guns?






Thank God.....Cobia can't use it as a fighter

[Krusty]

I wonder if they're going to model the bombs from the bomb bay specifically for the He111?

Brits during the 1940s wondered about the "tail drop" method -- which was required for the He111 because there wasn't room between the solid-span wing beams to drop a bomb horizontally -- and ran some tests against RAF bombers at the time. They doubted it could be as accurate as horizontally dropped bombs... Well interestingly enough, the flip around wasn't much of a factor, BUT when in the nose-down orientation they then proceeded with made them fly much faster and with much less variation as they reached terminal velocty much quicker than bombs dropped "flat"...

Interesting fact. I wonder if HTC will model it this way.

[bacon8tr]

WTG HTC    now all that is needed to round out this update is the "oscar" and the beaufighter 

[lyric1]

Long overdue. 

[Krusty]

WTG HTC    now all that is needed to round out this update is the "oscar" and the beaufighter 

Naaahh.... They did Lancaster... They added He111, to round it out (rule of 3) they need to redo the Boston! (or Ju88)

Make it an all-bomber update!