Add Firefly or Sea Fury?

[Butcher]

Firefly did some combat in Borneo towards the end of the war, even shot down a plane or two, on the combat capable side it its like flying a BF110C, while you have four hispanos, you have nothing else, no top speed, climb rate etc only Dive.

It did some ground attack, thats about it - by the time they arrived in the PTA the war was pretty much over, think it few a few strikes into Japan, thats it.

Fulmar would be a decent Early war carrier plane, however it had bunch of 303s, very slow - and was not a dedicated fighter.

What you would get is a new plane, but nobody will give it up for a Seafire.

[Karnak]

What you would get is a new plane, but nobody will give it up for a Seafire.

Seafire doesn't carry two 1000lb bombs.

But a Seafire Mk III would be nice.

[Ack-Ack]

Firefly did some combat in Borneo towards the end of the war, even shot down a plane or two, on the combat capable side it its like flying a BF110C, while you have four hispanos, you have nothing else, no top speed, climb rate etc only Dive.

The Firefly would out maneuver the Bf 110C, with the use of flaps the Firefly was able to out turn a Spitfire.

An excerpt from "Duels in the Sky" by Eric M. Brown.

When the Firefly was cruising at 217 knots (250 mph), stability was still neutral around all axes.  In spite of moderately heavy control forces, maneuverability with the flaps set at cruise was impressive and the Firefly could out turn the agile Spitfire.

The Firefly would be a good addition for carrier aircraft and it would also open up more scenarios featuring the British Far East and Pacific Fleets.

ack-ack

[tunnelrat]

+1 for the Firefly!

[Butcher]

The Firefly would out maneuver the Bf 110C, with the use of flaps the Firefly was able to out turn a Spitfire.

An excerpt from "Duels in the Sky" by Eric M. Brown.

When the Firefly was cruising at 217 knots (250 mph), stability was still neutral around all axes.  In spite of moderately heavy control forces, maneuverability with the flaps set at cruise was impressive and the Firefly could out turn the agile Spitfire.

The Firefly would be a good addition for carrier aircraft and it would also open up more scenarios featuring the British Far East and Pacific Fleets.

ack-ack

I completely agree, seems my books were little off - then again I kind of stay away from Captain Brown and don't cross reference with him because of the conflict of interest. It would be nice to have the firefly in terms of late war Scenarios with the Far east, TBMs escorted by Firefly's since we dont have the Barracuda (not that we would want it either).

I still want to finish a small plane set for the Burma campaign, with the new Hurricane lineup and Oscar, I think we can start making Burma Scenarios - Hurricanes 2B and 2C's against Oscars, Betties.

If only we had the Wellington (where it served with pride) it would really be a nice touch (rather then the obvious american 4E or Lancaster).