NEW PLANE: Tupolev TU-2

[Rich46yo]

Cant select a gunsight for defensive gunner positions, which is weird.

I changed the primary sight to a dive bombing one when I first entered the arena, "dont know if thats the reason why". I have no problem changing the pilots sight but cant get a gunners one to show. Theres only one sight listed in preferences and I dont know what the default sight was.

[Lusche]

Cant select a gunsight for defensive gunner positions, which is weird. (Image removed from quote.)

I changed the primary sight to a dive bombing one when I first entered the arena, "dont know if thats the reason why". I have no problem changing the pilots sight but cant get a gunners one to show. Theres only one sight listed in preferences and I dont know what the default sight was.

The default sight is called default.bmp, the Tu-2 has indeed just one slot in the gunsight options list and the not showing gunsight on the gunners position is a bug on your end.

[Rich46yo]

Thank you. Ill try it again. Nope, for some reason that default sight has never worked for me in this game. It just shows up empty in the sight.

[Shifty]

It's not. It carries more ords than the 26, but doesn't climb to alt much faster. It's faster in level flight, but not as much as giving the most common fighters a real problem to catch it. And most importantly, it's defensive armament is very limited while the 26 has impressive firepower.

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It has too many angles to attack it where there is no defensive fire.

[caldera]

After killing the first Tu2 in the formation, the commie got me with a pilot wound and oil hit in the span of one second.  After barrel rolling on his long 6, to test out how long the ammo lasts, I blacked out at about 800 out and put my D11 in autoclimb.  Turns out the guns last long enough, as he took both wings off before the pilot woke up.  Think I'll treat these the same as every other bomber from now on.

[Lusche]

Loadout combinations and actual destructive power



Computed for single bomber, triple destructive power for formation 

[Karnak]

Loadout combinations and actual destructive power

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Computed for single bomber, triple destructive power for formation 

Which loadouts look most viable to in in AH terms?

The two 1000kg or 500kg under the wings and then either two 500kg bombs or four 250kg bombs internally look like the loadouts I'd most often use.  The nine 100kg bombs could be nice for radar smashing.

[Karnak]

Current K/D ratio is .51 to 1.  That is very high for a free bomber, but well below the B-29A's.

[Tank-Ace]

Current K/D ratio is .51 to 1.  That is very high for a free bomber, but well below the B-29A's.

Also bear in mind that its still in the "NEW  " phase, when nobody really has had much stick time in it, people are using it stupid to test its limits, and about half the bombers you see are the Tu-2.

[Karnak]

I do think it is going to be a very potent GV killer.

[Lusche]

First attack run... killed a Tiger i
First formation bomber run... sunk a CV
First strat run... killed 2 Me 262

I should stop flying it now, it can only go downhill from here 

[Widewing]

Some quick performance test data....

Speed at sea level, clean, no ordnance, 25% fuel: 315 mph WEP
Speed at 7k clean, no ordnance, 25% fuel: 336 mph
Turn radius, clean, no ord, 25% fuel, full flaps: 515 feet (81 mph stall speed)
Corner Speed as configured above: 199 mph
Climb, clean, no ord, 25% fuel, WEP. About 3.1k at SL, 2.9k @ 5k. Didn't test this, just general obervations.

Conclusions: Reasonably fast at low level, with good climb rate below 10k. Good low speed turning ability, clean and with flaps. Slow roll rate. Above 350 mph, controls are extremely sluggish. Watch your speed dive bombing or you'll be making holes in the ground. To maneuver for combat, you have to get it slowed down. It behaves very much like a Boston in that respect. Below 200 mph, maneuvering is great, except for that very slow roll rate. Better outward vision than A-20G, but the A-20 handles better above 200 mph.

[ReVo]

Tu-2 has bombs? 

[lyric1]

I like it a lot from first impression.

[save]

Conclusion is that its darn fast, out-turns an FW190a8 with full bomb load in it below 250mph, and with 2*20mm forward firing. Just another better armed (forward), and faster A20, and it also can do so in a formation.

How much damage does it soak up compared with the legendary  led-sponge A20 ?