A-36A Apache Attack plane

[Sunka]

I hope that we'll eventually see the A-36 and one of the other Allison engined Mustangs but we still have some existing planes that need to be brought up to the current graphic standards.

ack-ack

In this case NO other planes should be put out till they update all the out dated models then.
But seems the First p51 should have been one of the first planes HTC added ,for many many reasons.

[Zoney]

So are we saying Hitech would not add a plane because it was "to good" ?

You might say that but I certainly wouldn't.  I would say "too good".

[Sunka]

You might say that but I certainly wouldn't.  I would say "too good".

Im not saying anything,i was asking a question. 

I have high hopes it will be added pretty soon.
 

[Ack-Ack]

You might say that but I certainly wouldn't.  I would say "too good".

I don't think a plane that is considered to be 'too good' would be eliminated from consideration to be added to the game.  If that was the case, we'd never have gotten the P-38.

ack-ack

[Widewing]

I hope that we'll eventually see the A-36 and one of the other Allison engined Mustangs but we still have some existing planes that need to be brought up to the current graphic standards and other holes to fill in the plane set.

ack-ack

Indeed.... Ki-61, F4F/FM2, Tempest, A-20/Boston, D3a, B5N2, and SBD-5 all need graphics updates.

However, most of the large holes in the plane set have been addressed. Now, I hope, we'll start to see the smaller holes addressed.

From the Ki-61, adding the Ki-100 would be a smaller effort. From the P-51B, adding the P-51A would be a smaller effort. From the P-38G, the P-38H would require only skins and revised flight model. Adding the F6F-3 (using the current F6F-5 flight model) and revising the F6F-5 to match test data. From the Ju 88, the Ju 188. The Seafire Mk.III would be less effort that from scratch. Likewise, the unloved and unused Mk.Vb should be supplemented with the Mk.Vc (which we had previously). Meteor, Beaufighter and A-26 would all be popular.

I don't expect the P-51A anytime soon, but I believe it'll be added eventually.

[Widewing]

I read this today in a Technical volume on the P-51...

"A USAAF study of British Mustang I ground attack operations noted: "This aircraft is powered by the Allison 1710-39 engine having a rated power of 1150 H.P. at 3000 R.P.M. and 44 inches Hg. at 12,000 ft. The engine was originally equipped with an automatic boost control limiting the manifold pressure at the lower altitudes to 44 inches. The British remove this so as to get the vastly increased performance at lower altitudes thru the judicious use of over-boost. As has been mentioned before, they have had exceptionally good service out of these engines and due to its smoothness at low RPM's, they are able to operate it so as to obtain a remarkably low fuel consumption giving them an operational range greater than any single engine fighter they possess (the fact that the Merlin engine will not run well below 1600 R.P.M. prevents them from obtaining an equivalent low fuel consumption and therefore limits its usefulness for similar operations). The British experience with ground-attack Allison-engined Mustangs prompted this testimonial to the V-1710 in a 1943 USAAF study: "The British have operated at full throttle at sea level (72 inches Hg.) for as much as 20 min. at a time without hurting the engines. According to them, the Allison is averaging 1500 hours between bearing failures as compared to 500 to 600 hrs for the Merlin. The Allison, they have found, will drag them home even with the bearings ruined.'"

[mechanic]

i always thought it was pronounced "strayfed" and not "strahfed" and I am English

I was thinking the same Danny.

[trap78]

+100 to adding the A-36A 

[matt]

+1