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Offline EDO43

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Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« on: June 30, 2014, 03:32:10 PM »
P-61A or B, doesn't matter; the aircraft is a real part of the Second World War and as such, should have a place in AH2.  I did a quick search and the last time this aircraft was mentioned was about ten years ago.  I thought I'd rekindle the spark....
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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2014, 03:58:43 PM »
I did a quick search and the last time this aircraft was mentioned was about ten years ago.  I thought I'd rekindle the spark....

More like 10 days ago.  The P-61 is frequently brought up on the BBS as an addition to AH.  I agree that it should be added eventually but there are more pressing needs.

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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2014, 04:27:22 PM »
It is asked for and talked about a lot more than that.  The search function is kinda wonky here.
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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2014, 05:18:16 AM »
The stub article on the wiki is the 12th most viewed page...Must be some interest http://www.hitechcreations.com/wiki/index.php/Special:PopularPages

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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2014, 09:05:58 PM »
I just started look at some of the least popular pages. What. The. Hell?

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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2014, 11:58:01 PM »
I have a feeling that the p61 would be a lot like the me410. You remember the me410, the plane everybody voted for and nobody uses.
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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2014, 12:12:19 AM »
I have a feeling that the p61 would be a lot like the me410. You remember the me410, the plane everybody voted for and nobody uses.
No, P-61 would likely need to be perked.  It is nothing like the Me410.  6400lbs of bombs, four Hispano Mk IIs and four Browning .50s, while being a very agile aircraft.  Only shortcoming is its slow speed (think about like an N1K2-J in terms of speed), so very potent in AH terms.
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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2014, 12:12:27 AM »
I have a feeling that the p61 would be a lot like the me410. You remember the me410, the plane everybody voted for and nobody uses.

The 410 is a blast to go buff hunting with or if you want to de-ack a base all by yourself with the 50 mil. It has it's role, and it's fun to take up once in a while for a change of pace.

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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2014, 02:02:37 AM »
I voted for the oscar. That should tell you how fun I think hunting acks and buffs is.  :)
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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2014, 12:07:38 AM »
It is asked for and talked about a lot more than that.  The search function is kinda wonky here.

Understatement. +1 anyway.

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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2014, 12:51:31 PM »
I have a feeling that the p61 would be a lot like the me410. You remember the me410, the plane everybody voted for and nobody uses.

i agree with floob on this--me410 is a hanger queen now--i believe i had said  it is a piece of junk-which may be a little harsh---i think it's only real use is high altitude bomber intercept-and it should stay that.

and its only good at porking if it can keep its speed up..it has alot of area for aa round to hit.
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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2014, 01:07:50 PM »
p-61 blackwidow is a radar equipped night fighter...it did not do well in the pacific theater--largly due to not being able to find many targets..and since we don't have any night maps except occansanol<--mis spelled)ava or seaII arena's it could and would be picked of of the sky--it has the guns--but it is not very fast--according ot the enclyopiedia<--mis spelled also)--even though it's development started early it was primarley used in late 1944 through the end of 1945--but is was used in i think 4 different theater of operations.

so i don't know if it would work here in this game--it might end up a hanger queen--like the me410------and the he111's are close to becoming hanger queens themselves------ the 2 plane sets that were requested the most ended up hanger queens.----i love the tu22's they are easy to shoot down
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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2014, 01:08:05 PM »
i agree with floob on this--me410 is a hanger queen now--i believe i had said  it is a piece of junk-which may be a little harsh---i think it's only real use is high altitude bomber intercept-and it should stay that.

and its only good at porking if it can keep its speed up..it has alot of area for aa round to hit.
Me and a wingman deacked a field entirely in less than 90 seconds with a pair of 410s yesterday and were able to vulch a bit. Great fun :aok

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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2014, 01:15:23 PM »
I have a feeling that the p61 would be a lot like the me410. You remember the me410, the plane everybody voted for and nobody uses.

And we could have had the Boomerang.  :(
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Re: Wishlist for aircraft? How about the P-61 Black Widow?
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2014, 01:47:18 PM »
i agree with floob on this--me410 is a hanger queen now--i believe i had said  it is a piece of junk-which may be a little harsh---i think it's only real use is high altitude bomber intercept-and it should stay that.

and its only good at porking if it can keep its speed up..it has alot of area for aa round to hit.

410 is an MA hangar queen but is a tres kewl add for scenario play and adds huge dimension to any grosse schlag scenario.
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