New plane

[trap78]

I wish we had the p51B/C with the Birdcage canopy. Heavy frames and poor visibility FTW!

What he said ^
We appear to be the only game in town that doesn't offer the birdcage canopy pony. I have nothing against the malcolm hood, but why wouldn't you have the birdcage as well?
Along with the birdcage bravo, it would be nice to get the A-36A and P-51A. Some Allision powered Mustang variants would be a good thing.

Ki-27 Nate - over 3,000 produced; backbone of the IJAA early in the war
Ki-44 Tojo - another high production run aircraft. Successor to the Ki-43 Oscar

Beaufighter - served in every theatre; need I say more?

C.200 Arrow - Early war Italian monoplane; same generation as the Hurri I
G-55 Centaur - Along with the C.202 the next generation of mid war Italian aircraft

F6F-3 Wildcat - The USN frontline fighter when the war started. No folding wings so no wing hinges and several hundred pounds lighter than the -4 Wildcat.

[Oldman731]

We appear to be the only game in town that doesn't offer the birdcage canopy pony. I have nothing against the malcolm hood, but why wouldn't you have the birdcage as well?

If memory serves, our 51B originally had the framed canopy.  People wanted the Malcolm Hood version so much that, at some point, they switched canopies.

- oldman

[darkzking]

The ShVAK 20 mm was a far better cannon than the Oldsmobile cannon on the P-63, it was the same POS cannon used on the P-39.

But now it has 52 rounds

[glzsqd]

The ShVAK 20 mm was a far better cannon than the Oldsmobile cannon on the P-63, it was the same POS cannon used on the P-39.

Pokryshkin preferred the 37mms, however I don't know if they kept the Oldsmobile in the p39 or replaced it with one of their own 37mm cannons.

[Coalcat1]

J2M.....
























...'Nuff said....

[HighTone]

Yes J2M3
 

[oboe]

The J2M would look so fine in AH...



Weren't they used to intercept B-29s, along with the Ki.61?

[Coalcat1]

The J2M would look so fine in AH...

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Weren't they used to intercept B-29s, along with the Ki.61?

Yes, but you are mistaking the KI-100 for the Ki61. IIRC, they had a vey similar airframe.

[caldera]

The short list: 

CAC Boomerang

IAR 81C
 
MS.406
D.520
Hawk 75

C.200
G.55
SM.79

J2M3
KI-44
KI-45
KI-100
P1Y
D4Y
B6N
H8K

Do 17Z
Do 217
190A-3
109G6 A/S
Ju-88C-6
Ju-88S

Beau
Wellington
Halifax
Blenheim

Yak 1
Lagg 3
Pe-2

F4F-3
F6F-3
P-47D-23
PV-1
TBD
SB2C
B-25J
A-26

[Nefarious]

If memory serves, our 51B originally had the framed canopy.  People wanted the Malcolm Hood version so much that, at some point, they switched canopies.

- oldman

Yep, TheP-51B got the malcolm hood when the P-51s got updated.

[trap78]

Yep, TheP-51B got the malcolm hood when the P-51s got updated.

Interesting; If the birdcage was such a problem to flying the plane effectively, why not just move up to the pony delta and get the full bubble canopy and the uber 6x.50 gunpackage?

When the Malcolm hood was introduced into the game, why wasn't the birdcage retained as an option? After all it had already been modeled, was a factory design and was what the majority of front line aircraft used.

[Nefarious]

I don't think it was a problem, It was just wanted and wished for by the community.

When the P-51s got updated they received all new 3D models, I would guess that HTC decided to go with the hood rather than the bird-cage.

[bozon]

The short list: 

CAC Boomerang

IAR 81C
 
MS.406
D.520
Hawk 75

C.200
G.55
SM.79

J2M3
KI-44
KI-45
KI-100
P1Y
D4Y
B6N
H8K

Do 17Z
Do 217
190A-3
109G6 A/S
Ju-88C-6
Ju-88S

Beau
Wellington
Halifax
Blenheim

Yak 1
Lagg 3
Pe-2

F4F-3
F6F-3
P-47D-23
PV-1
TBD
SB2C
B-25J
A-26

You forgot the mosquito XVIII (tse-tse)!
Chucking 57mm, 6 pound of armor piercing love, at a rate of 1 per second.

[JVboob]

P63
B25J we need the J it had better defensive guns!!!!

D520
CAC boomerang
A26
 More tanks for the brits russians 
More Axis and british Bombers
Beau

38H
and ponyB

[Arlo]