Vote in my 2018 AH Aircraft Poll!

[oboe]

Hey 81 voters so far - in what, 24 hours?  That's about a 30% increase over last year and last year's poll was open about a week, IIRC.   Here are the top 5 aircraft at this point:



Interesting, the D.520 and Mig-3 were not part of last year's poll.   

[DmonSlyr]

That g55 looks pretty cool. What kind of ammo does the plane have, and what year is it?

[Karnak]

Voted for:

Fiat G.55
Mitsubishi J2M
Nakajima Ki-44
Bristol Beaufighter
DeWoitine D.520
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Kawanishi H8K "Emily"
Vickers Wellington
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
Nakajima B6N Tenzan ("Jill")
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei ("Judy")
Junkers Ju.188

Was that more than half of them?

[Devil 505]

That g55 looks pretty cool. What kind of ammo does the plane have, and what year is it?

Mid 1943 onward. Has two 12.7mm Mg's and three 20mm cannon.

[oboe]

Voted for:

Fiat G.55
Mitsubishi J2M
Nakajima Ki-44
Bristol Beaufighter
DeWoitine D.520
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Kawanishi H8K "Emily"
Vickers Wellington
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
Nakajima B6N Tenzan ("Jill")
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei ("Judy")
Junkers Ju.188

Was that more than half of them?

I believe there were 34 so you voted for more like a third of them.   Thanks for voting!

[DmonSlyr]

Mid 1943 onward. Has two 12.7mm Mg's and three 20mm cannon.

Sweet!! Could definitely use more Italian Planes as well!

[Meatwad]

Beaufighter and Ju-52, both are WAY overdue

[Hajo]

Ki-100 is a great aircraft.  As I recall they couldn't make enough in-lines for the K-61 so they fitted a radial.  The result was the Ki-100 considered by some to be the best Japanese fighter of the war.

It is sturdy and has more protection then other Japanese Aircraft as I recall.  It had outstanding performance.  If I remember correctly the K-100s first engagement was with a squad of F6Fs' and cleaned the Hellkitty's clocks.  I'm sure that could be verified somewhere.  I forget a lot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-100

[Kazaa]

Of course I voted for the Meteor Mk. III

[mthrockmor]

Write-in: P61

Great poll!

I think context is a big issue for me. I'd love to see some of those early war birds, but minus good scenarios they would be hangar queens. I'd love to see the Kingfisher be able to control fire for the cruiser and battleships, though until then, not much role for it.

In any case... 2 weeks! Haha

Boo

[oakranger]

Disappointed that the A-26 votes.  not even 10 years ago ppl were calling for it more than the any other plane.

[100Coogn]

A Poll-list isn't far from a Wish-list is it not.
Careful your thread don't get locked for some BS. 

Edit:  I like your post oboe, just not the point and shoot that goes on around here from the Mods'.

Coogan

[oboe]

I can see how a new aircraft poll could be considered a wish list, but it could also be considered a survey.  I just posted it in the same forum as I did in last year's poll.   

It's interesting to see how some planes have perennial popularity, while others have lost some.  The Beaufighter continues to have very strong support, whereas the Meteor seems to have fallen since HTC's last official poll, which was won I think by the Yak-3, and followed the Me410, IIRC?

Current leaders after 116 voters:

Beaufighter - 51 votes
G.55 Centauro - 42 votes
Mig-3, J2M Raiden, P-63 King Cobra - tied for 3rd place with 36 votes
D.520 - 32 votes
Meteor - 31 votes

Next two Ki.100 and P-51A at 30 votes each.   

Interesting, Beaufighter is the only non-fighter in the bunch.  The G.55 and Meteor are really the only heavily-armed, 400+ mph MA dominating, super-fighter types left to model that I can think of.  Also, I wonder if people are aware of how lightly armed the Mig-3 is, having only 1x .50 caliber and 2x .30 caliber machine guns?

Thanks for voting!

[oakranger]

Wow, A-26 did not make the list.

[Vraciu]

Wow, A-26 did not make the list.

B-26 satisfies that niche for many.