Author Topic: how about the Helldiver? (Read 543 times)

brady · « **Reply #15 on:** October 31, 2002, 03:51:07 PM »

Wear and tear.

udet · « **Reply #16 on:** October 31, 2002, 06:04:00 PM »

Hey, I started this thread and it is about the Helldiver. So forget about some rice eating Jap flying mousetrap and gimme some input on whether you want the Helldiver in AH or not.

J_A_B · « **Reply #17 on:** October 31, 2002, 06:21:14 PM »

The Helldiver is armed with 2 Hispanos in the nose...imagine the HO whines!

Of course, HO is about all it could do

But for MA purposes it'd be a decent choice and would probably see some use in fleet battles, particularly the ones where the fleet gets parked only a few limes offshore It carries about as much ordnance as any of the Navy fighters and could strafe better than any of the CV planes except the perked F4U-1C. Being a bomber-type plane I imagine it'd also be marginally more survivable in MA base-attack missions. It'd certainly see more use than the TBM

The "rice-eating mousetrap" would also be a good choice, better able to protect itself against enemy fighters but it wouldn't carry as much ordnance.

J_A_B

brady · « **Reply #18 on:** October 31, 2002, 09:03:14 PM »

No ty, the Helldiver was huge pos in real life and the Navy hated it thats why it is called "The Beast" . The Grace on the other hand was a superlative plane, handeling comparable to the Zero, great speed and preformance for it's type, and a very usable load, very rugaed construction, good defensive aramement and two Type 99 MK II cannons firing forward( same guns as the N1K2-J). The US plane set is laughafably devaloped compared to the other countryes in AH espichaly the Japanes, Russians and Italians.

J_A_B · « **Reply #19 on:** October 31, 2002, 09:15:52 PM »

Well this thread was about the Helldiver and he asked for support

Otherwise I agree with you.

J_A_B

brady · « **Reply #20 on:** October 31, 2002, 10:26:19 PM »

Well... I feal his pain I know all about wanting a plane and secreatly knowing it more than likely will never come to throughition. But Don't give up hope m8t Your dream plane is US and HTC likes to model US planes:)

udet · « **Reply #21 on:** November 01, 2002, 12:07:50 PM »

there's nothing wrong with that. It's easier to find info on US or British planes, therefore they will be modelled more realistically.

Nifty · « **Reply #22 on:** November 01, 2002, 01:39:43 PM »

Not any time soon. The plane was not reliable and the pilots of the time preferred the plane we've already got, the Dauntless.

The Helldiver could be added later on after much of the glaring holes in the planeset are patched.