Originally posted by Durandal:
you have only 2-3chances to attack bombers in 1 sorty.
.. Komet ... couldn't shot so many bombers.
The #1 reason that Komet was not effective was that very few pilots survived more then a few sorties - radically new design, corrosive fuels, explosions, uncontrolled engine thrust, unpowered high-speed landing - no chance to abort and circle and no chance to land off the runway at such speed.
How good is any AH pilot with 10 sorties total?
Now imagine unlimited supply of Me163 climbing to the bomber altitude in 2-3 minutes, so even if shot down, the same pilot can attack a bomber formation 2-3 times with new planes within 6-7 minutes.
Me163 piloted by people who had hundreds of training sorties in them.
Plus the abcence of fear of death in AH will be magnified with Me163 because the bomber will not have much time to shoot him down even during suicidal (for regular plane) 6 attack?
And it takes a bomber half an hour to get to target? Long boring flight in order to be shot down while 163 guy can have 10 action-filled sorties in the same half an hour?
I would not fly bombers under those conditions.
Not that I would mind flying Me163 or a Natter off-line or in H2H! That would be great. I just do not think HTC should spend their time on this because they have many other things to do.
Durandal, have you looked at MS Combat Flight Sim and upcoming CFS2? You can create custom planes - flight models, weapons and/or graphics relatively easily for them. It is possible that Me163 is already done and can be found on the net, or some other plane could be modified.
I would much rather see early planes - I15, I16, early Zeros, F4F3, Hurricanes, ets.
miko
