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Title: Rv8
Post by: dmf on November 18, 2006, 09:13:18 AM
Just one request, a pair of 20mm's on that little VERY maneuverable RV8 :)
Title: Rv8
Post by: EagleDNY on November 18, 2006, 11:31:22 AM
Be realistic - RV8 ord loadout:

1.  Bottle of Scotch (cockpit)

2.  Bottle of Scotch (cockpit), 2 BBQ Sandwiches (cockpit), 2 Cole Slaw (wingmount, cause nobody eats the stuff anyway).

3.  Bottle of Scotch (cockpit), 2 BBQ Sandwiches (cockpit), 1 25Kg Barrel BBQ Beans (center pylon - cause nobody in their right mind would get into a cockpit with HT after he ate a load of BBQ beans) :rofl

4.  Perked loadout: 2 x .50 cal MG (wingmount), Bottle of Scotch (cockpit) - cause you can't play with the automatic weapons without a good snort of scotch....


EagleDNY
"Still stuck on the food thread...."
Title: Rv8
Post by: dmf on November 18, 2006, 01:56:01 PM
20mm cannons one on each wing and a couple of beers will make me happy, do you have any idea at all what I could do to those pesky little spitfires with one of those?
Title: Rv8
Post by: Latrobe on November 18, 2006, 11:21:54 PM
how about he 2 mini-guns it had during the convension
Title: Rv8
Post by: Hornet33 on November 20, 2006, 01:58:06 PM
2 cowl mounted .45 pistols with 1000rds each.:aok
Title: Rv8
Post by: Airscrew on November 20, 2006, 02:08:32 PM
Quote
Originally posted by EagleDNY
Be realistic - RV8 ord loadout:

1.  Bottle of Scotch

EagleDNY
"Still stuck on the food thread...."

Look in the back seat ;)
Title: Rv8
Post by: dmf on November 20, 2006, 04:34:01 PM
Either way give me a gun in that thing that I can use and I'll kill spits right and left.
Title: Rv8
Post by: rabbidrabbit on November 22, 2006, 09:11:29 AM
one 30 cal would be fun..
Title: Rv8
Post by: Laurie on November 22, 2006, 03:56:57 PM
have it for a few days in xmas for some FUN, with green, red nd white tracers haha, check 6 could be, ho,ho,ho lol.
Title: Rv8
Post by: Ghosth on November 22, 2006, 04:24:59 PM
No what the Rv8 needs is a pair of paintball guns.

Don't do damage but leaves visual proof of hits.  :)
Title: Rv8
Post by: Latrobe on November 23, 2006, 11:49:39 AM
shoot the cockpit up w/ paintballs :D  be worse than an oil leak
Title: Rv8
Post by: weazely on November 23, 2006, 09:30:55 PM
lol HiTech i think u should..."think" is key word

u should give us back those vulcan cannons for the offline arena AND offline arena only!:D
Title: Rv8
Post by: Nemeth on November 23, 2006, 09:41:47 PM
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Originally posted by dmf
20mm cannons one on each wing and a couple of beers will make me happy, do you have any idea at all what I could do to those pesky little spitfires with one of those?


Eat all of my .303 lead??
and it my be maneuverable but its slower than a Lancaster during takeoff, a hurricane would look like a 163 passing a 109k4 in it
but guns on the RV8 would be fun
Title: Rv8
Post by: Xasthur on November 25, 2006, 08:55:55 AM
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Originally posted by weazely
lol HiTech i think u should..."think" is key word

u should give us back those vulcan cannons for the offline arena AND offline arena only!:D


Yeah, that would be cool
Title: Rv8
Post by: Jester on November 25, 2006, 12:20:12 PM
Rv8 = WHY?  :huh

Wouldn't the work on this been better channeled toward one of the aircraft that is missing from the planeset?

MIG-3?
P-39?
LaGG-3?
Buffalo?
Pe-2?
He-111?
GRACE?
JUDY?

etc......etc......etc......

Once you get past the "NEATO" factor what is it good for?  :rolleyes:
Title: Rv8
Post by: KTM520guy on November 25, 2006, 03:14:42 PM
One can never have enough RV-8. They are so great I'm building my own.
Title: Rv8
Post by: Hornet33 on November 25, 2006, 03:33:00 PM
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Originally posted by Jester
Rv8 = WHY?  :huh

Wouldn't the work on this been better channeled toward one of the aircraft that is missing from the planeset?

MIG-3?
P-39?
LaGG-3?
Buffalo?
Pe-2?
He-111?
GRACE?
JUDY?

etc......etc......etc......

Once you get past the "NEATO" factor what is it good for?  :rolleyes:


It is HiTechs personal plane in real life and it was made for the Con this year. What's it good for?? Were you online that night we flew them at the con? The whining was PRICELESS:rofl  That's what it is good for. I wish it was available in all the arenas. It was for a short time in the MWA and I got a couple of proxie kills in it I was able to land. That was priceless too, getting people to try and turnfight that thing on the deck....oppps look out for that tree:D  Makes a good spotter plant too.
Title: Rv8
Post by: Jester on November 25, 2006, 04:50:22 PM
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Originally posted by Hornet33
What's it good for?? Were you online that night we flew them at the con? The whining was PRICELESS:rofl  That's what it is good for. I wish it was available in all the arenas. It was for a short time in the MWA and I got a couple of proxie kills in it I was able to land. That was priceless too, getting people to try and turnfight that thing on the deck....oppps look out for that tree:D  Makes a good spotter plant too.


Again............

Quote
Originally posted by Jester
Once you get past the "NEATO" factor what is it good for?  :rolleyes:


They have a lot of Rv8's flying around during WW2?
Title: Rv8
Post by: BlueJ1 on November 25, 2006, 04:55:44 PM
It was created for the con.Your "neato" factor was only supposed to last a few hours for the con. The only reason we have it now is probally because theres no reason for us not to have it, instead of being wasted and not used again.
Title: Rv8
Post by: weazely on November 25, 2006, 09:29:59 PM
JESTER silly goose of course they did :D
Title: Rv8
Post by: Ghosth on November 26, 2006, 08:04:49 AM
BTW the Rv8 is available in the TA if you use the .showrv command first.

Fun bird to barnstorm in.
Title: Rv8
Post by: Nemeth on November 28, 2006, 07:27:55 PM
It could be a possible trainer plane for newcomers, just to get used to flying and not giving up their first time, althou some of em should give up after 1 / 2 flights...
Title: Rv8
Post by: Jester on November 28, 2006, 10:17:38 PM
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Originally posted by Nemeth
It could be a possible trainer plane for newcomers, just to get used to flying and not giving up their first time, althou some of em should give up after 1 / 2 flights...


As far as a trainer for newcomers.........

Would it not make sence to start them off in a WW2 aircraft that they will be flying in sim-combat than a modern a/c that has nothing to do with the era AH represents?
 
The dynamics and performance of the aircraft can be set for any level the programers of HTC like - would not a "easy" version of one of our aircraft work better for the newcomers before turning them loose with a real "Warbird"? (This really isn't a bad idea all in all). Plus it would negate building a whole new A/C. Besides most people that join AH I imagine want to fly WW2 AIRCRAFT.

As for the Rv8............

It's Hitech's company and I guess he can pretty much make anything he wants to. I am all for new aircraft, new vehicles, new gizmo's to use with the aircraft and for the development of AH which I love. I have been flying for 5 years + and been a CM in the old Combat Theater which I spent my own time to try and make AH better.

Still I think it looks kind of funny when all us loyal players that pay our $14.95 a month and beg and plead for new aircraft and vehicles or modifications to existing A/C see a "Modern Sport Plane" come out first.

But that is just my opinion.......
Title: Rv8
Post by: KTM520guy on November 28, 2006, 10:35:26 PM
The RV8 didn't just come out. It's been around for a long time. In the past it's been Hitech's personal play thing. He just decided to share with the rest of us. Personally I think it's cool. Gets my juices flowing and motivates me to go back out in the shop and keep building on my own RV8.