Whats wrong with current models and why not do both at same time.Ill like not know also why they are you good enough
Ill like not know also why they are you good enoughThey are AH1 3D models and need to be updated. The most common time that HTC adds new versions is when they are update the 3D models. See the recent Ju87D-3 upgrade and addition of the Ju87G-2 for example.
They are AH1 3D models and need to be updated. The most common time that HTC adds new versions is when they are update the 3D models. See the recent Ju87D-3 upgrade and addition of the Ju87G-2 for example.Ohh duh i forgot about that
why not do both at same time.
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If I'm not mistaken though you are talking about the way the ac looks superficially in the game and I would argue that, that is not as important as filling the huge gap the f4fs represent right now.
I would like to see the F4F-3 added when they update the current models.
the two extra outboard-mounted guns really hamper performance.
I would be up for more F4F's when HTC gets around to updating them. More for my A6M3 to shoot down during FSO.
But unless its uber and has a cannons it won't go over well on this board.
Thank god HTC runs the place :rock
I'd think it likely the F4F-3 and F4F-4 could be rolled into one AH model as a hangar armament option. The extra weight of the folding wings could be factored into the weight of the two extra guns. That and the FM-2 would be all that was needed really. Most Martlets were close enough to those three USN Wildcat variants that a different skin would do the job.
I agree unless four gun -4 is mean't to act as an FM-1.The problem I have with the F4F-3 is that it would be used in settings to gain non-historical advantages against the Japanese with none of the negatives. Frequently I would expect the A6M2 player to be facing a mix of F4F-3s and F4F-4s, probably having the rarer but more agile F4F-3 making the bulk of any Wildcat force.
Like it is said, F4F-3 was built in considerable smaller numbers than F4F-4 and phased out quite quickly in favor of the -4. In here it would be on interesting variant since the difference in weight between the -3 and the -4 is big.
The problem I have with the F4F-3 is that it would be used in settings to gain non-historical advantages against the Japanese with none of the negatives. Frequently I would expect the A6M2 player to be facing a mix of F4F-3s and F4F-4s, probably having the rarer but more agile F4F-3 making the bulk of any Wildcat force.
Correct me if I am wrong, I am basing this from my understanding that I gathering through this thread alone. F4F-4 would have 6 guns and folding wings. The Martlet would have 4 guns, rocket rails and non-folding wings. If the rocket rail package was only available in the hangar (in game) when 4 gun option is selected, AND only then would the weight reduction in the model be given to correspond to the fixed wing, wouldn't this negate most of the non-historical performance gain?The F4F-3 doesn't have rocket rails and isn't a Martlet Mk V. The Martlet Mk V is the FM-1 Wildcat, which is just an F4F-4 with rocket capability.
I recently flew a squad mission with the rockets selected by accident and was left in the dust!:airplane: ////////////////////////////////// :airplane: "wai' fo' mEEEeeee"
The problem I have with the F4F-3 is that it would be used in settings to gain non-historical advantages against the Japanese with none of the negatives.
Sure, at least people would request it but it would be the CMs/AvA-staff job to make sure it wouldn't happen. I know there has been requests for F4F-3 so that a Wildcat would compete with the Zeke better and those asking have conviniently forgotten the facts that it was relatively rare and phased out quickly. I was talking about MA-use.Based on the misuse of the B239 in Pacific and CBI settings I have zero faith that the CMs or AvA staff would do their jobs.
Based on the misuse of the B239 in Pacific and CBI settings I have zero faith that the CMs or AvA staff would do their jobs.the F2A Buffalo did see some carrier service
the F2A Buffalo did see some carrier service
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The F4F-3 doesn't have rocket rails and isn't a Martlet Mk V. The Martlet Mk V is the FM-1 Wildcat, which is just an F4F-4 with rocket capability.
At least that is what is said in this thread.
The Brewster F2A Buffalo was an American fighter aircraft which saw limited service early in World War II. It was one of the first U.S. World War II monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications for aircraft carriers.
Top speed: 321 mph (517 km/h)
Length: 26' 4" (8.03 m)
First flight: December 2, 1937
Last flight: 1948
Introduced: April 1939
Manufacturer: Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
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Thank you Karnak. I stand corrected and now accordingly ask that if rocket rails were only available in the hangar for the F4F-4 if the 6 gun package was selected, wouldn't a weight adjustment for the lighter fixed wing provide the desired performance levels?
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The Brewster F2A Buffalo was an American fighter aircraft which saw limited service early in World War II. It was one of the first U.S. World War II monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications for aircraft carriers.
Top speed: 321 mph (517 km/h)
Length: 26' 4" (8.03 m)
First flight: December 2, 1937
Last flight: 1948
Introduced: April 1939
Manufacturer: Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
the F2A Buffalo did see some carrier service
It was one of the first U.S. World War II monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications for aircraft carriers.there
Well, the goals of the posters here are different. People asking for the F4F-3 want it as it would be a more competitive F4F and would do better against A6Ms. I am disagreeing with that as I think it would be used inappropriately to mitigate the turning disadvantage of the F4F vs the A6M.
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I want it for its use in just about all the scenarios we do here as well as fso. I don't see it being a big advantage over the zero any more than the FM2 is now. Like the F4F and FM2 if you don't keep your speed up against a zero your dead meat to any experienced zero pilot. I also don't see it being used in the MA that often either.You're focusing on one versus one too much. Sure, one on one the A6M2 demolishes any F4F, but in practice the F4F is so tough that the A6M2 has a very hard time dispatching it before another F4F saddles up on it and flames it. The F4F-3, about which you say "I want it for its use in just about all the scenarios we do here as well as fso.", would narrow the performance difference between the F4F and A6M reducing the time it takes the F4F to saddle up on the A6M on your buddy.
Id also like to see it here if for no other reason than it was the first US produced ac to claim a air to air victory in 1940 as a martlet MK 1