General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Brooke on March 14, 2020, 05:09:28 PM
Title: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: Brooke on March 14, 2020, 05:09:28 PM
Folks, please help us put this event over the top.
Fill up our last Typhoons and P-47's.
You'll be glad you did!
Years from now, you can regale friends and family, who sit surrounding you open mouthed in amazement and fascination, as they hear your wondrous tales of adventure and daring during "To Win the Winter Sky".
How -- with your band of brothers, up in the cloud-flecked brilliant blue, in your mighty Typhoon or Thunderbolt -- you defended the winter Ardennes from a vast and determined evil.
Saturdays in May.
Please register here if you can join us: https://ahevents.net/index.php/events/scenarios/current-or-next-scenario
Title: Re: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: Brooke on March 14, 2020, 05:11:51 PM
No more Typhoons :old: :joystick: I grabbed the last one. :banana:
WTG MaXie!
Title: Re: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: Hajo on March 23, 2020, 10:16:01 AM
BTW when flying Jugs in scenarios we seem to always get the short stick just for flying one. I've never flown anything in a scenario involving Jugs but D11s and D25s'.
What exactly is the time frame of this event? There are three models above the D25 that have tail numbers beginning with 42. The D26, 27 and 28. according to Bodies book Thunderbolt from Seversky to Victory. In the book the D27 had an increase of 130HP from water injection.
Ya..I know we don't have them. There is an in game gap in development here.
Title: Re: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: turt21 on March 23, 2020, 11:12:32 AM
If I end up still keeping an acct by May I will be there.
Title: Re: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: Spikes on March 23, 2020, 11:24:29 AM
BTW when flying Jugs in scenarios we seem to always get the short stick just for flying one. I've never flown anything in a scenario involving Jugs but D11s and D25s'.
What exactly is the time frame of this event? There are three models above the D25 that have tail numbers beginning with 42. The D26, 27 and 28. according to Bodies book Thunderbolt from Seversky to Victory. In the book the D27 had an increase of 130HP from water injection.
Ya..I know we don't have them. There is an in game gap in development here.
Dec 44-Jan 45 is when the event is set.
Title: Re: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: Brooke on March 23, 2020, 02:12:49 PM
I've never flown anything in a scenario involving Jugs but D11s and D25s'.
D-11's, D-25's, and D-40's all have about the same performance.
However, we always try to use the best representative of what was in the historical battle, subject to balance.
In this case, at the time of battle (Dec 1944 - Jan 1945) the 506th FS seems to have still had some razorbacks, and they had D-25's, according to: http://www.winkton.net/pages/p47swinkton.htm
We went with D-25's.
D-40's and D-25's have identical performance without WEP. With WEP, the D-40 has negligibly better performance.
Title: Re: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: Hajo on March 23, 2020, 05:03:27 PM
Brooke a significant number of Razorbacks survived the war in combat including the D11. The Jug had one of the lowest if not the lowest loss rate of any fighter/fighter bomber of the war.
Their loss rate was 0.7 percent in the ETO, which was matched against the Luftwaffe, not the significantly out classed IJN and IJA. Their K/D in the ETO was 4.6 :1. A great accomplishment considering they went up against the best LW had to offer and along with the early 38s were first to see combat in that time frame eliminating the majority of the LWs' top aces. The 56th started out by flying the C model.
Now I'm just suggesting that as Nef said in an earlier post there are holes in development which included paddle props. I like the D25 but the D40 is faster under wep. Alas, they were a bit to late to participate in this time frame.
Title: Re: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: Oldman731 on March 23, 2020, 08:14:25 PM
I make that about a 300 fpm difference (granted, I was never the best in math). I think that's about a 10% better climb rate, which is nothing to sniff at in a mortal moment.
- oldman
Title: Re: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: Brooke on March 23, 2020, 09:44:43 PM
Out of the thousand scenario fights I've gotten into over the years, I don't remember even one where the difference between me losing and winning was 10% more climb rate.
Our climb rate is decent. But at the altitudes we'll be fighting at, even if we had 10% more, we aren't going to be climbing away from 109's or D-9's.
Anyway, since we're using the plane types that were there, no D-40's -- or M's, or N's.
We'll be in D-25's.
I'm fine with it.
I'm flying a P-47D-25 myself, and eager to take it to Jerry. :aok
It is a man's plane! For real men, who fly in a manly fashion! For men who would be lumberjacks or race-car drivers if not flying P-47's for the side of goodness and rightness! :aok
Title: Re: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: Oldman731 on March 23, 2020, 10:27:04 PM
It is a man's plane! For real men, who fly in a manly fashion! For men who would be lumberjacks or race-car drivers if not flying P-47's for the side of goodness and rightness! :aok
Title: Re: Only two Typhoons and three P-47's left -- one is for you because
Post by: Oldman731 on March 24, 2020, 07:35:56 AM