Difficult choice...

[Vermillion]

But Jochen, the La7 isn't anymore of a "tweaking" of an existing model (the La5), than your example.

And if they produce a Yak-9U, then you can do all the Yak-9 variants from early war thru the very end. It had almost as many, or more, variants than any other aircraft that comes to mind.

Sorry but that doesn't hold up, in my opinon, as a reason to produce a bunch more German aircraft when the rest of the planeset is so lacking.

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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure
Carpe Jugulum
"Real Men fly Radials, Nancy Boys fly Spitfires"

[MANDOBLE]

Being a dedicated 190A8 pilot, if we receive a 190A5 I'll surelly get an inmediate heart attack. If this is Dora instead A5, I'll need psychiatric assistance for years.

[funked]

Verm - La-7 was a total redesign of the La-5FN, replacing wood structure with metal.  They may look similar but they are not the same at all.

As I said above, the only difference between F-8, G-8, and A-8 is weapons mounting and external stores.

Apples and Oranges.

[Vermillion]

Oh I know, Funked  

I was speaking in terms of exterior changes (visually), and changes to the flight models. My point being that making a "variant" of the La-5fn, ie the La-7, would involved a similar amount of work as making a 190A5, from the existing 190A8 model.

Both would involve new skins and slight changes to armament. The 190 would need a weight change, and the La7 would need a change in drag and small change to weight. Both should actually be fairly easy too do.

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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure
Carpe Jugulum
"Real Men fly Radials, Nancy Boys fly Spitfires"

[funked]

I sure hope we get a winter-camo 190 at some point.  

[Jochen]

 

As I said above, the only difference between F-8, G-8, and A-8 is weapons mounting and external stores.

Correct. This in my opinion is easiest way for expanding planeset, only new camo and armament options tweaking is required. Maybe 3D work for ETC 50 racks to wings and possibly ER 4 rack in center hardpoint. These would give us dedicated ground attack plane like Typhoon but with minimal work.

In my opinion after we get Fw 190A-5, Fw 190F-8 and Fw 190D-9 Lufwaffe fighter planeset is very much completed apart from early Bf 109E. All those Wulf's can be done with minor tweaking to our A-8.

Of course there is other planes that we need but I jsut liked to point out that this is easy way to expand planeset.

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jochen
Geschwaderkommodore
Jagdgeschwader 2 'Richthofen' (Warbirds)

jochen
JG 2 'Richthofen' (Aces High)

I want to believe! Fw 190F-8 / G-8 / A-5 to Aces High!

If you ever get across the sea to England,
Then maybe at the closing of the day
The bars will all be serving German lager
Which means we won the war - hip hip hooray!

[MiG Eater]

Yak-9 and Ki-61 would help round out the Russian and Japanese plane sets.

MiG

[MiG Eater]

Yak-9 and Ki-61 would help round out the Russian and Japanese plane sets.

MiG