Originally posted by angelsandair
the -N jug was no good except for long range...
The N Jug is a beast. If you don't realize that you don't fly it right. Ask Wolfala who can routinely land 10 kills a sortie in it. 2800 HP for 5 minutes is awesome--there's no other way to state it. Manage your WEP and weight in the November, and it will shine. No, it doesn't turn as well as the D-11 or climb as well without WEP as the D-40. But, if you're planning on using the Jug, those two elements aren't facets of the aircraft you rely upon to get you out of a tough fight. I know its hard to imagine an 8 ton aircraft being a bird that works the vertical, but the N Jug can, as long as you have the go juice (WEP). At 1/4 tank of fuel and 1000 rounds total, the November begins approaching LA/Spit/109 type power loadings on WEP.
I'll caveat that by saying that the M, IMO, is a plane that should be in the game, albeit, probably the next time the Jug is revised, which should be in the distant future, after most of the obvious holes in the plane set are filled, and even then, probably as one of the last revisions. I have even proposed in a thread around a year and a half ago that it would seem the M would be fairly easy to include, given its similarity to the D-25/D-40. I suppose in an ideal world, HTC would like to have every single aircraft that saw combat in WWII modeled, and I'm sure that it will take a while to do so. So, the M can wait until its time to be included, as far as I'm concerned, and I'm one of the P-47 fanboi's here.
Personally, I think the D-22/23 is a much more historically relevant version that should be included, even before the M. There are a couple of other tweaks I'd like to see, but even then, given the amount of aircraft missing, it should be taken care of later.