Spitfire mk V w/ "C" wing, Spitfire mk 21

[BillyD]

            Spits w/ 4 20mm cannon?! gimmmie gimmie gimmie    From what I understand the mk V had an option for the universal wing " b" standard layout w/ 2 20mm and up to 4 mgs or a " C " wing w/ the 4 hispanos. This would be a sick lil acrobat base defender with the punch of quite possibly the best ata weapons ...


The mk 21  was historically rare ( something like 150 delivered ) and saw limited action cause it was frought w/ early tech difficulties but it did serve in WW2 and also carried the 4 hispano set up

just dreamin


Billy

[Motherland]

You can have the 4 Hispano loadout if you also require it to carry bombs, and the engine performance hindering dust filter.

[Karnak]

Only one squad of Mk Vs used four 20mm cannon.  It would be horrible overused in AH.  Bad idea.

Spitfire F.22 was post war.  The Spitfire F.21 saw a very limited amount of service.  There are much higher priorities than the Spitfire F.21.

[BillyD]

Karnakk you are correct mk 21 instead.....thus modifing the thread

How could the V with 20mm be any worse than the Nikkie or LA7     

like i said just dreaming

[Kev367th]

Only one squad of Mk Vs used four 20mm cannon.  It would be horrible overused in AH.  Bad idea.

Spitfire F.22 was post war.  The Spitfire F.21 saw a very limited amount of service.  There are much higher priorities than the Spitfire F.21.

Might not be 100% accurate.

Some of the infamous Malta Spits also left the carriers with 4x20mm, once on Malta 2 were removed.
Unknown if any were inbound and got caught up in any ongoing dogfights, guess it's not beyond the realms of possibilty.

Apart from that the 'old' AH Mk Vc (2x20mm+ 4x.303in) definately needs to make a re-appearence.
Only this time clip it, but retain the cropped impellor and boost settings (Merlin 55M).

F.21, yup for a later date, needs parts remodelling (wings for e.g.)

However all the parts should be available for a Mk XII.

Those 3 Spits would effectively cover all the major/important wartime variants with what we already have -

I, F Vb, LF Vc, F IX, VIII, XII, F XIV, XVI, F.21

A simple change of an option on the XVI for 2x20mm + 4x.303in makes it a 1943 LF IX (2 for 1 effectively)

[lyric1]

If I am not mistaken the quad gun set up on the Spit-5's caused the planes to handle so badly they were quickly changed back.

[DaveJ]

And the list for Spitfire modifications just keeps getting longer and longer..

[Kev367th]

And the list for Spitfire modifications just keeps getting longer and longer..

Much like the remodel where we got almost exactly what we asked for, most Spit enthusiasts would probably agree -

I
F Vb
LF Vc
VIII
F IX
XII
F XIV
XVI
F.21

Is as complete a list of the most important/historic marks you could wish for in AH2, or any other fighter sim for that matter.

Seafires require 2 - L IIc, L III

[Furball]

And the list for Spitfire modifications just keeps getting longer and longer..

When an aircraft is the only allied aircraft to be in service before, during and after the war... it needed a few modifications to keep up to date with everything

[DaveJ]

Aren't you all happy enough with your uber Spixteen?

What a plague on the game it is.

[lyric1]

Aren't you all happy enough with your uber Spixteen?

What a plague on the game it is.

Not at all. It is a good all rounder & can be easily beat it comes back to the right tool for the job & a person who knows how to fly it & counter it.

[CHECKERS]

Karnakk you are correct mk 21 instead.....thus modifing the thread

How could the V with 20mm be any worse than the Nikkie or LA7     

like i said just dreaming

  Just keep on dreaming ..... Every time someone asks for a new fun fighter , the fun police go into their
old song and dance ( chit-frenzy ) of how it would be a game killer .... ya dee yada.... 

  Too bad  'cause The Spit V with the B wing  would be a cool addition .... 

[Noir]

Not at all. It is a good all rounder & can be easily beat it comes back to the right tool for the job & a person who knows how to fly it & counter it.

Problem is that its a bit too good at bnz for a plane that turns and climbs that good. I don't know if that was the case in real life.

[SmokinLoon]

Aren't you all happy enough with your uber Spixteen?

What a plague on the game it is.

Hear hear!!!  How right you are!  I think some adjustments needs to be made on a few planes in the game (perk pts, ENY, etc), and the Spit16 is #1. 

Of the six Spitfires we have now, (1, 5, 8, 9, 14, 16), I believe most of the spectrum is covered well enough for HTC to focus on other aircraft that could fill in some glaring gaps that still exist in the game.  Namely, adding a French fighter (D520) and ground attack plane (Bre693 or MB175), Italian bomber/ground attack plane (BR20 or SM79), Russian fighter and bomber (MiG-3 and IL-4), etc.

I vote for no more "top notch" performance planes from the US or UK.  That means that planes like the P40N, Beaufighter, PBY, Swordfish, or other such 20+ ENY planes can still be tinker'd with.     

[DaveJ]

Not at all. It is a good all rounder & can be easily beat it comes back to the right tool for the job & a person who knows how to fly it & counter it.

Give me a break. It has no weaknesses.