Bristol Beaufighter

[TheRhino]

What I don't understand is why the beaufighter wasn't in the original lineup? Like many people have said in this thread, it was in almost all theatres. 

[Fish42]

Post war & a target towing aircraft.

Most DAP 21's were all dark green that flew combat. A few exceptions though & very rare all white aircraft & bare metal.

Ah I did not know it was post war. ok so it wont be but I am a fan of bright colours on my AC. I fly the Niki in the orange, the spitsV with the blue and the 202 (no need to say which skin for this one lol).

Think of my post as more of a BUMP then 

[Volron]

The same could easily be said about the He-111.  While I don't like the idea TOO much, I am willing to bet we will see the Beau before we see the Heinkel.  Wouldn't hurt me really.  Always fun to have a new toy to litter the landscape with.   I just hope there are shipping type targets to hit with her by then.

[Butcher]

The same could easily be said about the He-111.  While I don't like the idea TOO much, I am willing to bet we will see the Beau before we see the Heinkel.  Wouldn't hurt me really.  Always fun to have a new toy to litter the landscape with.   I just hope there are shipping type targets to hit with her by then.

Most likely not, Beaufighter was recently voted on and lost, It's going to be some time before it comes up again, I would guess the He-111 would be voted on sooner or later, however there's some other competition out there, russian bombers etc.

[Pigslilspaz]

Most likely not, Beaufighter was recently voted on and lost, It's going to be some time before it comes up again, I would guess the He-111 would be voted on sooner or later, however there's some other competition out there, russian bombers etc.

The Beau is always a good contender in every vote, it gets beat out by only "Teh Uberz rides"

[RTHolmes]

anyone got specs on the Beau's torps? I only found one source which gives alt/speed limits for releasing them, but I dont believe it.

[PJ_Godzilla]

The same could easily be said about the He-111.  While I don't like the idea TOO much, I am willing to bet we will see the Beau before we see the Heinkel.  Wouldn't hurt me really.  Always fun to have a new toy to litter the landscape with.   I just hope there are shipping type targets to hit with her by then.

We flew against transport convoys a while back in a special event - IIRC, a Med scenario FSO. This occurred with a certain amount of fanfare, which is to say their existence was announced. However, I have yet to see these convoys occur in the arenas and am unsure why.

[matt]

I think that the beaufighter should be added.

It was a very important aircraft in the war in Europe, and was also used much in the pacific campaign in the Royal Australian Air Force where it was nick named by the Japanese " Whispering Death"

here is some basic information on it :

First Flight: July 17, 1939

It was powered by 2 x bristol 1770 Horsepower Hercules XVII 14-cylinder air-cooled radials.

Armament: 4 x 20mm cannons and 6 x .303 MG's, Had 1 .303 dorsal gunner position. 1 x 1600lbs or 1 x 2127 lbs torpedo + 2 x 500lbs bombs and 8 x 3" rockets.

Max speed: 318 mph
Ceiling: 15,000 ft
range: 1470mph
climb rate: 5,000ft in 3 minutes 30 seconds

btw i didn't copy and paste any of this

-KCTHUNDR ( Happy new year only 24 minutes  )

+1

[Guppy35]

anyone got specs on the Beau's torps? I only found one source which gives alt/speed limits for releasing them, but I dont believe it.

You must be referring to the essentially dive bombing torpedo bird.  It was set up for a fast dive from alt then drop, but wasn't used that way in practice.  2000 feet, 180 knots was found to work, also 1000 feet 350 mph was proven to work.  There was a special breakaway fin on the torpedo that got it into the water at the right angle.

In practice with the strike wings Torbeaus dropped at about 175 feet and 210 mph.

[Charge]

I don't think any EW or MW birds have a chance to win a vote if there is a LW capable aircraft in the vote. Not sure where Beau qualifies but due to good armament it should do good, unless there is Meteor in the vote...

Maybe HTC should have two branches of development:

Branch A, voted birds (B29s Me410 etc, mostly LW stuff)
Branch B, historically significant birds that do not hold that much glamour in terms of performance or armament but are essential to have in scenarios (He111, Lagg-3 Mig-3, Vickers Wellington etc) that will be added to game without vote but with some kind of relevance to scenario schedule.

Maybe they could be added in turns: voted bird, scenario bird, voted bird, scenario etc etc.

-C+

[nrshida]

...2000 feet, 180 knots was found to work, also 1000 feet 350 mph was proven to work.

That is very impressive.

[RTHolmes]

You must be referring to the essentially dive bombing torpedo bird.  It was set up for a fast dive from alt then drop, but wasn't used that way in practice.  2000 feet, 180 knots was found to work, also 1000 feet 350 mph was proven to work.  There was a special breakaway fin on the torpedo that got it into the water at the right angle.

In practice with the strike wings Torbeaus dropped at about 175 feet and 210 mph.

thanks, the figures I found said 3000'/450mph which seemed crazy to me without using the kind of breakaway nose structure that the USN were using late war. a 1000'/350mph drop would at least give us a chance of egressing safely.

[Vudu15]

guess what plane I would like to see next.......



a beaufighter. 

[Fish42]

How did I get in here?   

Beaufighter needs to be added!
 

[phatzo]

I don't think any EW or MW birds have a chance to win a vote if there is a LW capable aircraft in the vote. Not sure where Beau qualifies but due to good armament it should do good, unless there is Meteor in the vote...

Maybe HTC should have two branches of development:

Branch A, voted birds (B29s Me410 etc, mostly LW stuff)
Branch B, historically significant birds that do not hold that much glamour in terms of performance or armament but are essential to have in scenarios (He111, Lagg-3 Mig-3, Vickers Wellington etc) that will be added to game without vote but with some kind of relevance to scenario schedule.

Maybe they could be added in turns: voted bird, scenario bird, voted bird, scenario etc etc.

-C+

.....or 2 birds per release, one of each, I could live with that.