A-26 Invader

[Boozeman]

Just take a look at the numbers online at any single given day. The overwhelming majority are playing in LW. There for, a new late war monster would see much more use then yet another LW hanger queen. Amirite?

I think any late war monster left to be added would be perked, and so, quite limited in usage. Also, I'm in LW to fly hangar queens, so I would welcome some more of them, like the G.55.   

[Yossarian]

Just to say...the VOTE

[Kazaa]

More perk rides FTW, I only had about 9,000 before I cancelled my account for the 3rd time.

[Karnak]

Just to say...the VOTE

What vote?

The vote to decide what the next plane to be added would be wherein the B-25 won by such a narrow margin over the P-39 that they added them both?  That vote?  That was for the next plane to be added.

[Yossarian]

What vote?

The vote to decide what the next plane to be added would be wherein the B-25 won by such a narrow margin over the P-39 that they added them both?  That vote?  That was for the next plane to be added.

So why not just follow it down the list?

[Boozeman]

So why not just follow it down the list?

Maybe the plans and priorities changed over the last 3 years. The Brewster and the I-16 were not even on the list as far as I recall.

[Bronk]

Just take a look at the numbers online at any single given day. The overwhelming majority are playing in LW. There for, a new late war monster would see much more use then yet another LW hanger queen. Amirite?

Karnak,

Yak-3.
A-26.
B-29.
Meteor.
Me-410.
Spitfire Mk.21
Spitfire Mk. XII.

Just a few.

P-63

[Yossarian]

Maybe the plans and priorities changed over the last 3 years. The Brewster and the I-16 were not even on the list as far as I recall.

I thought I heard that those were done as a sort of 'thank you' to the Finnish players of AH, who've contributed so much to the game?

[macdp51]

A-26 PLEASE 
HP

[gyrene81]

Just take a look at the numbers online at any single given day. The overwhelming majority are playing in LW. There for, a new late war monster would see much more use then yet another LW hanger queen. Amirite?

Yeah, there are a lot more people in the LW arenas but that doesn't mean the overwhelming majority are flying late war aircraft...at any given time there are a large number of mid-war airplanes flying.


Again, what could be accomplished with the A-26 that can not currently be done with the A-20 or B-26?

[Mister Fork]

+1 on the A-26.  Lets put it on the develop in the near future.

[1carbine]

Yeah, there are a lot more people in the LW arenas but that doesn't mean the overwhelming majority are flying late war aircraft...at any given time there are a large number of mid-war airplanes flying.


Again, what could be accomplished with the A-26 that can not currently be done with the A-20 or B-26?

Umm 355mph. with more ord.

[Yossarian]

Yeah, there are a lot more people in the LW arenas but that doesn't mean the overwhelming majority are flying late war aircraft...at any given time there are a large number of mid-war airplanes flying.


Again, what could be accomplished with the A-26 that can not currently be done with the A-20 or B-26?

Taking down two hangars in one pass?  Carrying 5-inch rockets (14 of them, according to one source) under the wings?  Being ~30mph faster, and also being the fastest American bomber of WWII?

But at the end of the day, this plane could easily be a perked bomber - and that's a good chunk of the reason why this should be added.  Another good chunk of it is that the people have spoken through that vote, and they said it should be added!



EDIT:
http://books.google.com/books?id=4CEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80&dq=A-26+invader&ei=GvfeS_vGGKqkygSn_7j-CA&cd=4#v=onepage&q=A-26%20invader&f=false

[gyrene81]

So what would be the balancing plane that would be added with it? Doesn't seem like anyone has taken that into consideration. And another perked bomber is really needed...ok if you say so.

News flash...there are 8 U.S./British bombers capable of carrying enough ord to drop 2 or more hangars in 1 pass...and one of them is a highly capable dive bomber...they are all well armed. The A-26 has no better armament than the A-20.

There are 11 highly capable U.S./British fast attack fighter/bombers...all of which carry enough ord to drop at least one hangar and are more than capable of fighting their way in and out.



Compare that to what is currently available for all of the other countries combined...when coming up with some new aircraft that would be "cool to fly"...try getting some priorities that include making AH something besides Fly U.S.A.

[RipChord929]

In the 4yrs I've been flying AH, I have flown A20 more than any other... The main limiting factor on A20 is the old prewar airframe.. It wants to go faster than the airframe will tolerate, if you do, things break and it starts shedding parts.. Thats why Douglas took all their wartime experience with A20, and all its upgrades.. And poured it into a new plane, the A26.. It won't shed parts like A20!
And it will have WAY higher dive speeds, will sustain them longer with its slicker airframe.. This will make it far easier to zip in to a target quick, far harder to catch them, and far more survivable all around.. Late war fighter guys don't like that idea..

  RC