Well, this thread has pretty much run its course. Because of the way I tallied votes, giving a person's vote to the first plane they mentioned unless a clearly stated preference for another, and the way some aircraft, particularly the B-17s E and F and the P-38s F and H, it is likely the the effective lead would be the P-38H with 7 or 8 votes. The Ki-100 and Yak-3 barely qualify as variants, and in fact may not by HTC's estimations, both did well with 6 and 4 votes respectively. The Bf109G-14/AS and, probably, B-17F tied for third with 5 votes each. Obviously something like the Fw190F-8/U1 would be a lot cheaper in terms of work time for HTC than would a variant with significant differences such as the Ki-100.
Ki-100: 6
P-38H: 6
Bf109G-14/AS: 5
Yak-3: 4
B-17E: 3
B-25J: 3
Ki-84-I-Otsu: 3
A-36: 2
B-17F: 2
F4F-3: 2
Li-2 bomber: 2
Me262 w/R4M: 2
P-38F: 2
Sea Hurricane: 2
A-20G w/four 20mm: 1
A6M2-N: 1
B-24D: 1
Bf109G-6/U4: 1
F2A-3: 1
F6F-5N: 1
Fw190A-2: 1
Fw190A-9: 1
Fw190F-8/U1: 1
G4M3: 1
Hawk 75A: 1
Hurricane Mk IIb: 1
Ju87G: 1
Ju88P-3: 1
Mosquito Mk XVIII: 1
Mosquito Mk.30: 1
P-38 Droop Snoot: 1
P-47D-15: 1
P-47D-23: 1
Seafire LF.Mk III: 1
Spitfire Mk Vc: 1
Spitfire Mk XII: 1
Brownien, the TBD Devastator is not a variant of an existing airframe in AH. Also, you already gave a vote on the first page.
Scotty55OEFVet, I understand it to be the replacing of the two 12.7mm guns with two 20mm cannons and an engine change that would have slightly more power and perhaps a higher critical altitude.
