NEW PLANE: Tupolev TU-2

[Banshee7]

   

   <---everyone the first week after it's appearance

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Josh

[XxDaSTaRxx]

For some reason I seem to have a feeling that this thing may end up the queen of the hanger....

Move over He-111

[waystin2]

Very Cool Add HTC!

[Lusche]

For some reason I seem to have a feeling that this thing may end up the queen of the hanger....

Why? Have you looked at the performance data?

[Arlo]

Specifications (Tu-2)

Performance

    Maximum speed: 521 km/h (281 kn, 325 mph)
    Range: 2,020 km (1,090 nmi, 1,260 mi)
    Service ceiling: 9,000 m (29,528 ft)
    Rate of climb: 8.2 m/s (1,610 ft/min)
    Wing loading: 217 kg/m² (45 lb/ft²)
    Power/mass: 260 W/kg (0.16 hp/lb)

Armament

    Guns:
        2 × 20 mm (0.79 in) fixed forward-firing ShVAK cannon in the wings
        3 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) rear-firing ShKAS machine guns (later replaced by 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Berezin UB machine guns) in the canopy, dorsal and ventral hatches.
    Bombs: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) internally and 2,270 kg (5,000 lb) externally

[Shifty]

For some reason I seem to have a feeling that this thing may end up the queen of the hanger....

Move over He-111

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AVA, FSOs, and Scenarios will make a home for it.

[Lusche]

AVA, FSOs, and Scenarios will make a home for it.

It will see quite some MA usage without doubt.

[Arlo]

AVA, FSOs, and Scenarios will make a home for it.

Aye. But I'm willing to bet it'll be very popular in the MA.

"Pilots could maneuver like fighters and they were fast and tough enough to survive heavy damage."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-2

[Volron]

If what I see in the picture name is not to screw with us, it's a Tu-2S.  This is going to be fun!

I am curious if it will have a formation or not.

EDIT:  I really should calm down already.  As if the BIG ARSE WHITE LETTERS didn't say it was a Tu-2S...

[XxDaSTaRxx]

If what I see in the picture name is not to screw with us, it's a Tu-2S.  This is going to be fun!

I am curious if it will have a formation or not.

Formations will make or break this aircraft for me.

[Karnak]

For some reason I seem to have a feeling that this thing may end up the queen of the hanger....

Move over He-111

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Erm, this thing is definitely not a hangar queen.  It was one of the last non-hangar queens available to be added.  It is fast, tough, decently armed and carries a heavy bomb load.

I am curious why people jumped to the conclusion that this is a hangar queen?

[PanosGR]

For some reason I seem to have a feeling that this thing may end up the queen of the hanger....

Move over He-111

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Just to stop Hithtech’s migraines, yet rarely leaves the ground    

[Nath[BDP]]

SPASIBA!!

[Karnak]

A note as to the formations or lack thereof.  It has a level bombsight and that means it will have formations.

The real question with it is what bomb loads will be offered.  It can potentially carry as much as a B-24.

[Lusche]

I am curious why people jumped to the conclusion that this is a hangar queen?

Maybe because it's no US or German Uber plane?