Our Next Fighter Variant, what do You think?

[Rendar]

BTW, the G-10 does not equal the K-4.  The K-4 has a cleaner airframe.  Personally, I would like to see:

Tempest
Spitfire Mk. XIV
Fw-190D-12
P-51B,C,H
P-38F



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Rendar

[juzz]

Is that Corsair *PINK* ?!? I thought Barbie only had a Spitfire...

[Vermillion]

Sure F4UDOA, actually I fully expect to see the FG2 Super Corsair as one of the "what if" planes Pyro has been talking about. It should be a real fire breathing beast.  But I will settle for the F4U-4 as a normal arena aircraft first.  

Rendar, what we have may be called a "G10" but look at its performance stats. They match the K4 performance exactly.

Juzz if they model this plane, I don't care if its Pink Purple or even Mauve   I will sure fly it  



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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure
"Real Men fly Radials, Nancy Boys fly Spitfires"

[qts]

Ok, I'm British so I've a bias, but by the time I join up - which will be soon - I'd like to see the Mosquito and the Spit XIV.

[funked]

Spitfire Mk. XIV is coming.  

Vermillion, how is P-38J (August 1943) "midwar" and Spitfire Mk. XIV (January 1944) "latewar".    <G,D,R>

[Karnak]

P-38 is '43, thus is mid-war, Spitfire XIV is '44 and is thus late-war.  The separation has to happen somewhere.

Funked, you say the Spitfire XIV is coming.  Do you have any info that indicates this?

I know this is a contentious kite, but it has long been my prefered mount.  

Sisu

[pzvg]

(sighs knowing even as he types the damning sentence that that particular breed, the aero-grognard, will spring to the attack)
That said,    FW190-F
{and let's see a cannon hawg bring that down with a few hits}

ACHTUNG! FLUGZEUGBEWARNUNG!

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[Jigster]

I dunno if even the auto-takeoff could handle the F2G's torque  

A 3,500 HP engine in a Corsair's airframe is kinda like an Me-109 variant to the extreme except it stayed stream-lined and the Wasp Major didn't way much more.

I'd be the ultimate intercepter, but with a production run of 6 it seems kinda unlikely  

[funked]

IIRC the F2G was canceled because it didn't perform any better than the F4U-4?

[F4UDOA]

Jigster,

Actually the Goodyear engineers devised a method of adding an additional trim tab to rudder in for low speed flight. Don Armstrong writes in his autobiography about the developement of the F2G that" The results were even better than expected. Extreme low speed directional and lateral control at maximum power were phonominal". And the Navy said that full power wave off's were "No Sweat".

Funked,

I believe the dicontinuence of the F2G contract terminated at approximately at the same time the F4U-4 contract did. Except the -4 was in production since mid 1944 and 1700 were built before wars end. Even though the first XF2G were completed and flying in late 1943 they did not enter production until almost wars end. They were in fact a victim of the F4U-1 success. Suprisingly by comparison the P51D did not enter production until March of 1944 and reach the front lines at approx June 1944 although it is though of as being the most recognized version of the Mustang. By contrast the XF4U-4 and XF2G were flying in Jan 1944 but the -4 did not enter production until Dec.1944 or the front lines until March 1945. I guess the need dictates the timetable. Oh yeah if Juzz doesn't like pink maybe he likes getting shot down by blue planes instead.
 
 

F4UDOA

[milnko]

I am hoping for a He162, so as not to throw the planesets (matchup) to far outta whack
 

 


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[easymo]

 Variant, Hmmmm lets see. Just slap some butterfly flaps on a spit. Make it a little faster. and we,ll call it a KI84.

[Vermillion]

Hmmm... since this thread seems to have been given a revived life the past two days.

<points to subject>

Variant = Some different model/change/variation of an existing aircraft, present in the game today.

Not "This is my favorite plane and I want it today"

*Netiquette Nazi mode off*  

I thought the reason that the F2G never came into immediate production was the lack of engines, and that once the engines were available in quantity, then the war was over and the production canceled?

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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure
"Real Men fly Radials, Nancy Boys fly Spitfires"

[Mr. Bean]

P47D we need it for sure
F6F Hellcat
Me262,
Mossie (fighter and bomber version)
Ki84

I would like to see also early War planeset:
spit Ia, Hurr I + II, Fw109-A4, P38F, P40E, P39, A6M2(+3), Ki43, etc...  

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Johan "MrBean" Dorssers

[This message has been edited by Mr. Bean (edited 06-09-2000).]

[spora]

So, no early war planes on anyone's wish list?  I'd definitely like to see:

- Bf109E
- Spit I
- Brewster Buffalo

and it certainly would be fun to fly some very early planes like

- I-16
- Gloster Gladiator

I doubt we'll see any of these soon.