"I approached Lowengrin with this idea a few months ago. He seemed fairly enthusiastic about it and he has been in contact with DT regarding other matters. My guess is that any announcement made concerning the possible replacement of DGen with DCG will come after 4.10's release (here's hoping). The current DCG already has DGen/NGen replacement mode so it should be able to keep the old campaigns workable."

Thanks for the reply! I really like DCG, it is much more dynamic than Dgen and I think the whole community would benefit from the face lift that it would give to the offline game. Great work by DT, I think someone else has asked this already but can we donate money to DT in some fashion?

Agreed!...On all points except the donation thing. I believe the structure of the agreement DT has with Maddox Games is such that they cannot accept any money for their efforts (which doesn't really seem fair to DT, but this is a reality of the arrangement).

Cheers,

Fafnir_6

Although a mediocre fighter, the Boomerang gave fairly good service in the army co-operation role. It had to! At the time there was very limited options available to the RAAF. My favourite was 'Hep Cat'!

If we want an Australian fighter how about a CaC CA-15 for a 1946 senario

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...2/20/CA-15.jpg

Kind of like an Australian Hurricane?

nah ... if anything the Boomerang was closest in performance to the Brewster Buffalo. Slightly lower top speed but better guns (20mm) and better rate of climb. The Buffalo had a lower wing loading.


CAC Boomerang ***
Powerplant: 1,200 hp (895 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine,
Empty weight: 5,373 lb (2,437 kg)
Loaded weight: 7,699 lb (3,492 kg)

Maximum speed: 305 mph (265 knots, 491 km/h) at 15,500 ft (4,730 m)
Range: 930 mi (810 nm, 1,500 km)
Service ceiling: 29,000 ft (8,800 m)
Rate of climb: 2,940 ft/min (14.9 m/s)
Wing loading: 34.2 lb/ft² (167.1 kg/m²)

Armament
2× 20 mm (0.787 in) Hispano or CAC cannons
4× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns
Bombs: Could be fitted when the large drop tank was not carried



F2A-3 ***
Powerplant: 1,200 hp (895 kW) Wright R-1820-40 radial engine
Empty weight: 4,732 lb (2,146 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 6,321 lb (2,867 kg)

Maximum speed: 284 mph at sea level, 321 mph at 16,500 ft (457 km/h, 516 km/h)
Range: 1,680 mi (2,703 km)
Service ceiling: 30,000 ft (9,144 m)
Rate of climb: 2,440 ft/min[5] The initial rate of climb would be further reduced with completely full petrol tanks.</ref> (744 m/min)
Wing loading: 24.1 lb/ft²

Armament
2 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) nose-mounted M2 machine guns
2 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) wing-mounted M2 machine guns
2 × 100 lb (45 kg) underwing bomb


EDIT:
The Boomerang would be a great addition for us Aussies .. but really wouldn't interest anyone else much :D

It only ever flew for the RAAF as far as I know and is going to perform pretty much like the Buffalo in game.

Talking of FM's.

The Fiat G55/56 were, according to all sources, on the same level as the toughest American steel - and spits.

Can't feel too much of that in the game though.

Indeed,the Boomerang remembers a lot the F2A.Is it a licensed production that got some modifications?

And the G.55 was regarded as the best italian fighter from WWII.I guess even germans were impressed with it.
On a comparative list,the G.55 had an excellent performance,Re-2005 had good and MC-205 was average.

No its derived from the CAC Wirraway which was a license built variant of North American's NA-16/18 trainer. I suppose in a way its a sister aircraft of the T-6 Texan :D I have seen one closeup in real life, hangered in Toowoomba QLD.

Anyway in game terms ... its performance is close enough to the Buffalo that a Buffalo skin hack can substitute fine for the CAC Boomerang.

Long term if some enthusiastic fellow Aussie built one it would be a nice Pacific theater add on (and I may even be able to get some photos of the Toowoomba one) but its not really an aircraft for TD to make a big priority.

http://www.oceanicwing.com/boomerang.html may be will be interesting ...

Replacement of DGen with DCG will be VERY welcome. Offline really need a lift! :)