4-12 wish list (Merged)

[Orangeman]

Originally Posted by RegRag1977

Why not start with a good old Ki44 instead?

Will the Ki-44 make 4.12 even as AI only?

[Orangeman]

Originally Posted by Fighterace

Bring on the Tiffie !!!

Yes a Typhoon would be great!

[Lagarto]

Actually, Ki-44 is a great choice. It came as a shock to Chennault's fighters in China, beating Warhawks at their own game, booming & zooming them at will.
By the way, was there any consideration within DT to make a map of south-east China, roughly the area marked on the map I've attached? Unlike many PTO battlefields, this one was active for at least three years.

[ElAurens]

I am in constant longing for just that map.

[_1SMV_Gitano]

In my opinion that's not the best choice for a chinese map, because it misses most of the major allied airfields like Kweilin, Liuchow, Hengyang and Ling Ling. Furthermore, it would be quite big and populated with respect to other PTO areas. A reduced scale would be needed...

[Lagarto]

We're not that picky, any decent China map will do To me the most important thing is that such a map looks like China, not just another eastern front map with the same overused terrain tiles (see Manchuria map).

[ElAurens]

Agreed.

A reduced scale China map would be great.

I'll take whatever I can get in this regard. As long as it looks/feels like China.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by RegRag1977

Typhoon is definitely a must have in the game, i'm sure there's a large consensus to have it, at least on these boards...I personally (dream mode on of course haha) would like to see "at least" two versions: an early mark with original "car door" canopy (my favorite: this bird rocks), and a late bubble canopy.

British bombers also need cockpits, but that's another question...

I'd love that too. The biggest problem with the Typhoon has always been cockpit references. I'm sure they are out there but they are rare... and the "car door" style even moreso.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Lagarto

Actually, Ki-44 is a great choice. It came as a shock to Chennault's fighters in China, beating Warhawks at their own game, booming & zooming them at will.
By the way, was there any consideration within DT to make a map of south-east China, roughly the area marked on the map I've attached? Unlike many PTO battlefields, this one was active for at least three years.

A Ki-44 is high on my list as well. Really interesting and non-typical Japanese fighter for the time. Pilots initially didn't like it but some seemed to be quite successful later on... particularly against the P-40s and early P-51A models when they were first deployed.

[RegRag1977]

Originally Posted by IceFire

I'd love that too. The biggest problem with the Typhoon has always been cockpit references. I'm sure they are out there but they are rare... and the "car door" style even moreso.

Sadly pics of the Typhoon's cockpit are very rare, here are few of them i found on the web (actually i don't even know for sure if they are all Typhoon cockpits):

left side of the pit:

http://fighters.forumactif.com/t3580...-versus-bubble

right side of the pit:

http://normandie44.canalblog.com/arc.../23347908.html

Bubble:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---...Mk4/0412497/L/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Hawke....../0818953/M/

others:

http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/at...on_cockpit.jpg


nice video about a "Kiwi" pilot:

http://www.3news.co.nz/Kiwi-pilot-re...8/Default.aspx


I know, very small picture and not many details. I will check to see if i can find more...i hope someone will come with better pics.