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10-02-2012, 01:13 AM
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Junkers 52, DC3...
I dream to have those planes with accurate cockpit and realistic handling. At least for dropping paratroops on airfield, and as stated above, they had a very important role in the war. Personnaly, I use also 1946 as a flight simulator (peace) I do not know why I prefer to fly in this sim than FS9 or FSX Maybe I feel IL2 1946 more "authentic" or immersive. Thus flying a transport for war or not would be so nice. 
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#2
10-02-2012, 01:22 AM
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Both are flyable in modded versions of the sim.
Once the "new" wears off, they just get you to the smoking hole in the ground a little bit slower than a fighter or bomber, and you always end up a smoking hole in the ground if any enemy air opposition is around.
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 Personally speaking, the P-40 could contend on an equal footing with all the types of Messerschmitts, almost to the end of 1943. ~Nikolay Gerasimovitch Golodnikov
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10-02-2012, 01:59 AM
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There are flyable in the modded version, but their cockpit are not accurate, and their handling are bad.
After, being shot is not or not is not the point as it is a matter of skill and cooperation with little friends. A transport mission is also a war mission.
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#4
10-13-2012, 09:57 PM
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The Li2 took a very important role in the war, not only as a transport, but also as a bomber (2*500kg or 4*250 kg bomb) thousands were build during the war
Here is a very nice documentary in English about this plane  
Last edited by Nil; 10-13-2012 at 10:01 PM.
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10-13-2012, 11:14 PM
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well, about soviet "transport" li-2 - do not expect to carry only anti-aircraft gunners (зенитчицы
 ) and canned meat - all planes was armed and have, at least, one machine gun...Quote:
lot of small bombs (i think, ao-2.5, ao-25 etc)... lot of fab-100... 4 fab-250... 2 fab-500 and 2 fab-250... 4 fab-500 (overload)... 4 rs-82... well... if only half of this true, it's really not bad for "just cargo"...
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#7
11-18-2012, 07:42 AM
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Seriously. While the British had a number of transports converted from bombers, they didn't have a successful native heavy transport plane until late in the war (the Avro York). In the meantime the U.S. supplied over 2000 C-47 to the UK and Commonwealth. Additionally, the UK and Commonwealth nations impressed or militarized existing fleets of civilian DC-3s. In Japan, the license-built version of the DC-3, the Nakajima/Showa L2D, was built in far greater numbers than any other Japanese transport plane. It's hard to understate the importance of the DC-3/C-47 on aviation history. It was the dominant transport plane of the late 1930s and early 40s; just about every nation on earth used it. In many ways, it was the first modern transport aircraft and some are still in commercial operation today!
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#8
11-17-2012, 03:34 AM
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Also, keep in mind that the Ju-52 was successfully used as a bomber during the SCW and that versions of the Li-2 and DC-3 were used as improvised bombers during WW2 and post-WW2 conflicts. While I agree that the transports should be at the back of the line for cockpits until every single-engine plane in the game is flyable, they would be welcome additions - some day. For the moment, what would be useful would be improved loadouts reflecting different amounts of cargo and balance points, as well as bomb loadouts where appropriate. There would also be no harm in improving their FM with an eye towards eventually modeling their cockpits and crew stations.
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#9
11-17-2012, 01:38 PM
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Cannot argue with that.
BTW, in various mods they are flyable. Hence my tale of smoking holes in the ground, and um... I was the one laying in the bottom of that hole.  One of the BlitzPigs did a mod AC-47 gunship from the Viet Nam era that was fun to play with. We had a map with truck convoys all over it and we set out at dusk to attack them. Holding the correct altitude and speed and a near perfect circle to keep the guns on target is not an easy thng, even in a slow, lumbering transport.
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Personally speaking, the P-40 could contend on an equal footing with all the types of Messerschmitts, almost to the end of 1943. ~Nikolay Gerasimovitch Golodnikov
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#10
11-18-2012, 07:49 AM
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Fun campaign, but a bit dated. Serious fun for warbird buffs because the Soccer War was the last time that piston-engined WW2-era planes engaged each other in combat (Corsairs vs. Mustangs).
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