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Old 10-08-2015, 07:07 PM
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A-20C Soviet Lend-Lease - A-20C with Soviet guns and the UTK-1 turret from the IL-4.
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Old 10-09-2015, 02:18 AM
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Good to hear.

It's likely that the Soviet A-20C just used USSR ordinance loadouts, since it doesn't appear that the US supplied bombs via Lend-Lease.

You could also name the Soviet-modified A-20C variant "A-20C USSR Boston" since A-20s in USSR service were called "Bostons" - after the shipment of Boston III bombers sent to the USSR by the British in 1941.

Another idea:

Soviet Lend-Lease A-20G-20-DO - Many A-20G in Soviet service had their Martin turrets replaced by UTK-1 turrets. Just swap turrets and just include Soviet ordinance loadouts.

The other A-20 variant that would be very easy to get into the game would be the A-20H. No modeling is needed, just a tweak to the FM to reflect the slightly more powerful engines.

If you wanted to get a bit fancier:

Soviet Lend-Lease A-20G-1: The Soviets got almost all of the 200 aircraft included in the first A-20G production bloc. Replace 2 .50 caliber nose MG with 20mm M2 cannon (possibly Soviet 20mm cannon). Rework nose slightly to show longer cannon barrels. Substitute the UTK-1 turret for the existing Martin turret. Use Soviet ordinance loadouts.
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Old 10-09-2015, 08:13 AM
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Great, thank you.

VVS applied many field mods to the Havoc. Browsing around is easy to find transparent panels applied to solid nose A20s, more windows behind the turret (for a navigator, as there is an astrodome), a rack for a torpedo on the left fuselage side, obliquely mounted cannons firing downward for strafing, heavy UB machine gun in the ventral hatch position, four men crew, radar antennae and the list goes on. One wonders why Russians used so much ingenuity and creativity on a single type. The best answer probably is: Because it was possible, as the A20-Boston was easily adaptable and tolerant of modifications.

I’m not requesting all these variants, of course.

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Old 10-09-2015, 10:10 AM
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more german planes like bf110 me210 me410 ju188 and the yt2's he111
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Old 10-09-2015, 02:10 PM
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What about some early P-38 versions???
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Old 10-09-2015, 09:08 PM
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How about the Ju-52 with the possibility to carry other players as passenger. With that option this Flight Simulator will be the only one to have this advantage. And even jump with parachutes.

Please make the Sukhoi Su-2 flyable.

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Old 10-10-2015, 09:37 AM
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What about some early P-38 versions???
I'd just like to see the existing P-38s reworked with a less atrocious damage model and non-mirrored skins.

For new variants, it wouldn't be that hard to add the P-38H. The only major change would be the appearance of the engine nacelles. Minor changes would be reworking the appearance of the armor glass, and slight reskinning to show the intercoolers in the wing leading edge. DM would need to be altered to reflect the new engines and cooling system arrangement. The cockpit layout is identical to existing P-38J.

Models prior to the P-38H had slightly different engine controls, and in some cases different flap controls, so their cockpits were a bit different. That would require extra work if they were to be flyable.

But, as AI aircraft, once you've got the earlier engine nacelle and canopy designed, only FM/DM work would be needed to add the whole run of early to mid-war P-38s from the P-38E to the P-38H.

The P-38D would require a different reworking of the engine area, and since it was used in very limited numbers its probably not worth it.

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Old 10-09-2015, 09:10 PM
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I would like to see Gibbage's Catalina finished. I believe TD has the files.
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Old 10-10-2015, 12:15 PM
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Hey, it would be incredibly easy to make Bf 110C-1 (i think most popular Bf 110 in 1939 Defensive War in Poland), so please add this plane. Only differences is worse crew armor (C-4 is almost undestroyable by P.11c's 7.92mm machine guns), slightly worse cannons (MG FF instead of MG FF/M) and older FuG III radio. It's important for me, because "Polenfeldzug" is one of most unknown and forgotten periods of WWII. Please think about it, because it would take a little time to add this plane... This is priority for me, after that maybe Bf 110B-1/B-2/B-3, still popular up to 1940...
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Old 10-12-2015, 12:06 AM
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And $50 US from me that I'll never get back.

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