What planes would you like added?

Blackdog_kt · #1 09-01-2011, 07:27 AM

For the axis side, the currently AI He-115 flying boat and maybe the other Heinkell floatplane that we once saw in the development update screenshots (the biplane one that was used to rescue downed pilots), or the Do-17 for something with even more relevance. The rest is easily covered by adding different variants of the existing types.

For the allied side, adding photo-recon capability to the Blenheim (the camera is already part of the 3d model, switch to the gunner position, press your "open canopy" key, go to external view and you'll see it looking inside the fuselage's hatch opening) and opening up gameplay to secondary and support roles like photo-recon, air-sea rescue and coastal command operations. A Wellington would rock but it might be too complex, but the smaller Hampden would also be great to have.

Now that's a lot mind you, so if i had to choose only one what would it be? Well, after reading an article in a quarterly aviation publication that my father is subscribed to i think i have it narrowed down. I think a superb addition would be the Swordfish.

It flew everywhere for the entire war, from bombing advancing German columns in Dunkirk (they even tried to engage LW bombers there) to crippling the Bismarck, from operations against convoys and Italian-held ports in Albania flying from mountain airfields in Greece to participating in the disastrous attacks on the German ships during the channel dash, from North Africa and the Med (raids on Taranto in Italy and Bomba bay in Libya) to the Pacific, all the way to the battle of the Atlantic and hunting U-boats with radar and rockets until the final days of the war while operating from short-deck escort carriers and merchant ships with a flat deck, using rockets for assisted take-off from those short, sleet and ice covered decks.

It's a fun little plane that's easy to get into due to its simple nature (throttle and mixture only, fixed pitch prop), can carry a widely diverse payload (torpedoes, bombs, flares, rockets, radar), has a historical relevance to the map we have and a huge one through the course of the war overall, plus it would be able to see use in future expansions all the way to war's end with slight 3D remodeling and changes (a Mk.II is simply a Mk.I that can carry rockets and has a different engine, while a Mk.III is simply a Mk.II that can't carry a torpedo because it has the radar fairing slung between the wheels).

In other words, it makes sense for us to have it and it's a type that can maximize the gains from the developer's time working on it by being present in so many theaters.

addman · #2 11-25-2011, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

For the axis side, the currently AI He-115 flying boat and maybe the other Heinkell floatplane that we once saw in the development update screenshots (the biplane one that was used to rescue downed pilots), or the Do-17 for something with even more relevance. The rest is easily covered by adding different variants of the existing types.

For the allied side, adding photo-recon capability to the Blenheim (the camera is already part of the 3d model, switch to the gunner position, press your "open canopy" key, go to external view and you'll see it looking inside the fuselage's hatch opening) and opening up gameplay to secondary and support roles like photo-recon, air-sea rescue and coastal command operations. A Wellington would rock but it might be too complex, but the smaller Hampden would also be great to have.

Now that's a lot mind you, so if i had to choose only one what would it be? Well, after reading an article in a quarterly aviation publication that my father is subscribed to i think i have it narrowed down. I think a superb addition would be the Swordfish.

It flew everywhere for the entire war, from bombing advancing German columns in Dunkirk (they even tried to engage LW bombers there) to crippling the Bismarck, from operations against convoys and Italian-held ports in Albania flying from mountain airfields in Greece to participating in the disastrous attacks on the German ships during the channel dash, from North Africa and the Med (raids on Taranto in Italy and Bomba bay in Libya) to the Pacific, all the way to the battle of the Atlantic and hunting U-boats with radar and rockets until the final days of the war while operating from short-deck escort carriers and merchant ships with a flat deck, using rockets for assisted take-off from those short, sleet and ice covered decks.

It's a fun little plane that's easy to get into due to its simple nature (throttle and mixture only, fixed pitch prop), can carry a widely diverse payload (torpedoes, bombs, flares, rockets, radar), has a historical relevance to the map we have and a huge one through the course of the war overall, plus it would be able to see use in future expansions all the way to war's end with slight 3D remodeling and changes (a Mk.II is simply a Mk.I that can carry rockets and has a different engine, while a Mk.III is simply a Mk.II that can't carry a torpedo because it has the radar fairing slung between the wheels).

In other words, it makes sense for us to have it and it's a type that can maximize the gains from the developer's time working on it by being present in so many theaters.

After reading that, yeah, a Swordfish would be a great and very diverse addition to the same old planesets we always see in WWII combat sims. Too bad chances are close to nill

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Foo'bar · #3 11-25-2011, 08:24 PM

I would love to see a flyable FW 189 Uhu, the "Flying Eye".

Tavingon · #4 11-26-2011, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cheesehawk

I'd like the short-nosed Blennie, the fighter version. It's already in the game for AI, although admittedly not very effective in that role, lol.

It needs the 4 gun tray

Tavingon · #5 11-29-2011, 08:46 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQwsuUquTc

Plt Off JRB Meaker · #6 02-04-2012, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Tavingon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQwsuUquTc

Calm down dear!.......mmm,something tells me someone had too many 'excitable' pills in with their Rice Crispies.

Rickusty · #7 02-05-2012, 08:38 AM

I've also always had a soft spot for the Z.1007bis.
What a beautiful plane, very effective as well.
Everyone knows the SM79, but this was the mainstay of the Regia Aeronautica bomber formations later in the war.
Some of them were used in the BoB as recon planes.

But I would really love to have those as well:

° Swordfish
° Wellington flyable
° Hampden

and finally , some French planes as well,
at least the MS406 and the D.520 as fiyable.

It's so great to just let ourselves dream sometimes!

Cheers