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Originally Posted by Pursuivant
Of all the "fantasy-waffe" aircraft in IL2:1946, I found the Ta-183 to be the most reasonable in terms of engineering assumptions and performance. Given that in, many ways, it was the precursor to the the FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II design, I'd suggest that it have performance no better than that plane.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_IAe_33_Pulqui_II
The problem with the engineering assumptions about the tail assembly is that there weren't any huge advancements in airframe materials at the time, even by nations with lavish R&D budgets and massive and undamaged industrial infrastructure, like the U.S.
At best, you could use magnesium to lighten the airframe, but there's not any really good strong material available - you'd need to use steel and that's heavy.
The engine upgrade is a more reasonable assumption.
Not to be discouraging, but it seems like alterations of a "what-if" aircraft that literally never made it off the drawing board before the war ended are best left as mods. |
I completely agree on that.
We had enough debates – I believe – about
real aircraft performances.
About the fancy capabilities of German engineers and the chances for Germany to win the war, a simple fact should be considered: Hitler was not an accident. He was the logical product of a Nazi regime, complete of all insanities. I don’t believe there could have been a “rational Nazism”, or a “Friendly Stalinism”.