New planes requests (from other threads/please pin it) - Page 2

Pursuivant · #1 04-23-2016, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Orangeman

I guess a Hellcat and Lancaster are possibles then.

Since it's a Grumman product any further development on Hellcat variants is off limits.

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Originally Posted by Orangeman

If it is not a taboo question, does DT have contact with Japancat who produced the modded Ki-44?

Not a taboo question, but I don't know. Some modders don't like DT. Other modders appear to have lost interest in the game and have moved on.

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Originally Posted by Orangeman

With the B17 I meant A17 (Nomad) but I guess there aren't so many sources.

That's a rare bird! Variants were used in combat by Netherlands and Iraq with minimal success. Other variants were ordered by Sweden, Argentina, Peru and other nations but never used in combat. Another variant was ordered by France but arrived too late, so the French order was taken over by the RAF and then the RCAF, which used it as a trainer.

I guess it could be used as a hack for similar hapless, single-engined attack bomber types, such as the CW-22 and A-27.

Since there are surviving A-17s, theoretically there is sufficient data to add the plane to the game. But, consider that if you're asking for someone to spend several hundred of hours building a 3d model, wouldn't you want the same effort to go into a more common plane, or at least one which more development potential or played a more critical role in the war?

Orangeman · #2 04-23-2016, 01:48 PM

I think the Spitfire XIV and the Ki-44 would be top priority for me. The former as the RAF has no 1944-46 state of the art fighters and the Ki-44 as it is the biggest gap in the Japanese line-up.

I'll see if I can get in touch with Japancat

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Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Since it's a Grumman product any further development on Hellcat variants is off limits.

Not a taboo question, but I don't know. Some modders don't like DT. Other modders appear to have lost interest in the game and have moved on.

That's a rare bird! Variants were used in combat by Netherlands and Iraq with minimal success. Other variants were ordered by Sweden, Argentina, Peru and other nations but never used in combat. Another variant was ordered by France but arrived too late, so the French order was taken over by the RAF and then the RCAF, which used it as a trainer.

I guess it could be used as a hack for similar hapless, single-engined attack bomber types, such as the CW-22 and A-27.

Since there are surviving A-17s, theoretically there is sufficient data to add the plane to the game. But, consider that if you're asking for someone to spend several hundred of hours building a 3d model, wouldn't you want the same effort to go into a more common plane, or at least one which more development potential or played a more critical role in the war?

iMattheush · #3 04-23-2016, 01:11 PM

Any chances to add at least one plane marked with "*"? It's important, because we're talking about IL-2 1946

Sita · #4 11-03-2016, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Orangeman

Would it be possible to get the following flyables?

RAF
Gladiator I and II (just needs a cockpit revision)

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Pursuivant · #5 11-03-2016, 10:29 PM

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Thanks Sita!

Wonderful that we'll be getting flyable Gladiators! It will fill a huge hole in the early war RAF Order of Battle, especially for the Mediterranean Theater.

It will also also give the Belgian, Chinese, Greek, Iraqi, and Norwegian air forces more of a presence in the game. Admittedly, they'll mostly serve as targets for Bf-109 and A5M2, but I'm looking forward to biplane vs. biplane match-ups against the CR-42.