Is there a Messerschitt 163 in the game?

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Polikarpov I-16 Type 10 Rata (Rat) and I-153. Both are the same, but the I-153 Chaika is just a biplane version of the I-16.

Hmmmmm....Well. I wouldn't go that far. They certainly came from the same Design Bureau (Polikarpov's) but there are a good deal of constructional differences.

The reason for the continuation of Biplanes in the CCCP was because of their experiences in the Spanish Civil War, where (they believed) that Biplanes were best able to tangle with Biplanes, and that Monoplanes (i.e. their I-16's) were at a disadvantage in a classic turning Dogfight. Stalin signed off on all this, of course.

They weren't alone in that philosophy. The Italians (Fiat CR-42) and Japanese (just in time for the party with monoplanes, highly maneuverable ones), concurred.

Is there a I-153 in the game? With the late production M-62 engine? That might be interesting to do a bit of contour flying through the Russian countyside running Bf-109's into trees...

LJB