[VT-51_Razor]

I forgot this on my first list

A manual lowering gear for the Hellcat as well as an airbrake feature for the F6F-5 like its done for the Corsair with its landing gear

If I'm not mistaken, all of the planes in IL-2 that have hydraulic gear, also have manual gear when the hydraulic system takes damage. I have experienced this many times in several different types ( I get shot up quite a bit :oops: ). But, I don't believe that the Hellcat had an air brake feature like the Corsair did. It was an actual air brake selection in the cockpit, that lowered the main landing gear and kept the tail wheel retracted. There was no restriction on the gear extention speed for the Hawg. I'm pretty sure that the Hellcat had a restriction on it's gear extention. Don't confuse this with stories of pilots using their landing gear to help slow them down in a pinch....it's not the same thing.

About adding a gunner to a plane that doesn't have one in the game...wouldn't that entail adding some kind of AI routine for it where none previously existed? I don't think it's as easy as picking out some suitable gunner position to stick in there. The game has to recognize that there is a position for you to go to in the first place, and then, if you're up front driving the bus, the game has to know that there should be an AI gunner back there minding the store. I don't think this will be very easy. But then, I'm pretty ignorant about this whole modding magic. :lol: