24.04.2008, 16:06
vanir, what do you have against the new He-162 subtypes? Ok i understand that the D model would have been impossible to actually manufacture and to bring into service at the time, due to the wing design which would have required materials that were at the time simply unavailable to the Germans (i read that modern technology materials would have had to been used).
But the C model with the swept back wings should have been possible to produce.
Those 1946 subtypes got incredible performance, but that is to be expected from a Germany that had a (albeit fictional) pause in the war and got access to better materials and more modern engines.
I like those new subtypes very much, but the C the most, since it looks the best and is just what is to be realistically expected from the design.
I actually would've liked to see much more realistic 1946 stuff other than the improved He-162.
On that note, the Ta-183 Model III (or what was it named? it has been a long time since i visited the Luft '46 website) with a more conventional layout would have been much more appropriate, with a conventional tail and a cockpit moved further back. And with additional loudout options, like bombs in fuselage bomb bays.
Much stuff found on the Luft '46 website should have been included in a fictional '46 scenario.
But that would've been very much work, the 1946 addon including like 50 new planes for all sides or so (and yes, some Meteor subtypes would've been great too).
But that's just my opinion and much theorizing and fantazising. But i can dream, can't i?
But the C model with the swept back wings should have been possible to produce.
Those 1946 subtypes got incredible performance, but that is to be expected from a Germany that had a (albeit fictional) pause in the war and got access to better materials and more modern engines.
I like those new subtypes very much, but the C the most, since it looks the best and is just what is to be realistically expected from the design.
I actually would've liked to see much more realistic 1946 stuff other than the improved He-162.
On that note, the Ta-183 Model III (or what was it named? it has been a long time since i visited the Luft '46 website) with a more conventional layout would have been much more appropriate, with a conventional tail and a cockpit moved further back. And with additional loudout options, like bombs in fuselage bomb bays.
Much stuff found on the Luft '46 website should have been included in a fictional '46 scenario.
But that would've been very much work, the 1946 addon including like 50 new planes for all sides or so (and yes, some Meteor subtypes would've been great too).
But that's just my opinion and much theorizing and fantazising. But i can dream, can't i?