07.06.2008, 22:11
For the 1946 campaign scenario models like the Buchon and Avia derivatives are an excellent idea I think. There are custom postwar skins for Mark VIII Spits and Mustangs for a few countries like Israel or Belgium floating about, you've got the major players using the new jets, so why not complete the picture? I always thought a JuMo 211 engine Me-109G-14 would make an interesting second echelon warplane at least. Plus these 109 models were in service through to the Korean War, a time period which is being developed by some modders.
But admitedly I think the priorities for whingeing and pleading are those things the sim has really been crying out for as is, like RAF heavies, the Meteor F.1 and F.3, the Avia B.534, Fiat CR.32, the Hudson, Dorniers, revamped and accurate pits and yes, especially variants of existing models, which would seem easier to punch out. Like the Me-109C/D and E-1/3, the Griffon Spits, P-47N and P-51H. Most of these look like relatively minor, though I'm sure very time consuming cosmetic changes, with new WM/FM's and new slots, also time consuming in terms of credible research.
Myself I'd like to see a few engine variations in the Emils to put it plainly. I don't know what we've supposed to have modelled, a DB-601N is likely according to Kurfurst, but the E-7/Z just appears fictional in its (non-boosted) modelling to me. I mean the logical course should have been the 601Aa motor in the E-4 series and the 601N in both E-7 models, plus those last two (non-boosted) performance should be identical. There's a good 100hp difference or more between the Aa and N through most of the flight envelope and the rated altitudes are very different, there should be some significant change in performance between the E-4 and E-7 modelled and this is a problem.
On top I'd like to see the plain old 900-1050PS 601A-1 engine E-1/3 in il2. A four machine gun variant, perhaps an E-1/B and a hub firing MG FF fitment or option for an E-3 (early builds were sometimes fitted with this layout and two or four machine guns, as exampled by recovered BoB airframes). According to one article by a wartime Messerschmitt engineer the armament layouts on those early 109 models really had a significant impact on overall fighter performance, which I think is interesting.
I think it'd be fun to take a spin in a non-injected Me-109D. Apparently this engine was terribly unreliable and was far less popular among pilots than the 109C even if it virtually revolutionised Me-109 fighter performance. The B and C of course would be a joy to buzz around in, especially during some flight training or early nachtj
But admitedly I think the priorities for whingeing and pleading are those things the sim has really been crying out for as is, like RAF heavies, the Meteor F.1 and F.3, the Avia B.534, Fiat CR.32, the Hudson, Dorniers, revamped and accurate pits and yes, especially variants of existing models, which would seem easier to punch out. Like the Me-109C/D and E-1/3, the Griffon Spits, P-47N and P-51H. Most of these look like relatively minor, though I'm sure very time consuming cosmetic changes, with new WM/FM's and new slots, also time consuming in terms of credible research.
Myself I'd like to see a few engine variations in the Emils to put it plainly. I don't know what we've supposed to have modelled, a DB-601N is likely according to Kurfurst, but the E-7/Z just appears fictional in its (non-boosted) modelling to me. I mean the logical course should have been the 601Aa motor in the E-4 series and the 601N in both E-7 models, plus those last two (non-boosted) performance should be identical. There's a good 100hp difference or more between the Aa and N through most of the flight envelope and the rated altitudes are very different, there should be some significant change in performance between the E-4 and E-7 modelled and this is a problem.
On top I'd like to see the plain old 900-1050PS 601A-1 engine E-1/3 in il2. A four machine gun variant, perhaps an E-1/B and a hub firing MG FF fitment or option for an E-3 (early builds were sometimes fitted with this layout and two or four machine guns, as exampled by recovered BoB airframes). According to one article by a wartime Messerschmitt engineer the armament layouts on those early 109 models really had a significant impact on overall fighter performance, which I think is interesting.
I think it'd be fun to take a spin in a non-injected Me-109D. Apparently this engine was terribly unreliable and was far less popular among pilots than the 109C even if it virtually revolutionised Me-109 fighter performance. The B and C of course would be a joy to buzz around in, especially during some flight training or early nachtj