Favorite world war 2 plane!

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Post by Otohiko » Sat Jun 21, 2003 1:22 pm

I haven't tried flying the He-111, but the only other flyable bomber in IL-2 (currently, more will soon be added) - the TB-3 (Slowest. Plane. Ever.) - reminds me more of commanding a ship than flying a plane. It would really be boring if you were stuck in the same seat for the whole mission. Luckily, you can switch positions on the fly, which makes it lots more fun. I usually just take off, then go to the bombardier's seat or one of the gunners, then land myself. The rest of the flying I leave to the AI.

As for the single-bomber missions - those can be done really well in IL-2. Granted, you probably wouldn't last long against the fighters :wink: But if you go just against flak, you'd most certainly be coming back home with some damage (emergency procedures in a sim - some real excitement :D )
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Post by Mroni » Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:11 pm

This is a little off topic but this is a real neat page where they restore a tiger tank part by part. http://www.tiger-tank.com/index.html

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Post by GoldenGundam » Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:17 pm

I looked at my granddad's encyclopedia for war planes from 1915-1965, and there are literally hundreds of different fighters and bombers. :shock: Way cool!!!
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Post by Otohiko » Fri Jun 27, 2003 3:01 pm

No way!

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Well, really, there is more planes out there than you can shake a stick at. In addition, there's a lot more planes that never made it to mass production than those that did. For instance, in the late 30's, the Russians almost made a flying submarine... though decided against implementing it.
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Post by Mroni » Fri Jun 27, 2003 6:57 pm

The russians had the biggest planes in the world in the 30s they even had a plane that dropped smalled Il 16s.

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Post by LP Mixman » Tue Jul 15, 2003 11:42 am

P-51 D Mustang was fast, could fly in high altitudes, was used as a bomber, and a gunner, plus it looked pretty damn coll with D-Day stripes, so I'll go with the Mustang
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