F4U-4 Corsair

[Magic Zach]

Within the next 5 years, it would be depressing if there was not at least a start on a Pacific Theater. While I have heard no official word, I am assuming nobody is taking up the mantle. Having a Pacific Theater in DCS would bring a lot of people into DCS. Some people are into the European Theater, and others are not. This aircraft could be a good start on the road there. Japanese aircraft and a map would go along nicely as well (what about a very low price map that is just a very large expanse of ocean, bigger than the Nevada map). There is already a thread about the F4U-1, but considering that thus far the props have been mid-late war, I think an F4U-4 is the way to go.

[andremsmv]

I really like the idea of a pacific theater and new planes, but I'm not sure how this would all work out.

 

The European theater still needs tons of work (new version of the mustang is soon to be released, older versions of the 109 and 190 need to be released to make the spitfire and upcoming planes more relevant, and possibly an expansion of the Normandy map (because it is quite tiny)).

 

Along with that, it would be difficult to pair up late war American planes and late war Japanese planes. The Japanese planes near the end of the war were simply no match for planes such as the corsair hellcat or mustang (pretty much their only advantage is turn radius). I can't see many people spending money on Japanese planes only to get shafted by a bunch of Americans.

 

That being said, I really like the idea of a cheap map that is mainly just ocean, but a map like that would be more fitting for early war scenarios, since later in the war America started attacking Japan's homeland. For a map consisting of just water (and maybe Midway islands), a match up like the F4F-4 or F4U-1 vs A6M2 would make more sense.

[HeadHunter52]

 

Along with that, it would be difficult to pair up late war American planes and late war Japanese planes. The Japanese planes near the end of the war were simply no match for planes such as the corsair hellcat or mustang (pretty much their only advantage is turn radius). I can't see many people spending money on Japanese planes only to get shafted by a bunch of Americans.

 

Oh, I dunno know about that. There are plenty of Jerry-bird pilots out there and we Stang drivers still buckle-up. I assume the Axis pilots would be happy to swap roles?