FlankerKiller Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 I get it, it isn't the sexiest high speed low drag piston fighter ever. But this thing was a major part of the fight over Western Europe. It was field modified to carry bazookas, and machine guns, and was pretty good at CAS. It had a pretty cool radio operator observer suite, and did "froward air controller", artillery spotter, and reconnaissance missions. Hell once they performed target spotting/ marking so B-17s could carpet bomb German armor. Of coarse theirs Rosie The Rockettier, which once stopped and armored counter attack. We have forward artillery observers in DCS, and AFAC. Be it calling in some CAS, dropping some steel rain, or getting in the weeds to machine gun some enemy solders this thing would be a cool addition to DCS WWII, or maybe Korea one day. Also it is pretty simple systems wise. Maybe one of the Dev teams would like to give this little warrior some virtual wings.
reece146 Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 I'd be interested in this aircraft also. And also Fieseler Storch and Westland Lysander. All similar and great planes. These are the types of planes that interest me more than the modern jets.
xvii-Dietrich Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 The Grasshopper, Lysander and (my favourite) Storch would all be lovely. Normally, I'd say "no chance", but they did make the Christen Eagle II, right? Realistically, I think it will need a passionate 3rd Party Dev (like AvioDev) or someone who can go to ED and say... "Here's €.€€€.€€€, please make this aeroplane for me".
FlankerKiller Posted January 29, 2020 Author Posted January 29, 2020 Probably, I do think as DCS WWII gets fleshed out the need for something like this will be self evident. Have you tried to do a proper CAS mission on the Normandy map with the current war birds? I can’t find shit. Even the half tracks are hard to spot. Quite a bit different then the desert. It’s why these planes existed in the first place. I think the interest would be there. It give the gen ave guys something to fly, wile still being true to remaining DCS, emphasis on the C, and there already seems to be interest in scout type game play. Also taking off from the WWII equivalent of a FARP and flying a relatively short distance to perform a mission, then return, fits in with the play style of DCS. I’m sure there are plenty of guys who would love to cruse in at tree top level, all the time weaving in and out of small arms fire. So they can mark a target for the P-47s to roll in on with the heavy firepower. Or maybe even lay a little pain of there own with that .30cal that they had the Ms bolt on under the wings. There’s already an interest in this kind of play, look at the Kiowa thread. And yes we need a passionate dev team to make this happen. But maybe if we can show some interest in this type of aircraft someone will take an interest. ED would be preferred, or Mag3, if they can get there shit together. Or maybe OctopusG, as they have the closest thing ATM. The passion for the warbirds is out there.
FlankerKiller Posted January 29, 2020 Author Posted January 29, 2020 No ones gonna mention the PO-2? I want the L4 because I’m American, and it fits the theater. But I would love to try my hand as a “night witch”.
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