J-20 Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 Like the title. Can we have the ShVak upgrade please? Thanks for any considerations. 4
Mogster Posted September 18, 2021 Posted September 18, 2021 You’d have to accept the loss of performance due to the extra weight. Big guns, heavy ammo on a tiny underpowered plane. Very few I-16s has 20mm it seems. The 12.7 ShVAK were cannons. Most Russian ammo was already explosive I seem to remember.
Peregrino Posted August 21, 2024 Posted August 21, 2024 En 18/9/2021 a las 12:54, Mogster dijo: You’d have to accept the loss of performance due to the extra weight. Big guns, heavy ammo on a tiny underpowered plane. Very few I-16s has 20mm it seems. The 12.7 ShVAK were cannons. Most Russian ammo was already explosive I seem to remember. Why don't we can hope to have both options of Guns (20 mm and 12.7 mm), and the Machine Guns? More options, better adaptability, I think. Because in the 30s model maybe there are too many differences, but i would like to have also the option to configure an I-16 for the 30s wars, with worst weapons.
Dragon1-1 Posted September 1, 2024 Posted September 1, 2024 On 9/18/2021 at 12:54 PM, Mogster said: You’d have to accept the loss of performance due to the extra weight. Big guns, heavy ammo on a tiny underpowered plane. Still good enough to run a bomber's day (assuming the bomber wasn't flying too high). It wasn't exactly powerful enough to engage 109s, anyway, though it sure could outturn one if the 109 pilot was dumb enough to try turning with it. It could still trash larger German aircraft.
Ala13_ManOWar Posted September 2, 2024 Posted September 2, 2024 Shvaks in this airframe wouldn't be "an upgrade", they'd be a new aeroplane. Cannon version wasn't the type 24, but type 28-29, and those versions had quite a few more changes than "just" the wing cannons. "I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare for war, you get war." -- Major-General Frederick B. Maurice
Peregrino Posted December 21, 2024 Posted December 21, 2024 (edited) En 2/9/2024 a las 11:59, Ala13_ManOWar dijo: Shvaks in this airframe wouldn't be "an upgrade", they'd be a new aeroplane. Cannon version wasn't the type 24, but type 28-29, and those versions had quite a few more changes than "just" the wing cannons. Same engine, same airframe. Only differences i can see, part of the prop, rear gear, radio, flaps control in cockpit. There are modules with more options (Mirage F1, P47). I'd pay 10$ for an upgrade to get that version optionally. Edited December 21, 2024 by Peregrino 3
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