VFMFlyer Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 With the upcoming Mosquito module from ED, I was wondering if anyone else was interested in seeing the Douglas A-26 Invader series of bomber come to DCS. As someone who worked as a volunteer at a flying museum that currently operates an A-26B Invader and a B-26K Counter Invader, I would personally love to see this light bomber in DCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=DROOPY= Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) I absolutely would buy this as soon as it dropped... But your statement of being a volunteer for a pair of A-26's, (a 'B' and 'K' specifically), is what piqued my curiosity... Other than my home state, I don't know of any other location in the world where 2 A-26's (specifically a 'B' and a 'K' as you mentioned) are maintained/hangared within a short drive of each other.. Anyway, hopefully we can get people on the A-26 bandwagon.. Edited December 23, 2020 by =DROOPY= Unique aviation images for the passionate aviation enthusiast: Fb: FighterJetGeek Aviation Images - Home | Facebook IG: https://www.instagram.com/the_fighterjetgeek/ Aviation Photography Digest: AviationPhotoDigest.com/author/SMEEK9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFMFlyer Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 "Other than my home state, I don't know of any other location in the world where 2 A-26's (specifically a 'B' and a 'K' as you mentioned) are maintained/hangared within a short drive of each other" I was in Texas, at the time. Kind of narrows it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=DROOPY= Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Small world.. I'm in Oklahoma. Cheers! Unique aviation images for the passionate aviation enthusiast: Fb: FighterJetGeek Aviation Images - Home | Facebook IG: https://www.instagram.com/the_fighterjetgeek/ Aviation Photography Digest: AviationPhotoDigest.com/author/SMEEK9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlankerKiller Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Short answer to the, hell yes! I would love any light bomber that served in WWII, and more importantly Korea. A lot of people, including myself, want a level bomber in DCS. I personally think something like this would fit the DCS world alot better then a B-17 would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayrayblues Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Maybe a B-25 Mitchell or the PBJ variant. 1 SLAVA UKRAINI MoBo - ASUS 990FX R2 Sabertooth, CPU - AMD FX 9590 @4.7Gb. No OC RAM - GSkill RipJaws DDR3 32 Gb @2133 MHZ, GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 1660Ti 6Gb DDR5 OC'd, Core 180MHz, Memory 800MHz Game drive - Samsung 980 M.2 EVO 1Tb SSD, OS Drive - 860 EVO 500Gb SATA SSD, Win10 Pro 22H2 Controls - Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X, Monitor - LG 32" 1920 X 1080, PSU - Prestige ATX-PR800W PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFMFlyer Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 I did some time with the Mitchell, as well. Reason I chose the Invader over the Mitchell is that the Invader usually has a crew of 3 or 4 (dependent upon the mission), whereas the Mitchell has a crew of 5 or 6 (also dependent upon the mission). Would probably make it easier to code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG-51_Razor Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 The Invader would definitely get my money!! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Dragon Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 in fact, the Mosquito will open the oportunity to build multiengine piston aircrafts on DCS...... not bad if ED or 3rd parties can build more "bombers" into DCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester986 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I'd buy it. It saw action in Vietnam so probably korea as well. Bonus points if they can get it to drop water/retardant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkk01 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Very late war model for DCS WW2... ... quite a few posts recently suggesting early-mid war planes sets to get a better balance of capabilities (and easier flight characteristics?) Mossie B IV would be easier, Ju-88 for Axis (and 190 F-8 or earlier jabo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayrayblues Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 On 12/31/2020 at 12:31 PM, AG-51_Razor said: The Invader would definitely get my money!! One other possible candidate is the P-61 Black Widow. SLAVA UKRAINI MoBo - ASUS 990FX R2 Sabertooth, CPU - AMD FX 9590 @4.7Gb. No OC RAM - GSkill RipJaws DDR3 32 Gb @2133 MHZ, GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 1660Ti 6Gb DDR5 OC'd, Core 180MHz, Memory 800MHz Game drive - Samsung 980 M.2 EVO 1Tb SSD, OS Drive - 860 EVO 500Gb SATA SSD, Win10 Pro 22H2 Controls - Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X, Monitor - LG 32" 1920 X 1080, PSU - Prestige ATX-PR800W PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG-51_Razor Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I agree that the Black Widow would make a great addition to DCS WWII however, as interesting a plane as it was, I feel like the Douglas Invader would lend itself to a much wider audiance within DCS World. Not only was it an excellent medium bomber in WWII, it operated very successfully in Korea and several more conflicts, such as the Bay of Pigs operation, Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia and several other operations throughout the African continent. 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogster Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 8:34 PM, AG-51_Razor said: I agree that the Black Widow would make a great addition to DCS WWII however, as interesting a plane as it was, I feel like the Douglas Invader would lend itself to a much wider audiance within DCS World. Not only was it an excellent medium bomber in WWII, it operated very successfully in Korea and several more conflicts, such as the Bay of Pigs operation, Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia and several other operations throughout the African continent. Yes. It wouldn’t be my first choice for WW2 but it does fit late war scenarios so it’s OK. As you say it could also be used for Korea, Vietnam which adds value. I’m no sure how different the WW2 and Korea, Vietnam B26s were though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=DROOPY= Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 If someone decides to create a A-26, I have good audio of one starting up and idling..captured with binaural microphones while recording 4K video... 1 Unique aviation images for the passionate aviation enthusiast: Fb: FighterJetGeek Aviation Images - Home | Facebook IG: https://www.instagram.com/the_fighterjetgeek/ Aviation Photography Digest: AviationPhotoDigest.com/author/SMEEK9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 On 12/23/2020 at 12:40 PM, VFMFlyer said: I was wondering if anyone else was interested in seeing the Douglas A-26 Invader series of bomber come to DCS I'd love to fly the Invader on DCS, as my country (Chile) operated 38 units from 1954 to 1979 ... here is a great video showing parts of its cold start procedure and cockpit: http://www.schoenstatt-antofagasta.cl/capa9/2015/Articulos/201511_Museo_Fach/Rudel_20120625_1000166.jpg (the image doesnt show on the forum, but you can click on it to see) 2 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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