Call me naive but a phone call between Nick Grey and Kermit Weeks would probably yield all the information needed to make a plausible model. Weights, airfoils, engine ratings, control throws, drag profiles–all are known within a degree of accuracy. Variances between planes are probably as great as errors within a good base model.
5 Likes
It’s going to be A-6, KA-6D, EA-6 and possibly A-6E.
5 Likes
Cobra says the Typhoon is still be developed. Fingers crossed!
3 Likes
Of course it is… Who claims otherwise?
1 Like
The most original A6M is the A6M5 at Planes of Fame. At this time it is the only one using the original engine.
No one who has the information disseminates it to a for profit entity for free…
Wheels
3 Likes
3 Likes
It is normally. But I don’t think it is quite so true in the small little society that is vintage aviation. Sharing is a tradition in keeping these machines alive and relevant. Kermit has grown a bit nutso in his old age so I don’t suppose he would be a reliable goto. But the info is out there I’m sure. The real roadblock is the cost to develop versus the demand in the market
2 Likes
From a business standpoint, I believe the Pacific theatre has to be approached holistically, if at all.
I might, price dependent, buy a Hellcat or Corsair purely to satiate my NavAir fetish.
Most DCS/IL2 consumers though, and particularly the air quake crowd, wouldn’t spend a dime without something to fight, with a mix alternately caring about historical accuracy.
So, how do we make it viable to cover the dev costs of the assets and AI? A lot of playable aircraft with those costs aggregated across the PTO lineup.
I think, as much as we talk about and desire the naval aircraft, a P-40 or P-38 would have more day-one viability to generate some cash flow towards the product. Each are historically accurate competitors against both Axis powers; allowing them to be used with current WWII assets and kickstart the PTO.
As for 2022, I think it’s likely we’ll see MiG-29 progress, and progress on the DCS Core. I would LOVE to see the A-6 family drop this year, but I doubt it will happen.
3 Likes
Now the Greg of Greg’s Airplanes and Automobiles YouTube channel is flying warbirds in DCS, he might be tapped as a good source for all things related to WW2 performance. He has a lot of Pacific theater content, but none Japanese yet. But I bet that he would have a pretty good idea of where to look. I just watched his P-40 Allison vs Merlin video, which was quite interesting.
They might offer him every module free or some other reasonable compensation. A VIP tour of Duxford with a Spitfire ride? I don’t think that they expect every resource to be unpaid, although I bet it has to be in the public domain.
2 Likes
A-6 and KA-6D AI with refuel capability and I’ll be a happy camper for a while.
I would kill for an F6F and complementary carrier, but that and all the necessary Japanese assets required are going to need to bake in the oven for a long, long time. The one issue I have with using an A8 as a Zero stand-in is that the A8 can soak 50cal like a champ. A Zero would go down with a single well-placed squirt.
4 Likes
Kiowa hopefully and a migration to vulkan api.
More free assets for combined arms and ww2.
The 1940s marianas would be good and lastly VR optimisation to give 90fps with fully maxed visuals.
Happy New year
4 Likes
6 Likes
1 Like
No one? No one yet?
Ok, I’ll do it.
deep breath
F-111 F-111 F-111!!!
9 Likes
Given Wags’ recent comments about EW coming into play in 2022…perhaps a SparkVark?
I know that’s a lost hope…but?
1 Like
Don’t really keep up on this stuff but correct me if I’m wrong…but I believe there was a fully working Japanese Zero captured by the allies in 42. I want to say up in the Aleutians. It was brought back to California and flown by testers, studied, documented by the then War Department or Navy and the findings were given to Allied Navy pilots for their use in fighting it.
Could not this documentation be used to create a fairly accurate model of a WW2, early war Japanese Zero?
4 Likes
That was my argument as well. There’s data from a captured Zero, one airworthy Zero with original engine, and a couple of airworthy replicas. There’s also precident set via the A8, of which the only airworthy examples are all replicas. The K-4, of which there are no airworthy examples of at all. On the AI side, we have the Ju-88 despite no airworthy examples of it either.
So then the argument comes down to translation of the manuals. Apparently it’s easier to find German translators who understand 1940s German than it is to find Japanese translators who understand 1940s Japanese, which is understandable. I can’t read any Japanese pre-1950s because the writing system was so different back then.
6 Likes
Funny…I remember while The P-47 was in development by DCS they mentioned how hard it was to get original data from the aircraft…even though there are dozens around the world in airworthy condition…It’s crazy how we take for granted and lose our History.
4 Likes
My guess for a reveal will be either the F-4 or the F15E for modules, at least.
1 Like
F15E was already announced by Razbam or am I mistaken?
5 Likes