posted 12-17- 02:05 PM               

For the Allies, we have the F4U Corsairs, F4F4 Wilcat and the P-39 Airacobra. Theres also an early alpha of the Dauntless. P-51s, P-38s, Beaufighters, Spitfires were also used aswell as B-17s. I even think Hurricanes were used although Im not positive about that.

posted 12-17- 03:52 PM               

And the old Ki-61 can be found here: http://members.xoom.com/naturlich/

posted 12-17- 10:59 PM               

The Jug (P-47) was used in the Pacific, and a version newer than the P-47D, called the P-47N, was used to escort B-29's.

P-38's were used also. In fact, Dick Bong, the American pilot with the highest # of kills- 40, got all of them in a P-38.

The P-38 was used from early on in the war until the end, and the P-47 was used from l944 on. These were Army Air Force planes. The P-38 was also used for a lot of hit and run raids on Japanese airfields in New Guinea and Rabaul. They hoped this would keep the Japanese from committing their full fighter force when launching a bombing raid. P-38's were also used to harass shipping headed for New Guinea.

B-17's were used in the Pacific. Early in the war they were used for recon and shipping attacks and usually flew in small numbers (6 to 24). They were also used occasinally against Japanese airfields. In 1942 they probably flew at least half of their missions unescorted.

The Navy planes used were the F4F Wildcat and the F4U Corsair. These were also flown by Marine Corps pilots from land based air strips, but they were still painted Blue. The Corsair was NOT available as a carrier based plane untill the end of 1944.

The Wildcat was the mainstay of the US Navy until late 42 and early 43 when it was replaced by the F6F Hellcat.

P-51's replaced the P-40's used by the Flying Tigers in 1945. By that time they were no longer the Flying Tigers. (they had been integrated into the Army Air Force in 1942)

The British planes flew primarily in Burma and China. You'll find the Hurricane and Spitfire were both used. Use the earlier model Spit up through the Mk V as the Pacific theater was given lower priority than the european theater. In fact, you can use Hurricanes clear up until June 1945. As Hurricanes were replaced with Spifires in Europe they were shipped to the Pacific theatre. The Hurricanes used tactics similar to the one's developed and used by the P-40's under General Chennault of the Flying Tigers, and racked up an impressive record.

Use the A6M2 Zero for early missions, and the A6M5 for later missions. I'm not sure what the dates for the transition to the different types was. The A6M2 was in service in China and when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Both Zero models are part of Plane Pack 6 and Nations v2.

The Ki-61 Hein "Tony" in beta testing is a land based Japanese fighter developed later in the war.

I hope this gives you some ideas.

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posted 12-18- 11:39 AM               

I fly this kind of planes since pacific terrain released, so this problem is new for me.

Maybe there is an update anywhere

posted 12-18- 10:15 PM               

Pretty frustrating at first--just couldn't keep the thing on the runway (maybe 1 out of 5 takeoffs and never on landing). Went back to basics a bit, dissecting the P-47 CG modeling, and adjusting the "density" of all the Corsair parts, thinking I had a CG problem. Well, that gave me back the "Ensign Eliminator" Cob the power to her at low speed, and you'll be on your back PDQ. Fairly nasty spin now too, and knife-fighting with Zeros is not going to be a "sound" tactic But...ground handling still sucked.

So...went even farther back to basics: basic aerodynamics. Directional stability is dependent on the size of the vertical tail surface and its distance from the CG. Duh! Make the tail bigger! (Virtually that is).

Haven't verified that the AI can do a takeoff, but the BI (biological intelligence) can now do it 10 out of 10 The AI can land, and keep it...er..."close" to the runway, and headed in the same direction it started, and even I can do a reasonable landing (ON the runway) about half the time. It's NOT easy (and I don't think the real one was exactly "docile" but it IS something that can be mastered with practice now IMHO.

Anyway, the beta is coming soon (a week or so). I think you'll like it

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