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Staggerwing

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Reply #15 on: December 07, 2018, 06:39:46 AM
The Buffalo was actually the USN's first choice for a monoplane fighter over the early model Wildcats. It was a much more maneuverable aircraft, but the Wildcat had greater potential for improvement. Once they started adding equipment and armor to the Buffalo, it couldn't keep pace with the Wildcat.

And don't forget that the some of Finns who kicked the VVS's ass were flying in Buffaloes.

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Reply #16 on: December 07, 2018, 08:16:26 AM
The Buffalo was actually the USN's first choice for a monoplane fighter over the early model Wildcats. It was a much more maneuverable aircraft, but the Wildcat had greater potential for improvement. Once they started adding equipment and armor to the Buffalo, it couldn't keep pace with the Wildcat.

And don't forget that the some of Finns who kicked the VVS's ass were flying in Buffaloes.

Which they apparently loved. I think they threw out all of the armor to make them more agile.

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Reply #17 on: December 07, 2018, 08:31:26 AM
The Buffalo was actually the USN's first choice for a monoplane fighter over the early model Wildcats. It was a much more maneuverable aircraft, but the Wildcat had greater potential for improvement. Once they started adding equipment and armor to the Buffalo, it couldn't keep pace with the Wildcat.

And don't forget that the some of Finns who kicked the VVS's ass were flying in Buffaloes.

Which they apparently loved. I think they threw out all of the armor to make them more agile.


That would be the key. The Buffalo was remarkably agile before the weight got added. Unloaded Buffaloes vs a Zeroes might be interesting to game out.

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Reply #18 on: December 10, 2018, 07:32:26 AM
In the book, Fifteen Stars, Weintraub records that pilots complained about the maneuverability of the P40 versus zeroes.
Hap Arnold, or maybe George Marshal, replied that they could improve the P40s maneuverability by removing armor.  If they wanted this fix, he'd give the order.
No reply came back.

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Reply #19 on: December 10, 2018, 02:25:06 PM
That's because he asked Americans, who hadn't consumed as much vodka as the Finns.

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Reply #20 on: April 20, 2020, 08:10:01 AM
Received my Steam beta key for this yesterday. Fired it up for a quick look and it looks quite good, visually at least. My hopes are high.  :bigthumb:

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Reply #21 on: April 20, 2020, 08:52:11 AM
The iPad version is quite good, no reason this shouldn't be.

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Reply #22 on: April 20, 2020, 11:25:13 AM
On my Wishlist.  :bigthumb:

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Reply #23 on: April 20, 2020, 02:32:57 PM
Yep, added to mine as well.  I needed another game on there.



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Reply #24 on: April 20, 2020, 04:53:45 PM
Got beta keys but haven't tried it yet. Everything they've been sending about it so far looks great, though.

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Reply #25 on: August 07, 2020, 01:41:12 AM
Hello everyone,

any thoughts on the game after its release? I have been finding it quite satisfying against the AI, and I am looking forward to try it against another human when PBEM support is ready.



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Reply #26 on: August 07, 2020, 01:10:23 PM
They still haven’t fixed the map scrolling issue if you have peripherals plugged in to your PC.



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Reply #27 on: August 12, 2020, 03:46:11 PM
I took the plunge.



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Reply #28 on: August 13, 2020, 07:03:42 AM
They still haven’t fixed the map scrolling issue if you have peripherals plugged in to your PC.

Discovered that too :) Higher profile Unity based games have similar issues too, almost a year since release.



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Reply #29 on: August 14, 2020, 11:00:13 AM
The A.I. on Carrier Battles 4 is no joke.