for the air subtree, which I believe was fully confirmed in the last dev QnA.
Really? Do you have a link to it? I’ve already posted my idea for the Hungarian air subtree a month ago but it is yet to be approved…
Should be a neat Rank I-II
Rank I? I think it should comfortably be a rank II, I don’t see how it is rank I material with the crazy machine guns it has and the pretty decent flight performance. I think it would be around rank II BR 2.7. But yeah, I think this is a must-have aircraft for Hungary as it is one of few fully indigenous Hungarian aircraft.
Q: Do you plan to include Hungarian aviation in the future for the Italian tree as was also done with Finland for the Swedish tech tree? It could offer some interesting opportunities such as the Me 210C, L-39, MiG-29 and Gripen, as well as Mi-24 and Mi-8.
A: Yes, we do. With this major update, 3 Hungarian helicopters — the Mi-24D, Mi-24V and premium Mi-24P have been added. https://forum.warthunder.com/t/sons-of-attila-answering-your-questions-from-the-dev-server/
Thanks. I hope they didn’t mean “well yes, you see, we already added 3 Hungarian helicopters so that’s Hungarian aviation complete” but instead they meant “Yes, we do plan on adding a Hungarian air subtree in a future update. For now, enjoy the 3 Hungarian helicopters that are already in-game”. I can’t really tell, but I think it’s the second one. Hopefully we do get a Hungarian air subtree sometime soon.
It definitely needs to be part of the normal air tree as it is one of the few completely Hungarian designs that made it through to the testing phase and was well tested
Update: it seems a leak revealed that a Hungarian aviation subtree might be coming to the game soon. If this is true, then hopefully the WM-23 will be added as a researchable part of this subtree!
Edit: it was correct! A Hungarian aviation subtree is coming to the game in the ‘Alpha Strike’ update! However, so far we have seen no mention of rank I-III Hungarian WW2 propeller aircraft, so we don’t know whether the WM-23 will be coming in the Alpha Strike update or not. Either way, Gaijin has stated they will be adding more Hungarian aircraft in the future, so there is definitely hope for this aircraft to be added.
I wouldn’t call it an aerodynamic issue, it looked attractive, but also flew well. The crash was caused by resonance/vibration issues breaking off an aileron, not by an aerodynamically poor design.
Those kinds of vibrations are usually caused by an aerodynamic issue creating some sort of buffeting. It was very common in WW2 prototypes and most times the design team were able to fix it.
Ok, I think we’re referring to slightly different things when we are saying “aerodynamic issues”. Anyway, I do think it looks really cool (as do most people I’ve talked to about it), others say it looks a bit like a radial engine-d Spitfire. I can see why they nicknamed it “Silver Arrow”, because it does look really sleek and fast.
+1. Hungary’s WW2 section of the air sub-tree has more native designs than expected, and these need to be prioritized over copy paste/aircraft from other perspective nations (Czechaslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia etc.)
