2.3m/s and you have bombs also? How is the B-26 and such bombers have worse climb rate than my H.P.12?
Basically yes, this is how bombers work. They don’t have much of a climb rate as range and payload are more important, and they have plenty of time to climb. For example, the B-26’s first operation was striking Rabaul from Port Moresby, a distance of around 800km. With a cruise speed of around 350km/h, that one-way trip takes around 130 minutes or 8,200 seconds. At 2.3m/s the B-26 could theoretically climb to around 19km- triple its service ceiling.
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they got faster turn rate than my Mig-21…
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2 things:
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You refer to stock performance and not to a fully spaded aircraft. Check real value (5.6 m/s) here:
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Going above 4.5 - 5 km with the B-26 is pointless as you lose a hell of engine power above 4 km - their engines are tuned to produce their best power output at (and the highest top speed) at 4 km alt.
Yeah. I mean tho most people don’t play spades cuz they just grind on to the B-17 E so yeah that’s one thing. If they get like 2-3 einge/radiator mods then they get around 3.8m/s and the bombs have -3.6m/s so they climb…You know what take a look at mine
Less than 1meter per second it’s worse than that Fokker in the WW1 event.
yes.
These planes are barely able to fly even before you slap several tons of kaboom in its bays.
they are made to fly in a straight line maybe fire some bullets in defense, drop a bomb, fly in a straight line home
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And t there goes me having to rearm and go for more bases while also being the only one on the US team:(