I was considering making a suggestion for the A-8 variant, but I was hesitant, as not nearly as many were produced as the A-7 variant. I’ll consider making a separate suggestion, but I have other plans at the moment.
Also, wonderful research!
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That’s the main reason I was so interested in it! The amount of guns is stunning, making it a dangerous opponent for enemy fighters if piloted by someone who knows how to aim the turrets.
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The ETC 2000 bomb rack could be equipped with an adapter for 4 x 50 kg bombs each so 12 x 50 kg should be a possible payload for the 290:
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I want
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would this be able to carry the larger bombs germany made?
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Respectfully,
maybe it is time to change how you do it?
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Well, obviously, since the ETC 2000 rack can carry 1 x Hs 294 which has the weight of about 2,176 kg as well as instances on other aircraft such as the Heinkel He 111 H-6, which could carry up to a 2,500 kg bomb using the same ETC 2000 rack. In addition, SC 250 & SC 500 bombs could also be carried by the ETC 2000 rack:
Declined. Gaijin had no problems approving my other topics, which are pretty much identical to this one. I think that the only “problem” that they had was with this sentence:
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ahh that’s good to see that it could carry the 2500kg bomb then
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Theoretically yes. The point was that the bombrack itself is most definitely capable of carrying the SC 2500, but what about the actual aircraft itself? Is there enough ground clearance for a 1 x 2,500 kg bomb under the fuselage? Would RATO be required? Would flying over the ocean for many hours just to drop a single SC 2500 (overkill) on a royal rust bucket be worth it when you can use smaller bombs to potentially destroy 3x more vessels?
Any progress with an A-8 suggestion?
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We need more big bombers, i fully support this. +1
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Would love A-7 and A-8 in game, such an easy addition to the German Air Tree
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Where do you want to use them?
Air AB or Air SB?
Because u won’t get happy with it in Air RB.
Fact is that with this defensive firepower you can expect a BR of 6.3 - 6.7 minimum for Air RB. The problem of the missing range with MG 151/20s thanks to the SD bug won’t be considered by gaijin.
You will face than mostly 7.0 to 7.3 matches due to the bulk of US/UK/USSR jets in this BR range - there is pretty much nothing you can do vs F-89s or Supermarine Attackers as their closing speed is way too high.
A2D-1s are not that fast, but they outclimb you easily before you can drop and shred you to pieces. Even a plain 7.0 F-84B with 0.50 cals will saw one of your wings off…
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true but I say fuck it and put it at 4.0 its a bomber u can destroy it and bye then at that be people should know where to aim to take out a bomber tho
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The A2D-1’s are one of the fastest props ingame in top speed.
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Did you give up on the A-8 or what? Many would like to see this in the game:
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would go great with boeing P8 with tomahawk cruise missiles flares and bombs +1
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Suggestion passed to the developers for consideration.
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