Part of the upgrades between the F3D-1 and F3D-2 was fitting more powerful engines which would increase the F3Ds top speed to up to 910km/h. That puts it a lot closer to the 8.0 planes.
It has 4 guns and up to 4 Sparrow Is, which may not be great, but neither are the Fireflashes.
I can’t see a potential F3D-2M being lower than 8.3 considering what kind of armament and speed the average 8.0 plane gets
There you go.
No Gnat
No Hawk
tail warning radar and eegs for f3d when
Hey Chaffee!
You are getting an upgrade, son. Loss in bore diameter but gain in penetration.
They should bring back the radar gunsights for planes that have rangefinding radars.
I don’t get why they got rid of that mechanic anyways
Also, it was the only alternative to F-111K
They easily could’ve added it to US later but they gave it to UK because of the F-111K
What’s gonna be the Fools Event?
WW1 tanks?
Middle east sub for the US lol
It’s impossible to guess, but my dream event would be either an improved version of the mech/walker mode or a medieval fantasy mode with catapults, ballistas, trebuchets and cannons as tanks and dragons as planes
checkmate
Would be a real shame if someone set fire to that wooden contraption
look, US can get this:
actually made in 'Murica! … yes its real … can move … has been identified as a tank … there’s footage of it shooting
and ‘yes’ to below:
Half of those 8.0s shouldn’t even be at 8.0. And the other half of 8.0s and even 7.7s would fly circles around the F3D, because they’re Sabres and MiG-15s.
The Swift F.7 shouldn’t be at 8.7 either, that’s ridiculous. There’s no plausible reason to put a fat tub like the F3D above 8.0 unless you’re just being malicious. No, being theoretically capable of reaching 500 knots doesn’t justify putting it at the same battle rating as the A-4 Skyhawk. Which is better than the F3D in every conceivable way.
8.0 is the highest it should go, no matter what. Any higher is just adding a plane that’s beyond DoA for the sake of punishing anyone who was excited for it.
I mean, fair, but I’m just going off of what the BRs currently look like, even if they are extremely compressed and outdated
why is the F-84F 8.3 in air battles
Because Gaijin
I’ve got an even better question: Why do the Saab 105G/OE and the US F-84F deserve to keep their airspawns when all the other strike planes at or above 8.3 lost their airspawns?
Aye, I suppose that’s fair. I’m not thinking the Gaijin way. Asinine tech trees and battle ratings are their specialty, I could never hope to match them.