Collector planes on sale... picked up a few

[BlznSaddles]

I saw that the collector planes went on sale today so I picked up a few that I didn't have yet... Yak1B, Macchi 202, La5.  Anyone fly the Macchi much?  It looks fun but I haven't hear much chatter about it.

[Wedgewood]

Also note that they are cheaper from the Dev's website than on steam.

 

Correction, the above is wrong.  I assumed the website was showing me CAD when is was actually showing USD.  So prices seem to be the same.

Edited October 26, 2017 by Wedgewood

[BlznSaddles]

That's where I got them from.  I only start Steam if I absolutely have to...

[Archie]

Thanks, was just about to pull the trigger on the steam sale, will do it here now instead!
Can't resist the P40.

[MacLeod]

Just completed my collection!

[Beazil]

Just saw the price drops in the online store. Holy crap! If you don't have a full collection OR you want to pick up a module you don't have, now is the time.

[CanadaOne]

I saw that the collector planes went on sale today so I picked up a few that I didn't have yet... Yak1B, Macchi 202, La5.  Anyone fly the Macchi much?  It looks fun but I haven't hear much chatter about it.

 

Howdy,

 

I bought the Macchi because it was on sale a few weeks ago. It was half because I wanted the plane and half because I like supporting BOX. I wasn't expecting much but the plane turned out to be a lot of fun to fly. And especially with the sale price, I'm sure you will be happy you bought it.

[BlznSaddles]

Howdy,

 

I bought the Macchi because it was on sale a few weeks ago. It was half because I wanted the plane and half because I like supporting BOX. I wasn't expecting much but the plane turned out to be a lot of fun to fly. And especially with the sale price, I'm sure you will be happy you bought it.

Cool.  Can't wait to tool around in it.

 

Thanks, was just about to pull the trigger on the steam sale, will do it here now instead!

Can't resist the P40.

 

The P40 is my favorite to fly.  It may not be the BEST fighter in the game but it sure is fun. [admittedly biased towards American Iron]

[VesseL]

I just bought p40, tested it briefly, and it actually might be the best fighter in the game. Surprisingly stable. And great controls. Didnt feel weak at all or heavy. 

[Rjel]

I saw that the collector planes went on sale today so I picked up a few that I didn't have yet... Yak1B, Macchi 202, La5.  Anyone fly the Macchi much?  It looks fun but I haven't hear much chatter about it.

 I like the Mc.202. It flies great. Very aerobatic I think. In its standard config it is undergunned but still a joy to fly.

[Frogface]

All the rise of flight stuff is on sale too, I don't know if the money still helps go towards IL-2 or not though.

 

I just picked up everything and it's amazing! feel honored to finally own every piece of the team's content!

 

R.I.P my student loan lol

[Lensman]

I just bought p40, tested it briefly, and it actually might be the best fighter in the game. Surprisingly stable. And great controls. Didnt feel weak at all or heavy. 

 

I look forward to meeting you in my fw 190 A3 ... 

Edited October 26, 2017 by Lensman

[BlznSaddles]

I just bought p40, tested it briefly, and it actually might be the best fighter in the game. Surprisingly stable. And great controls. Didnt feel weak at all or heavy. 

 

 

It is stable and it flies nicely but its biggest problem is that it climbs like a brick and it really starts to get out of breath above 15,000 feet.  I do wonder though how it would have performed if Curtiss had been allowed to put in the 2-stage supercharger that they wanted to... probably would have been a completely different and formidable aircraft.

[Archie]

Pretty successful in Russia though, where most combat seems to have been low altitude.

[SCG_Fenris_Wolf]

I picked up the P-40 and the Yak-1B. Now my airpark is complete 

[BlznSaddles]

I picked up the P-40 and the Yak-1B. Now my airpark is complete 

 

 

Only one I'm missing is the JU52... sorry, just not that interested in that one [flameproof barriers up]

[Gambit21]

Only one I'm missing is the JU52... sorry, just not that interested in that one [flameproof barriers up]

 

Fair enough, but consider the purchase if you want to see more aircraft that you are interested in down the road. 

[Archie]

Had to grab the LA-5 as well. Now to find the time to actually fly these planes!

[TRRA15]

Had to grab the LA-5 as well. Now to find the time to actually fly these planes!

I hear you. Wish I had time to fly all these planes, these missions, campaigns, careers.....

[VesseL]

well Lensman, sure would be nice to test p40vs190. 190 is better thou, i was only testing but it (p40)did feel good, and was a surprise to me. Climb and low speed manouvering i didnt test yet.

[CanadaOne]

Only one I'm missing is the JU52... sorry, just not that interested in that one [flameproof barriers up]

I was fortunate enough to have a Ju52 gifted to me, courtesy of a fine Girtish gentleman, and it's a very well put together plane and kinda gives BOX an FSX feel; low and slow, enjoy the terrain and the flight, and good fun for landings in nasty weather.

 

What the JU52 desperately needs are some mountaintop airstrips in the Kuban map to provide some really tricky takeoffs and landings. That would be good fun!

[56RAF_Roblex]

Only one I'm missing is the JU52... sorry, just not that interested in that one [flameproof barriers up]

 

I am kind of torn.   It is extremely cheap at the moment and I like the idea of flying something so cumbersome but I fly to help the VVS win the map so I don't fly German.   Now if there was a DC3/Li-2 I would be throwing my money at the screen :-)

[NETSCAPE]

I am only missing the Yak 1b and La5. I think I'll pick those up so I own everything, because reasons... 

[Feathered_IV]

I got them all purely out of reflex.  I like the Yak-1b most of all.  More for aesthetic reasons than anything else. 

[Royal_Flight]

Same, as soon as the Li-2/C-47 is out I'll be first in line.

Still, I'd recommend the Ju-52 anyway, it might not be something you think you'd fly (and I've never taken it up in MP which is where I spend about 95% of my flying hours) but it's fun pottering about the place in QMB, practicing short field landings and navigation.

I explored the Kuban map with the Ju-52 as well as it flies slowly enough to get a good view.

 

QMB, Kuban crossing the coast at dusk makes for some really picturesque views.

[=SqSq=Sulaco]

 (and I've never taken it up in MP which is where I spend about 95% of my flying hours) but it's fun pottering about the place in QMB, practicing short field landings and navigation.

 

The Ju-52 is great to have if you fly the TAW campaign, I did a heap of online para drops with it and ran countless resupplies. Can't recommend it enough. I'll be flying for the reds on the next campaign however so no idea what their counterpart will be, I'm guessing fully loaded, bombless PE2's for resupply and no para drop missions but I guess I'll find out.

Edited October 27, 2017 by =SqSq=Sulaco

[MacLeod]

I am kind of torn. It is extremely cheap at the moment and I like the idea of flying something so cumbersome but I fly to help the VVS win the map so I don't fly German. Now if there was a DC3/Li-2 I would be throwing my money at the screen :-)

Well, I don’t fly German as well, one could say I’m biased towards Russian wood (and that sound as strange as the American iron of the fellow friend up there lol), but still bought it now, just to help, and maybe someday cruise around with it to feel the machine and enjoy a different flight perspective

[katdog5]

the p40 is just brilliant blasting targets on the ground. Need to pick up the yak and the ju still! 

[216th_Lucas_From_Hell]

Had a funny experience on DED.

 

I was deeply engaged in the hunt for the train, but upon a six check I saw an aircraft shadowing me 1000m away, deep into enemy territory. As I turned into it, the enemy turned around. An unproductive flat chase happened well outside guns range, I figured I was up against a quick Fw-190 so after a while I gave up and pointed my nose into the locomotive's general direction again to see the reply.

 

Sure enough the Fokker started a chandelle so I broke hard towards it, having expected the move. We merged head on, guns blazing, but both missed. After the merge I got myself into the enemy's low seven where it all became clear - another La-5! Apologies sent via chat, no hits landed thankfully, and a good example that not even a La-5F can catch a La-5F down low

[CanadaOne]

Only one I'm missing is the JU52... sorry, just not that interested in that one [flameproof barriers up]

 

Too bad, I'm sending you one.

 

Just paying forward the generosity shown to me by my esteemed brother Feathered IV.

[BlznSaddles]

Too bad, I'm sending you one.

 

Just paying forward the generosity shown to me by my esteemed brother Feathered IV.

Well that is extremely generous of you, thank you very much and I will have to try it out of course. I’ll have to think of a good way to pay it forward from here. Thanks again this forum is pretty amazing.

[CanadaOne]

Well that is extremely generous of you, thank you very much and I will have to try it out of course. I’ll have to think of a good way to pay it forward from here. Thanks again this forum is pretty amazing.

 

My pleasure.

 

It might not be a plane you fly often, but it does offer a different kind of fun. And like all the planes in BOX, it is very well modeled. Enjoy!

[Danziger]

I picked up a few more planes and mods on RoF. I've been having a blast in it lately. After playing BoX for so long RoF makes a lot more sense to me now.

[Royal_Flight]

The Ju-52 is great to have if you fly the TAW campaign, I did a heap of online para drops with it and ran countless resupplies. Can't recommend it enough. I'll be flying for the reds on the next campaign however so no idea what their counterpart will be, I'm guessing fully loaded, bombless PE2's for resupply and no para drop missions but I guess I'll find out.

That is good to know, I guess what I meant was 95% of my time is spent online in WoL, where there's basically no place for transports at all.

I'll have to check out TAW, and put my Ju-52 low-level flying to the test...

[56RAF_Roblex]

That is good to know, I guess what I meant was 95% of my time is spent online in WoL, where there's basically no place for transports at all.

I'll have to check out TAW, and put my Ju-52 low-level flying to the test...

 

Finnish Dynamic also uses JU52s to resupply beseiged airfields or capture closed enemy fields by dropping supplies/troops.   VVS has to use special defenceless PE2s and actually land them which is a shame.  We really need a DC3/Li-2  but it is on 1Cs 'Maybe Later' list.   I would have thought it would bring in more than enough income to be worth doing but maybe the JU52 did not sell well.  I suppose it is only a few masochistic players on just a couple of servers.   OTOH maybe the JU52 is only used on a few servers precisely because there is no VVS equivalent and the mission makers don't like the idea of pretending a tiny PE2 can hold a dozen paratroopers.

Edited October 28, 2017 by 56RAF_Roblex

[w00dy]

I bought Yak 1b yesterday, so now I have all the planes.

 

I bought the Ju52 last week which I have had fun with and even managed to make a yak fly in to the ground, while it was trying to shot me down on my first flight

[Requiem]

I saw that the collector planes went on sale today so I picked up a few that I didn't have yet... Yak1B, Macchi 202, La5.  Anyone fly the Macchi much?  It looks fun but I haven't hear much chatter about it.

The Macchi is underpowered in general and I personally enjoy flying it more than a 109, but like the P-40 you should fly in pairs to be more effective. Using the 20mm loadout on the Macchi though is a real blast...at least on the receiving end

[Royal_Flight]

Finnish Dynamic also uses JU52s to resupply beseiged airfields or capture closed enemy fields by dropping supplies/troops. VVS has to use special defenceless PE2s and actually land them which is a shame. We really need a DC3/Li-2 but it is on 1Cs 'Maybe Later' list. I would have thought it would bring in more than enough income to be worth doing but maybe the JU52 did not sell well. I suppose it is only a few masochistic players on just a couple of servers. OTOH maybe the JU52 is only used on a few servers precisely because there is no VVS equivalent and the mission makers don't like the idea of pretending a tiny PE2 can hold a dozen paratroopers.

I agree, VVS definitely need a transport. And Li-2 only needs some minor mods to be a C-47 for when we get to the Pacific too.

I'm hoping that whatever third-party team are scheduled to work on it can manage to get it done soon enough.

[56RAF_Roblex]

I agree, VVS definitely need a transport. And Li-2 only needs some minor mods to be a C-47 for when we get to the Pacific too.

I'm hoping that whatever third-party team are scheduled to work on it can manage to get it done soon enough.

 

What I read is that the third party is not even 'scheduled' to work on it. It is a question of 'If you do a good job of the PO-2(?) we might consider asking you to so an LI-2 sometime.'

 

EDIT: The LI-2 is a *little* more likely than I thought.  Here is what Jason said in August.

 

 

 

Let me be clear guys. I want a wide range of planes, both uber types and crap types. But this is a business first and foremost, and I must focus on what we can make that will boost sales or ones that are easy to make and we can keep costs low. Making an IL-4 or any multi-crew bomber eats up massive team resources and is not easy to do. The Po-2 offers a chance to create Arty Spotting like we had in ROF and throw sneaky night raids into the mix (I really want a Soviet woman pilot model too) and the plane is not difficult to research (there is one in a nearby museum) and build for the team building it. It’s a great way to get them to learn how to do it and bring some new gameplay options. But if they fail, it’s not an uber plane that will crush sales. I have also tasked the same team to build the Li-2 so the Soviets can have a cargo plane too and a stopgap bomber. Fingers crossed all goes to plan. I don’t even like talking about it until I have more concrete results.

Edited October 29, 2017 by 56RAF_Roblex

[Royal_Flight]

Ah, right. Difficult as I'd like to see them both, but I would have thought the Li-2 would have been more interesting as a first choice seeing as it balances the sides by complimenting the Ju-52, and fills more roles as not just a transport but as a (makeshift) level bomber as well, which VVS are lacking.

The Peshka is awesome (and my aircraft of choice) but it's brilliant as a dive bomber/interdictor aircraft, but there is nothing comparable to the 111 on the Luftwaffe side. Even the Ju-88 is a better level bomber in terms of size and payload.

The Peshka is designed for a different purpose, I know, and it gets the job done for sure. But I always felt like it was a missed opportunity not to have an SB-2 or Il-4. Again, I understand why.

But there could be a totally different mission profile (although in fairness, I suspect most SB-2 missions would be one-way and most landings would be conducted at 90 degrees to the ground while on fire).