Lugubrious 12 Posted September 5, 2018 Can we get the Royal Aircraft Factory BE9? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HagarTheHorrible 802 Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) Simple answer, NO Or alternatively, Don't be silly ! The initial work being done is importing select, possibles all (V doubtful), aircraft from Rise of Flight. If, in a couple of years time when all that is done, there might be room for additional content, just don't hold your breath. Much the same work is involved in creating A.I drones as player controlled aircraft and increasingly bland, because it was there aircraft, that few have heard of or much less care about, don't pay the bills. Edited September 5, 2018 by HagarTheHorrible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[Pb]Cybermat47 1204 Posted September 5, 2018 Doubtful. Only one prototype was ever made, and while it did see operational service, that was in September 1915 to early 1916, while FC Vol 1 is going to be set in late 1917 - early 1918. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JFM 12 Posted September 13, 2018 Quote You can have this nice picture of one. 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[_FLAPS_]Diggun 681 Posted September 13, 2018 jaysus! You would NOT get me sitting up front in that.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lugubrious 12 Posted September 17, 2018 it was their solution to the German interrupter gear. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PatrickAWlson 3012 Posted September 19, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 10:41 AM, Lugubrious said: it was their solution to the German interrupter gear. It was also the solution to having too many observers. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
US93_Furlow 317 Posted September 19, 2018 On 9/13/2018 at 8:34 AM, JFM said: You can have this nice picture of one. 😀 SPAD S.A. used the same crew placement concept Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J2_Trupobaw 621 Posted September 20, 2018 Now I know I want one :). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[Pb]Cybermat47 1204 Posted September 20, 2018 10 minutes ago, J2_Trupobaw said: Now I know I want one :). Now I know you’re insane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poochnboo 420 Posted September 20, 2018 Imagine some aircraft designer excitedly coming up with this idea and thinking, "I've found the answer to winning the war in the air!" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MiloMorai 647 Posted September 20, 2018 59 minutes ago, Poochnboo said: Imagine some aircraft designer excitedly coming up with this idea and thinking, "I've found the answer to winning the war in the air!" There was many of those. One has to remember that the Wright brothers had only flown 11 years before WW1 started. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poochnboo 420 Posted September 20, 2018 7 hours ago, J2_Trupobaw said: Now I know I want one :). While it may seem like a workable idea, it has a serious drawback. Think of what would happen in a nose down crash. The nose will hit first, compressing the gunner's compartmnet backwards and ...well, that's just too gruesome to even think about the mess that's going to cause! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avimimus 125 Posted September 20, 2018 Slight chance of getting the Spad sometime in the next 5 years if a team of Russian nationals decides to model the Russian airforce in WWI (we saw the begining of this with 'Ilya Mourometz' ...so it is plausible). There are likely other aircraft in Russian service that would be higher priority though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J2_Trupobaw 621 Posted September 21, 2018 Actually, Spad 7 and various Nieuports are exactly what Russians flew during the War. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NZTyphoon 239 Posted September 23, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 5:04 AM, Poochnboo said: While it may seem like a workable idea, it has a serious drawback. Think of what would happen in a nose down crash. The nose will hit first, compressing the gunner's compartmnet backwards and ...well, that's just too gruesome to even think about the mess that's going to cause! However, there were also benefits because, instead of an observer, the pod was often filled with slabs of ham, tomatoes and loaves of bread - one nose over and it was instant ham sandwiches for everyone on the airfield. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites