New Collector Planes Speculation Thread.

[BlitzPig_EL 1936]

OK, let's get this multi-page train wreck going!!!  😎

 

My prediction...

Spitfire Mk. XIV

Gloster Meteor.

 

Edited August 16 by BlitzPig_EL

[Bremspropeller 706]

B-25 and Mosquito

[=LwS=Wize 8]

Yak-9

Bf-109 G10

[BraveSirRobin 1726]

spit XIV

B-25

[LuseKofte 1783]

4 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said:

B-25 and Mosquito

Love that. But my guess is one for both sides. And for a bit of balance my guess would be 

Arado jet and Mossie

 

in the other hand they have talked about LI 2 / P 47. 

 

Edited August 16 by LuseKofte

[BraveSirRobin 1726]

 

Definitely not a German fighter.  Need to save those for future modules.

[15[Span.]/JG51Spartan 415]

I would like:

I-153 Chaika and Hurricane

 

But we would get:

Hurricane and Yak 3 or 9 or Li2

Edited August 16 by 15[Span.]/JG51Spartan

[BraveSirRobin 1726]

I think Hurricane is being saved for future module

[LuseKofte 1783]

6 minutes ago, BraveSirRobin said:

 

Definitely not a German fighter.  Need to save those for future modules.

Agreed but this would be awesome

5 minutes ago, BraveSirRobin said:

I think Hurricane is being saved for future module

 

Hopefully yes 

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard 671]

These two are the most likely for BoBP:


 

 

Other than that I guess a Yak-3 since they have talked about a late war yak sometime before.

Edited August 16 by -=PHX=-SuperEtendard

[BraveSirRobin 1726]

Just now, LuseKofte said:

Agreed but this would be awesome

 

Agreed, but I think they need to save most German aircraft.

[Sharpe43 50]

Spitfire xiv and typhoon

[LuseKofte 1783]

Yes we do have more 44 and 45 to go

1 minute ago, Sharpe43 said:

Spitfire xiv and typhoon

F**k I forgot the Typhoon

+1 for that

[BraveSirRobin 1726]

1 minute ago, LuseKofte said:

Yes we do have more 44 and 45 to go

 

Potentially 41, 42, and 43 also.

[JG1_Butzzell 52]

Gosh

 

I was thinking the B.E2c and Rumpler C.I  would be great as collector planes. Both are slow biplanes with a single rear gun. Perfect for early war scenarios.

[LuseKofte 1783]

1 minute ago, BraveSirRobin said:

 

Potentially 41, 42, and 43 also.

 

I love to have Finland into that time period. For sure brings a Hurricane

Edited August 16 by LuseKofte

[15[Span.]/JG51Spartan 415]

I would bet all my chips on the Hurricane ....

[BraveSirRobin 1726]

1 minute ago, JG1_Butzzell said:

Gosh

 

I was thinking the B.E2c and Rumpler C.I  would be great as collector planes. Both are slow biplanes with a single rear gun. Perfect for early war scenarios.

 

Maybe after we get FC2 or 3.

[II/JG17_Furias 45]

Bird of Prey !!

Edited August 16 by II/JG17_Furias

[Sharpe43 50]

1 minute ago, II/JG17_Furias said:

Bird of Prey !!

along with a Defiant!! I mean, how can you have Rotarran if you don't have the Defiant! It's impossible, I tell ya!!

[Redwo1f 107]

Hmmm - I would say that the B-25 as flyable was pretty much a given to be in the group. But as I re-read Jason's words, he said they have begun preliminary work on a couple.... B-25, at least in AI form is past the begining preliminary stage, so maybe it's possible that a "couple" may mean more than two - perhaps three(?). Wishful thinking. 

[Gambit21 3431]

I’m not even going to speculate.

Could be anything from a C-47, to Yak 3, La 7, to the Skeeter and many things in between.

[PainGod85 232]

So far we've always had one German and one allied fighter per pair of collectibles IIRC.

 

Contingent on this still being true:

 

1. Ta 152H and Spitfire Mk. XIV

2. He 162 and Gloster Meteor

3. He 219 and Mosquito

4. Me 410 and Typhoon

 

Honorable mention goes to the Ju 88, the P-47M and the Do 335, of which the lattermost really should not be added.

Jet bombers are right out as with the current plane lineup, these cannot be meaningfully intercepted.

[SAS_Storebror 520]

Li-2 and Henschel 123 would be nice.

 

Mike

[Voidhunger 457]

19 minutes ago, BraveSirRobin said:

 

Maybe after we get FC2 or 3.

Siemens IV for shure!

[gn728 102]

Could be wrong - but I thought Yak 9 had already been mentioned somewhere - beyond that anybody's guess..,.,. 

[-LUCKY-ThanksSkeletor 192]

MORE MULTI ROLE HEAVY FIGHTERS

[ITAF_Rani 440]

Me 410 or Bf 110  nachtjager with implemented radar equipment to identify planes

[vonNutz 27]

In the sense that Collector Planes come in sets, one Allie to one Axis plane

and with some hot planes, P-51, P-38, Tempest, just around the corner,

I suggest a return to low and slow:

 

For the Allies, the ubiquitous C-47, DC3, Li2.

For the axis, to balance the U2 for recco purposes etc, the Fieseler Storch.

[sevenless 1017]

This is what I think are the most likely candidates for BoBP collector planes:

 

Planes with singleplayer career possibillity over most of the timeframe 9/44-4/45:

 

Single-engined planes:

 

- Bf 109 G14/AS (little adaptation from K4 necessary, one of the most used 109s on 1st January 1945)

- Spitfire XIV (frequently used on the continent)

- Typhoon IB (backbone of 2nd TAF)

- Arado 234 (1st real jet bomber, used by KG 76 from airfields on the map in parallel to the Me 262 bombers from KG 51)

- (maybe) Mustang III ???

 

Twin-engined planes:

 

- Mosquito VI (multirole plane, many missions in timeframe on the continent)

- Ju 88-S or Ju 188 (frequently used for dawn or dusk bombing missions)

- P-61 Black Widow (flew interceptions from Florennes and was also used in CAS role)

 

[LF_Gallahad 918]

Well, my bet is of course B-25 and at least two more. Ar-234 and Spitfire XIV.

 

Mosquito, Typhoon and Ju 188 are also a possibility

Edited August 16 by LF_Gallahad

[sevenless 1017]

32 minutes ago, PainGod85 said:

He 162 and Gloster Meteor and Ta 152

 

Would be very nice, but only a very limited timeframe for Singleplayer possible and He 162 and Ta 152 didn´t operate within map boundaries. But technically very interesting planes.

[6./ZG26_Custard 1158]

One allied and one Axis, I must be dreaming! 

 

[8ELT_Grzesiek 94]

Jak-3

Jak-9U

[L3Pl4K 174]

Bf 110 F2, Bf 109 G10, Etrich Taube

[sevenless 1017]

2 minutes ago, 8ELT_Grzesiek said:

Jak-3

Jak-9U

 

Yep, but we also need a singleplayer map for those to have some careers going. Maybe Kurland so that we have one map from 1944 to VE day?

[[I./JG62]steppa 41]

Ju 88 G1 or G6 could be possible, significant parts of the airframe, cockpit and FM are already done and they have the engines (D9, A8).

They did play a huge role as pathfinders during Op Bodenplatte.

Furthermore, they could together with a collector Mossie open up a whole new kind of gameplay during the night.

On the other hand the modeling of radar and the function of the various FuGs may be to complex for a collector plane.

[Atlasapl 24]

Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario

 

Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki. But I guess we will need a new theatre of operations (Burma/China) for this one.

[Rjel 1074]

I think given the enthusiasm for the Mosquito, it would be a best seller. As a pair of collector planes were mentioned as being in the works, why not  both a Mosquito fighter bomber and a true bomber version with a plexiglass nose?

[Atlasapl 24]

A mosquito would definitely sell well. It would also be nice to have something from 1941, so it could be used in BoM.