'Car Door' Tiffy?

[ZitronenGelb]

Hi all, was just wondering if there was any chance of the 'Car Door' cockpit canopy being developed for the fantastic Hawker Typhoon model we've got in game.

It'd certainly add some nice variety and historical accuracy to 'Tiffy' formations. 

Plus, with the upcoming P-51B/C having both the 'Bird Cage' and 'Malcolm' Hood available, I was wondering whether I could get my hopes up, or, see if anyone else was interested in this development.

Huge thanks as always to the dev team!

 

Thanks-

 

I've attached some photos of this beastly machine with the car door for your delectation ?

 

 

[LukeFF]

Not without a pre-1944 scenario, no. 

[76IAP-Black]

For me a Yes, i one of the old "Girls" i would like to have ingame. It is in the same line as a Hurricane, P-51B, P-47 Birdcage etc.
Yes why not 

[LukeFF]

11 hours ago, 76IAP-Black said:

Yes why not

 

Because without a pre-1944 scenario, it's an irrelevant modification. By January 1944, the only Typhoons with the old canopy would have been in training units. 

[DD_Arthur]

 

Yes, that’s true in career terms but such is the size of the Normandy map and the variety of the plane set, mission builders will be able to create channel battle scenarios from ‘42 and ‘43.

 

Car door tiffie would be a real asset here.

[Hoss]

I believe in an old thread I had talked about the Kuban map was made for the later war, but with an earlier plane set you go go East instead of West, same for all the maps really, including BoBP and BoN.  Not using the maps to their full potential is a waste IMHO... just my ¢2 worth.....................  TAW could of had a campaign on Kuban going in both directions using different plane sets.  So can any DF server..........  Never limit yourself to someone else's vision.  So yes, the older Typhoon could be used for Cross Channel missions "Rodeos" just like the Hurricane, and Spit Mk.V, that's why I'd like to see the Beaufighter, Blenhiem, or even the Bristol done as collector planes.  There is a map for them if your imagination can see it.

 

Cheers

Hoss

[CUJO_1970]

2 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

Because without a pre-1944 scenario, it's an irrelevant modification. 

Nobody cares about “pre-1944 scenarios” if it precludes getting the aircraft they want.

 

That philosophy will also continue to leave the US fighters out of the war for all of 1942 and virtually all of 1943 as well, the early P-38 and P-47 that did the heavy lifting during those years. We have most all of the German fighters but nothing from the US to fly against.

 

I guess it will stay that way for years to come since we don’t have any “pre-1944” scenarios. 

[[F.Circus]FrangibleCover]

I suspect we'll get some of the older Western Front fighters at some point, it's an obvious follow up module for Bodenplatte/Normandy at some stage. Having said that, I'm less interested in the '43 semi-bubble, +9lb Typhoon suggested here than I am in the late '41/early '42 lemon Typhoon with the spine you can't see past, +7lb boost, 12x .303 and the tail that falls off in a dive. Now that is an interesting flight experience.

[PatrickAWlson]

17 hours ago, CUJO_1970 said:

Nobody cares about “pre-1944 scenarios” if it precludes getting the aircraft they want.

 

That philosophy will also continue to leave the US fighters out of the war for all of 1942 and virtually all of 1943 as well, the early P-38 and P-47 that did the heavy lifting during those years. We have most all of the German fighters but nothing from the US to fly against.

 

I guess it will stay that way for years to come since we don’t have any “pre-1944” scenarios. 

 

The company has a long established process: make a battle module with 10 planes appropriate to that battle.  Been that way since the dawn of GB.  Even collector planes aren't made if they don't make sense for use in any of the existing modules. You may disagree with 1c's business logic but it has been consistent.

 

At the moment it looks like they are going backwards in the west.  If that trend continues we might get some form of 1943 module (Italy?).  If that happens then the US and British planes can also be used on the Normandy map.  Maybe we'll see an early Tiffy then.

 

Don't get me wrong, I would love to see an early Tiffy too.  I intend to push PWCG back into 1942 so I will take every plane that I can get (Do 217 or Ju87B?).  But you can't fault the company for sticking with it's philosophy.

[76IAP-Black]

Was the car door tiffy used in the diepe scenario?

[PatrickAWlson]

10 minutes ago, 76IAP-Black said:

Was the car door tiffy used in the diepe scenario?

 

There is a thread in the general section.  Answer appears to be yes, but not extensively.

[sevenless]

For a 1942/43 module "leaning across the channel" ? Ramrods, Rhubards, Hell yes! Bring it on!

 

Fw-190A-4
Do-217E
Spitfire MKIXB/C
Typhoon MKIB early
Mustang I/IA
Beaufighter
Blenheim

 

 

[sevenless]

2 hours ago, 76IAP-Black said:

Was the car door tiffy used in the diepe scenario?

 

Yep, 72 sorties.

 

 

Source: Franks, Norman. Dieppe: The Greatest Air Battle: Grub Street Publishing. Kindle-Version. 

Edited September 17, 2021 by sevenless

[76IAP-Black]

40 minutes ago, PatrickAWlson said:

 

There is a thread in the general section.  Answer appears to be yes, but not extensively.

That was my intention ?

38 minutes ago, sevenless said:

For a 1942/43 module "leaning across the channel" ? Ramrods, Rhubards, Hell yes! Bring it on!

 

Fw-190A-4
Do-217E
Spitfire MKIXB/C
Typhoon MKIB early
Mustang I/IA
Beaufighter
Blenheim

 

 

That is a sexy planeset ?

[[F.Circus]FrangibleCover]

45 minutes ago, sevenless said:

 

Yep, 72 sorties.

 

Why's 91 Sqn split out like that? Simply because they had such a high tempo that they deserve special mention, or are they on unusual Spits?

[sevenless]

50 minutes ago, [F.Circus]FrangibleCover said:

Why's 91 Sqn split out like that? Simply because they had such a high tempo that they deserve special mention, or are they on unusual Spits?

 

It guess the author singled them out because they flew such a high number of missions that day. AFAIK they flew Spitfire Mk. VBs mostly cover for ASR searches and Jim Crow missions.

 

1 hour ago, 76IAP-Black said:

That is a sexy planeset ?

 

Yep. I even forgot two important 1943 planes:

 

- Spitfire Mk.XII

- Spitfire LF Mk.VB with Merlin 45M and clipped wings

 

So much possibilities...

Edited September 17, 2021 by sevenless