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  • Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 23. 2010 16:36

Baker654
Navyfield is a great ww2 naval warship that has made a few deviations from reality for
gameplay such as Ships that were never completed or made past drawing board or even
existed (bb 6s) but I think there is one deviation that was completely unnecessary and
that is the Mustang is the 4th tier fighter for US carriers. Here are a few facts
straight, first of all the Mustang was a land based fighter it never was meant to and it
never saw service on carriers. Secondly all attempts at creating a carrier version of the
mustang were unsatisfactory in comparison to already existing carrier fighters. Face it
the Mustang is not the all singing all dancing star we like to see it.

Personally I think the Mustang should be replaced by the Grumman F8F Bearcat, which had
the potential as the best piston driven carrier fighter of all time, unfortunately it had
the bad luck of arriving too late for combat service in WW2. The Bearcat especially the
post-war F8F-2 version had performance comparable if not better than that of the P51
mustang and some of the early jets. Although the initial version had a relatively light
armament of 4 .50 cal machine guns, these were upgraded to 20mm cannons.

The Mustang is a glory hog. Its time to give the Bearcat some recognition and let it have
its day in the sunlight
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  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 25. 2010 00:49

Baker654
Well thanks for recommendating however, I did made a point out that all attempts on
creating a carrier version of the mustang had proven unsatisfactory to already existing
naval fighters

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 24. 2010 21:02

junkers101
Ok I have to admit that even though I love the mustang I do think it was ideodic to place
it as a carrier plane and i like the idea of the bearcat. If they dont get rid of the
mustang then at least make it the D varient.

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  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 24. 2010 20:34

littlem
they are just following the next plane in history dude.... and NF really focouses on
WWI and WWII ships/ weapons... not what came after WWII. havent you noticed
this?

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 24. 2010 15:17

Baker654
Ok instead of having a 5th teir fighter both the Mustang and Tempest should be replaced by
the Bearcat and Sea Fury, would you like that

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 24. 2010 15:01

kimjongil
I support your idea. And I would also like to mention that NF made a pretty poor
choice for UK T4 as well.

Instead of the Thyphoon/Tempest which was never made into a naval fighter, I
would like it to be replaced by the much better candidate the Hawker Sea Fury. It
was an immediate post war naval fighter and had very high performance, the British
counterpart to the Bearcat.

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 24. 2010 13:54

Baker654
I really like your suggestion BWOopsy

Maybe we can have both the Bearcat and and the Sea Fury. The Bearcat that would be
replacing the mustang would be F8F-1 version, either the initial model with the 4 .50
machine guns or the 1B variant with 20mm cannons.

If 5 teir fighters for level 120 players are made the US one would be the F8F-2 version
as it would be faster and more maneuverable than the 5th teir one. The UK 4th teir fighter
would be the Sea Fury. However i'm not sure what to give the Germans, French and Japanese
without getting into the jet fighters.

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 24. 2010 11:24

BWOopsy
I'm a big WW2 avaiation buff, so don't get me started on plane choices and
attributes... heh...

that being said, the bearcat makes more sense than the pony, simply because it
*was* a naval plane.

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 24. 2010 11:00

torpu
who knows maybe we will get lv 120 T5's with bearcat and sea fury

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 24. 2010 05:17

als_pug
as much as i agree with the topic some of you are way to biased . i would like to draw
your attention to the Hawker Sea Fury . a genuine mig killer and best piston engined
carrier fighter of all time . also the sea fury had a faster top speed . better weapons
load . 4 * 20 mm cannon frm day one . and the ability to carry 2000lb of bombs or
rockets.

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 24. 2010 04:14

Baker654
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