Hi and hello to all, just realized it's my 1st ever post here in some 5 years of being around
First off I'd like to say I really enjoy this mod, in particular the efforts at historical accuracy. I also like the whole concept of such a team goal and appreciate the amount of effort and co-ordination it requires to realize. Thanks for all of this.
Secondly I want to offer a minor bug report;
While testing the many various load outs I noticed that it's not possible to fire pairs of rockets/bombs (default setting) when switching between "salvo";"single" & "default" (pairs).
I'm running 4.12 and this may well just be related to that version. I also did a comparison test with the stock aircraft (not P-47's) and this feature works as it should. -I may be wrong-
Thirdly after reading the following quotes, it occurred to me that this may well be incorrect or at least an over generalization. So i did some quick reading...
Allied forces used thousands and thousands bubble-top P-47D-27/-30
P-47D fought mainly against Axis fighters in 1944-1945
... and found this little gem from Jerry Scutts on page 70 of his book - Ospsprey Aircraft of the Aces 24 - P-47 Thunderbolt Aces of the Eigth Air Force
"Relatively few VIII FC pilots were able to score victories - or indeed have a chance to fly - the later P-47D's fited with the clear view canopy. This was because most had reached the end of their tours and received transfers back to the USA before their respective units received the aircraft, or the group had traded in it's Thunderbolts for Mustangs. "Razorback" models also soldiered on to the end of 1944, and it was more usual for groups to go from the early P-47 models to the P-51 without ever receiving "bubbletops"."
P-47's were well known to go over to a ground pounding role as the Mustangs came on strength and the large majority of P-47 fighter on fighter experience was gained with the "Razorback" type in 1943-44.
That's not to say that lateral stability when strafing ground targets is not desirable, which takes me to my last point.
Lastly - a suggestion. I don't know if this is even possible, but it would be a nice feature to have a "field mod" in the load out menu for the early bubble tops to add that retro fitted fin?
Thanks again.