gn728 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Greetings - very excited about this project - would love to hear what the initial batch of AC might be......😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 If you have not yet check out Jason's Stormbirds interview regarding this new sim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper117 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Hey! it's the D man... good to see you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit21 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) About time. My little salute image isn't showing up, so deleted it for now.  Edit: There we go. Edited May 18, 2023 by Gambit21 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrMurf Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Stormbirds indicates the initial offering will be some version of the Midway planeset. Jason also indicated it will be, initially, pared down somewhat. So; Val, Kate, and Zero vs Wildcat, Devastator and Dauntless would be the most likely WAG. Follow-on's pretty clearly would be the A-26 and Catalina for the US. There are semi-historical peers for the Japanese side as follow-ons, think G3M and H6K, though they were not present for Midway. Otherwise it'd be probably be an E13 and some ear fluff if we are dead set on a true to Midway planeset. I'd expect one or two fleet carriers, a destroyer, an oiler and/or cargo ship and maybe a submarine per side in the early offering. Also a WAG on my part. The article said Midway Island will probably not be in it's most detailed state at release but I'd expect all of the AC and ships to be in their final form. I find the possible inclusion of the Hawaiian Islands to be necessary as it would give the online community a small map for PvP combat. The entire chain is big enough and has enough airfields to suffice on a small map. The historical significance of the air raid there cannot be overlooked, obviously. And it is, essentially, the same planeset as Midway with the potential for AAF additions. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gn728 Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 Ya - I posted the question yesterday before the interview dropped....pretty sure the info stream here will be just fine....😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlitzPig_EL Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShamrockOneFive Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) Purely guessing on what the team may end up doing but going by the concept art you can be almost assured that they want to do a F4F Wildcat (-3 and -4 versions make sense), SDB Dauntless, TBD Devastator, the A6M2 "Zero", D3A "Val", and B5N "Kate" you have a pretty solid starting line-up. There's also a concept shot with the Buffalo and a PBY so clearly the goal is to extend as much as possible. There's a pretty obvious set of chances to progress the line-up from there to Guadalcanal, New Guinea, up the Slot, and on! But... one thing at a time! Edited May 18, 2023 by ShamrockOneFive 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBFlyguy Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 I would hope we'd get most of the aircraft that took part in the Battle of Midway. Looking back at Jason's exit interview in December and his connection to it, I wouldn't be surprised (and really hope!) that includes a flyable B-26 and an AI B-17, both had small parts of the battle along with the standard F4F, SBD, Zero, Kate etc... Quote "Straighten up and fly right" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper117 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 I know it wasn't at Midway, but I'd like to be flying this at some stage... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribbon Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 I would expect standard offer with Wildcat, Dauntless, Devastator vs Zero, Val, Kate. And as premium/collectors: b26, Catalina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FurphyForum Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) I'll be waiting on this. Â Edited May 19, 2023 by FurphyForum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FurphyForum Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper117 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Trouble is with Boomerangs, they never get to where you want to go... they keep turning around and going back! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShamrockOneFive Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Trooper117 said: I know it wasn't at Midway, but I'd like to be flying this at some stage... I've always wanted to fly the Ki-44. Notably because its the opposite of the Ki-43 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VARP_Tvrdi Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) Wildcat and Zero are safe bets. Probably one japanese and one american dive or torpedo bomber too. Jason said it will be Battle for Midway first (If I got that right). So this means with time there should be at least major participans (after Zeke and Wildcat): D3a Val, E13A Jake, SBD Dauntless, TBD Devastator, TBF Avenger, B5N Kate etc... Edited May 19, 2023 by VARP_Tvrdi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper117 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, ShamrockOneFive said: I've always wanted to fly the Ki-44. Notably because its the opposite of the Ki-43 🙂 The Ki 44 was actually used early on in the war in Malaya... The Japanese had an experimental unit combat testing them. It was classed as a heavy fighter that could dive and climb better than the Ki-43, but wasn't as aerobatic. Hopefully we will see it eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash_Moses Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Just put me in an SBD-3...that's all I want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art-J Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 It's a bit puzzling for me that WIP 3D models shown yesterday on Stormbirds depict A6M5 variant, which is pretty far from Midway lineup for a Zero. But hey, maybe they're already thinking about later battles :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Producer Skystreak Productions Jason_Williams Posted May 19, 2023 Executive Producer Skystreak Productions Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Art-J said: It's a bit puzzling for me that WIP 3D models shown yesterday on Stormbirds depict A6M5 variant, which is pretty far from Midway lineup for a Zero. But hey, maybe they're already thinking about later battles :). Cause the person we worked with initially had a 5 series model we wanted. Now being converted into an earlier model. It's currently a Frankenplane model. In time all our models will be proper and right don't worry. We're a new team with not much to show. We will eventually have all the Zeke models. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Producer Skystreak Productions Jason_Williams Posted May 19, 2023 Executive Producer Skystreak Productions Share Posted May 19, 2023 9 hours ago, Trooper117 said: I know it wasn't at Midway, but I'd like to be flying this at some stage... Beautiful profiles! Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art-J Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Understood, no complaints from me, was just curious ;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Not that I particularly like the aircraft, but a bird in that initial Midway lineup would need to be the F2A Buffalo. VMF-221 had a mix of F2As and F4F Wildcats.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Crunch Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Aichi E13A Jake float plane was also pretty active during Midway, they were the ones the fleet never got the long awaited recon reports back from leaving them in a bad position with loaded decks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlitzPig_EL Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Â Bring it!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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