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Top Five Warbirds?

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paulb

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Hi

As the SOH is reknown for its excellent coverage of Warbirds (WW2ish fighter props?)- for a bit of fun - I thought that it might be useful (and informative) to share our 'Top Five'.

Please keep your favourite Warbirds to ones that you have flown ;). If you can share your reasons, then that would be great!

To kick things off, here are mine -

Top Five (that I have)
Realair Spitfire - great all rounder with both the IX and XIV in the package
Classics Hangar Fw190 - a hard to fault good-looker, lots of models and lots of great repaints
Just Flight Hurricane - One of my favourite aircraft and the best Hurricane available
Flight 1 Me 109 - I like the 109 and this (not FSX native model) has a lot of good points
Flight 1 P-51D - This just scraped in - Nice model etc, but I don't really like the metallic textures.

Top Five (that I would like to buy)
A2A P-47
A2A Spitfire (probably one of my next two purchases)
Warbirdsim P 51 - either one (one of my next two purchases)
Shockwave P 40
Vertigo P 36

Top Five (wish list)
A really great Me 109
A Sea Fury (at least I can fly a beta)
A superb Mosquito
A superb Me 110
A really nice Hawker Fury

So what is your top 5? :d
 
Top five (I have):

1. None
2. None
3. None
4. None
5. None


Tope five (that would be cool to have):

1. Ta-154
2. Ju-388
3. Tempest II
4. None
5. None
 
You forgot to mention the Classics hangar FW-190, VS P-36, FSD P-38, Flight Replicas Boomerang, which are absolute must-have for all Warbirds lovers. :ernae:
I like the RA Spitfire as well as the justflight Spits and hurricanes. The FSAddon Gladiator is really great too. (with firing effects).
A Top 5 list is way too much restrictive for me ! ))
 
I would mention the Vertigo Bearcat, which is one of the most beautifull warbird models released recently. I'm surprised nobody mentionned it yet...
 
I am a lover of warbirs.

Fs Addon Lizzy, Gladiator,

Vs F6F, F8F, F9F, P36, SDB Dauntless,

A2A Corsair, He 219, P47, P40, Me109 E, P51D, Spitfire, B17,

Classics Hangar Fw 190 (all),

Flight Replica Boomerang (and soon Me 109 K),

Iris P40,

Just Flight F4F....

All are my favorits
 
Top 5 prop fighters are the ones I fly the most.

A2A Spitfire... Next best thing to living the experience.
A2A P-47 ... Always loved the Jug. Accusim makes a difference.
Vertigo F8F Bearcat ... Cool Navy fighter
A2A P-51 ... Great model!
FSD P-38 ... Only thing to make it better. Accusim of course

How the VC looks and a great paint goes a long way and these 5 have the detail in looks and operation. When the flying shows me how the aircraft works now and back then, it is very special. I own about all the warbirds and fly them all. Hard not to put Realair Spit in there but ...
 
Top 5:
1. A2A Spit with Accusim
2. A2A B17 with Accusim
3. Classic Hangers Fw190A
4. Warbirdsim P51D
5. RA Spit

Wish list:
1. A2A Lancaster with Accusim
2. Classic Hangers Ju88A-4
3. A2A Hurricane with Accusim
4. A2A Mosquito (yes, with Accusim please :))
5. Classic Hangers He111

Anything that A2A or Classic Hangers puts out in the WW2 arena is pretty much a must-have. The Vertigo Studios stuff is nice too, I just don't fly a lot of USN stuff. Just Flights BoB pack is an excellent add-on and definitely the best Hurricane out there.
 
1. A2A B-17G - Top notch model, VC, sound, and overall experience IMO
2. A2A P-47D - Same as above, I love how the plane keeps you busy
3. A2A Spitfire - Can't decide weather this should be in the #2 spot lol,
4. Aerosoft PBY Catalina - Really good model, nice sound and fun to fly
5. Vertigo F8F Bearcat - I've always loved the Bearcat and it's ability to eat Mustangs for breakfast :icon_lol:

Of course there are more, I think that the Vertigo SBD and the F6F are great too. Hopefully one of these days someone will make a good TBF Avenger, I'd love to have one of those.
 
In no particular order:

A2A Spitfire w/Accusim - It has the best sounds of any addon ever made.
A2A P-47 w/Accusim - Nothing beats a flying tank, except a flying tank with Accusim.
A2A B-17 w/Accusim (see a pattern here?)
Classics Hangar FW-190 early and late - Just an overall fun plane to fly. I really enjoy the textures.
DC-2 UIVER - The best early "DC" available for FSX.


Honorable mentions:
Vertigo Studios F8F Bearcat (STILL needs to be patched... cough)
Vertigo Studios F9F Panther (which also needs to be patched...)(see a pattern here?)
These two would be up with the rest if they would ever get patched.
 
1. A2A Accusimmed Spitfire

Flies like a real airplane - just a joy to fly around.

2. Warbirdsim P-51D

A stunner; perfectly proportioned blue-print quality work. It just looks right. A very nice flyer.

3. Vertigo Studios Panther

Awesome, my favorite jet - I love to do aerobatics in external view with this plane - agreed with above mentioned need for patch, but excellent as is.

4. SOH Tigercat

I just like flying this - it's gorgeous and has a very believable flight model.

5. FSD Cessna 02

I'm not much of a civil aviation guy; this is a military version of the 337 cessna with plenty of excess power, sounds fantastic, is fun to toss around and do aero.
 
1. A2A WOPIII Spitfire Accu-sim[Simply The Best of The Best,of The Best]
2. A2A WOPIII B-17 Accu-sim
3. A2A WOPIII P-47D Accu-sim
4. Vertigo Studios F8F BearCat
5. Vertigo Studios SBD Dauntless

What I'd Like....
1. A2A F4U Corsair Accu-sim
2. A2A TBF Avenger Accu-sim
3. A2A F6F HellCat Accu-sim
4. A2A F4F WildCat Accu-sim
5. A2A F7F TigerCat Accu-sim

.........Did I mention I really like A2A Accu-sim?:jump:
Can't wait for The A2A Phantom and Mustang!!!
 
Kilo Delta, I agree with that answer. Bring on the double ugly. I like CH fw-190, a2a b-17 accusim, accusim spit, all v-studios stuff. Im looking forward to a2a's rhino, and Aerosoft's tomcat (they don't really count in this catagory I geuss). An A2A or classics hangar fw-190 Dora would be fun too.AND A B-29 wouldn't hurt.
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Sea fury too.
 
1. Classic Hangar FW190

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2. Warbirdsim P51D

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3. A2A Bf109

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4. Dave Garwood's Beaufighter

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to be continued.....
 
5. Vertigo P-36

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6. Flight Replica's Boomerang (most beautiful engine in FSX!)

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7. Piglet's Kingfisher

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8. RCS B-25 Mitchel

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This is only for FSX and I could continue for quite a while as there are so many beautiful models made.....

Cheers,
Huub
 
Currently,

1 A2A B17 Accusim
2 VS SBD
3 MAAM DC3/C47
4 MAAM B25
5 JF DC3/C47

Iam not really into single engine fighters, prefer multi engine fighters, bombers, transports and such.

Will be getting the Aerosoft PBY.
Looking forward to the VS DC3/C47.
 
Kiwikat said:
In no particular order:

A2A Spitfire w/Accusim - It has the best sounds of any addon ever made.
A2A P-47 w/Accusim - Nothing beats a flying tank, except a flying tank with Accusim.
A2A B-17 w/Accusim (see a pattern here?)
Classics Hangar FW-190 early and late - Just an overall fun plane to fly. I really enjoy the textures.
DC-2 UIVER - The best early "DC" available for FSX.


Honorable mentions:
Vertigo Studios F8F Bearcat (STILL needs to be patched... cough)
Vertigo Studios F9F Panther (which also needs to be patched...)(see a pattern here?)
These two would be up with the rest if they would ever get patched.
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I must go along with kiwikat, the vertigo studios offerings are very pretty, but don't at present have it all figured out...Yes I can spell "disappointed" I was very eager for the F8F and F9F but find I hardly fly them as I don't feel they were completely ready for release...Sorry Vertigo I put my vote on the A2A,Just Flight,Warbirsim offerings....And darn near anything piglet or milton shupe have their hands in.

Ol'jarhead:wavey:
 
A truly GREAT thread. Thanks everyone for posting.

But thanks mostly to all the developers, both payware and freeware who seem to just keep raising the bar on these magnificent war birds.

Trouble is, it's costing me a bloody fortune:wiggle::jump:
 
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