Update
-- Caudron C.714, C.760, as well as Bloch MB.700 light fighters have been added.
The Caudron light fighters were not highly regarded but it makes sense to include them. Flown by Polish pilots and also sent to Finland.
-- Potez 25 and Potez 390 have weak forward armament (also poor chronology) and have been sidelined in favor of the ANF-Mureaux 115/117 and Caudron Typhon.
Decision informed by chronology, speeds, and transition to 2 engines to be consistent with the rest of the line.
-- Arsenal VB-15 is a variant of VB-10 and has been put back where it belongs rather than stretched to Tier VIII.
-- Arsenal VG-70 has been sidelined because there is no evidence to suggest that it was ever armed or intended to be armed; it was a small-scale jet research project.
-- resolved jets based on the fact that Rolls-Royce Nene is a tier VIII engine for Supermarine Attacker.
Decision informed by chronology, manufacturer, armament, and success of the project.
Rough spots:
-- Bloch MB.155's speed is kind of slow (on par with A6M2), it might make sense to offer reduced armament in order to bring the speed back up.
-- Dewoitine D.510 is kind of slow, it might make sense to use the D.513 airframe to achieve speed through aerodynamic refinement
-- SNCASE SE.2410 Grognard is an attack aircraft, not exactly a fighter, but belongs there because it is consistent with the SE.580 (manufacturer, dorsal air intake, armament suggesting attack role) [see Vultur and Vautour below]
-- SNCAC NC.1070/1 remains odd, Nord 1500 might be a better choice, work in progress
-- SNCASE Mistral and Aquilon are both developments of the De Havilland Vampire after all their carrier-borne jet prototypes failed. Otherwise SNCAC NC.1080 is probably fine.
-- Breguet Vultur might have a very wide altitude band, or two altitude bands, based on its mixed propulsion
-- SNCASO SO.4050 Vautour's payload remains kind of high. If Vultur and Vautour are out-of-bounds with respect to balance, bringing the line to Grognard would make sense.
Edited by J311yfish, 23 July 2014 - 05:41 PM.