This change could maybe be considered as “OP” but here I go… and I even managed to rant about the speed
Adding 2 or 4 RP-3s on the wings or adding a tech version of Mosquito with only rockets would be a simple change to make this plane more effective/competitive at the thing it was designed to do, fighting enemy ground units and would also make it a slower (and British) alternative for the P-47 that also has mixed weaponry. The same could be said about the IL-10.
Now that I think about it the addition of rockets would make it a little bit different from the recently added Whirlwind which also have 2 500lb bombs.
Another thing is why is the Mosquito slower than it should be? When I took it to test drive to test the max speed which should be around 620km/h. I went diagonally from grayzone to grayzone without any bombs or ammunition for both cannons and machine guns and I barely reached 500 km/h on a leveled flight, in fact while in the leveled flight I was somehow loosing speed (still without any ammunition/bombs). How is that possible? I have no idea but somehow it’s happening.
Well the P-47 was a single engine fighter but Americans did what Americans do the best, strapping as many suspended armaments as they could, on the other the Mosquito was a strike aircraft/bomber from the start. And I don’t feel like adding 4 rockets would cause as many problems as the P-47 does with 8 HVARs and one 500lb bomb since the mosquito is a flying brick compared to the thunderbolt.
620kmh is max true airspeed in high altitude (what you see in enlisted is indicated airspeed, and we don’t go high)
they generally put full fuel in enlisted’s planes, which means that long range planes suffer. in fact, at least for some planes, manuals said they shouldn’t try aerobatics with full fuel.
mosquito got its speed fame when it was introduced in 1941, not 1944 in normandy. and as a bomber.
it did well as a fighter in night missions, when it usually got the best of the ju-88C - one the heaviest fighters of the war. (and was more than a fair match to the Bf-110G)
this is just to temper expectations. it is a lovely plane.
The reason why mosquito wasn’t equipped with back gunner was that it would save weight and thus wouldn’t hinder it’s speed in the process so it coul outrun its enemies. That’s what happens when you let speed freak build a wooden bomber in early 40s.
Thanks for the knowledge, I’ve been eyeing it for a while even though I have allies maxed out, mostly because it’s British and a cool looking plane, and I LOVE collecting British stuff. The speed baffled me for a few seconds since it was available in the Tunisia campaign which was between 1942-43 and I was expecting the earlier, more speedy versions, but apparently the FB mk.Vi was getting to troops in February 43 so there’s that.
regarding ordnance, it could be a rival to the P-47 if Gaijin modelled its bomb bay. up to 2x500lbs (could be 250lbs for balance) in bomb bay + whatever you can put on wings (in this example, 8x rockets).
and unlike the p47, it wouldn’t lose speed caused by bomb drag.
I would love to fly a good Mosquito but I tried it and it’s useless.
Big and slow and turns like a bus and no tailgunner, only 1 bomb drop, absolutely no chance against an enemy plane.
Adding rockets is always good but that wont save this plane…
I thought that the bombs were already in the bomb bay since you can’t see them in a hangar. While on the topic of bombs, the reason why I’d add max 4 rockets is to keep the 500 pounders since if they would replace them with 250lb bombs and added 8 rockets the plane would basically become a two-engine double seat IL-2 (1941) at BR 4 with the exception that this has more cannons + MGs, higher speed and maybe better turning circle than the IL-2 (41’) (although it sometimes feels like it has a turning circle of a fight)
