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The Grumman F8F Bearcat is an American single-engined, carrier-based, fighter aircraft introduced in late World War II. It served during the mid-20th century in the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the air forces of other nations. It was Grumman Aircraft’s last piston-engined fighter aircraft. Adapted versions of the Bearcat have broken speed records for piston-engined aircraft. Today, the Bearcat is popular among warbird owners and air racers.

Max speed708 km/h

Rate of Climb25.2 m/s

Turn time19 s

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  • 4 × HVAR rockets
  • 2 ×250lb AN-M57 bomb
  • 2×2 × 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun (secondary)
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BR? 4x HVAR removes selling point of FP5 and 2x 250 is trash payload.

BR3 Germany should get p51 equivalent before any other additions to US aviation tree… they got B25 as ju 188 equivalent, do 335 for something like p-47… now time to equalize the power of BR3 US aircraft compared to germany… then US could get a br3 attacker simultaneously as well that isn’t an event one with power of BRIV plane.

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I’m getting all this of the war thunder wiki the only other option for payloads were 3 500lb booms.

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Well assuming this is for 4 since BR3 already has p51 and like i said would remove selling point of fp5 then 3x 500lbs would be much better… or even just removing the center line one for 2x 500

Or you just want a free fp5 in which case i think you owe an apology to my wallet

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I was thinking that we could just get rid of the middle one.

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That’d be good for BR 4

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Well I mean what’s the point if its not F8F-1B | War Thunder Wiki
This one will be perfect BR V aircraft with Tiny Tim rockets the standard one is just not fun and specially for the TT will be super strange instead of F6F-5N.

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you are a legend

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You cant even imagine but every person is a legend as long as he is willing to think independently.

This would be interesting, carrier based. Finally something that’s on level playing field with Japan and adds a interesting option. Both factions would get a plane that has high speed and decent maneuverability that can come off a carrier. For the FP5 maybe they can just side grade, possibly a skin for purchase given.

No, wasting 2 minutes taking off in high BR where every second can change tides of game is not interesting… it’s a tedious mechanic that is leftover from pacific campaign.

And i don’t recall the past two planes added for japan even having carrier takeoff.

Please do share the one that japan has as NJK2 or whatever with the 2 rockets doesn’t and neither does the ki 61 they added.

And high speed and maneuverability doesn’t mean jack when you have literally no momentum to make use of it… and by the time you do… you’ve wasted too much time!

Carrier spawn has no place in high BR.

And like if this is supposed to be 3 then i guess it’s fair however i get impression of BRIV… and also they just added the one plane that’s air spawn and 2 500lb for japan… clearly showing they have advanced from this crap… let’s not go back.

Well not true carrier spawn actually have some benefits first you can spawn plane at the begging of the match just like you can spawn a tank and second you can repair your plane so you can run a combination of planes. There is actually very good running one carrier plane that you can repair and two non carrier planes. First it provides randomness on your spawns so its harder to spawn camp and second you can start directly the match with a plane.

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It would be amazing BR IV plane. With two big rockets and ability to repair.

The F4U-1C is not bad also simply its not BR V plane its BR IV. But im running it and its very good for pacific maps since you can clear the point at the begging of the match letting your teammates cap. After this you can spawn your next plane so its good opener plane if you run multiple planes.

People complain about the Zero since the Zero is a slow plane that is carrier spawn and the ground attackers are also slow but the fast fighters that are carrier spawn are not that bad.

A7M2,F4U-1C and Seafire would be enjoyable to play since they have strong engines and can carry rockets and can clear the first point at the begging of the match. Something like McDonnell FH Phantom can be added its another WW 2 US Jet that is carrier biased that can be fun. The problem with the early carrier biased planes are the bad engines since not only they start on carrier but it takes them long time to take off.

The only reason you can spawn them at the beginning is because by the time you actually get to the battlefield the timer for planes would have been around the same.

Randomness? You spawn at a spot you can see from the enemies spawn… also most guys will go full throttle which makes such an obvious trail from the carrier… which you can also see them take off regardless… i’ve camped aircraft off the carrier before with a jet as i’ve gotten the feel of the AA’s range… harder to spawn camp my ass quite frankly… and for the first spawn? Enemy waiting on the timer will spawn and then see you turning back.

This is only useful if you want to secure the fighter at the start of the game… i’ve actually had bozos in 5 take some fucking zero instead of a possible jet… japan is the worst perpetrator of saboteurs in the plane.

It’s turning feels like crap even when spawned in the air… couldn’t imagine from a carrier but i’ll agree i think it should be BRIV.

Ohh no thats if its slow aircraft actually F4U-1C is very fast if its fast aircraft like this one you can go on to the point and clear it without having air opposition and make a trap for the incoming plane you have plenty of time sadly its the only aircraft that is carrier spawned and can do it.

Well the location for air spawn is different from the location of the carrier so you can rotate your planes 1 carrier spawn 1 air spawn 1 air spawn or 1 air spawn 1 carrier spawn 1 air spawn makes battles against same pilot far more unpredictable then having no option for a different air spawn point. Specially against experienced pilots that camp the air spawn point its a good option. Second it gives your repair against AA guns so if you are damaged you can repair over all carrier spawn has many advantages for faster planes. The planes that suffer from carrier spawn are slower planes. Really there is no faster plane to wipe out a starting point on the pacific then the F4U the problem is that it competes with the meteor for the pilot slot. But its a very good start plane you can clear the point and be at the point before any other plane.

Well with US really there is not many people that will take carrier plane since very few allies play carrier planes at BR V. But yes with Japan I have seen BR I planes in BR V match I was like Holly Jesus WTF is this xD

Well its boom and zoom and mainly ground attacker and sadly its mirrors dont work and you cant see behind you its more of a ground attacker then a fighter with capabilities to boom and zoom its very unique plane sadly its put on a BR that all the other planes are far better and it competes with the Meteor so yeah its not meta at all.

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