Air Points

[Kaiser Kirk]

Howdy folks,

Storyline vs. Chart
What your aircraft look like, what they are named, what type of engines or armanent they have- that is all storyline matters for you to do as you wish.

I happen to like gull wing and twin boom designs. So F4U-1 Corsairs and JU-87 Stukas appeal.
I also like twin-boom designs, so the G-1 Reaper, P-38, Saab 21, DH Mosquito, Vampire and Venom, FW189, C-119 Boxcar.

Lastly I like Pusher and Push/Pull, so the Do335 Pfiel will be preceded by the Fokker D.XXIII and the Saab 21. The De Shelde S.21 will probably work in there also as a trainer. They will then lead to my early Jet/Propeller hybrids, like the real Saab21R and the Ryan Fireball before the Vampire.
...thats if I type a lot more stories than I currently do.

BUT..for the purposes of what range a Landpoint can reach, with what weight of munitions,
that doesn't much matter. My 1934-1937 Airpoint tech will yield the same results as everyone else for that role.

If I want to know the range of landbased maritime reconn, the Avro Anson will be the land plane of choice. As a twin engine it's available in more numbers than a 4-engine would be, and it can fly for a range of 660nm, which takes about 4 hours.


Combat between fighter airpoints will still be weighted by tech and rolled for.
I will not attempt to delve into the nuances of fighter performance in different flight envelopes !

The Chart

The goal is to provide an idea of what type of performance a plane of that tech level performing the role asked of it would likely have.

Range, cruise speed, and payload are the most important factors for us. How far, taking how long, and with what at the end.

Primary research was done on Wiki, which while flawed should be 'close enough'.
Plus - and importantly - it was something I could do from my couch.

The attached excel sheet is meant to be examples of aircraft performance for the various Tech categories.

In almost all cases, actual year the plane entered operational service was used, not the year it first flew.


In WW2, the UK, USA, Germans French, Japanese, Russians and Italians made significant numbers of competitive planes. Occasionally some Dutch planes sneak into the mix.

For this chart, First choice went to British Aircraft. The Royal Navy seems to be the index for most of our tech tree, and the Brits fielded competitive designs.

For carriers, there was really only British/American and Japanese, so the Americans were second choice. The Japanese planes made design compromises for performance that offset lackluster engines, which make them typically poor choices. 

For Floatplanes and Flying Boats, the IJN planes were used as they persisted with them longer into WWII. 

For most others, British designs were available for most roles, with some other nations used as needed. Fighters wound up being American due to better range, while British planes had <~600mi range and so were classed as interceptors. 

Personally I don't like using the Lancaster as the heavy bomber, as my WW2 bomber image is a B-17, but it was produced in large numbers, used heavily, has good range and large payload....but weaker armanent and it was relegated to nights. Realistically, there's only the UK and US for Strategic Bombing and the UK took nights, the US took daytime.

New Medium Bombers and dedicated Dive Bombers kinda fade in WW2 as rocket firing fighter bombers took much of that role.

Folks are welcome to question choices. 
I don't promise I got everything reasonably right :)

[Jefgte]

Byzantium uses British artillery.
For aviation, I also use British planes.
I will soon embark, on my aircraft carriers...the famous Fairey Swordish.