The Lambda shuttle would be like a Jumbo Jet, maybe a 737?

I have to disagree to a point on the TIEs being compared to the Russian aircraft. The TIEs aren't as heavy, bulky and slow as most Russian aircraft.

I think all these are more in line with the aircraft of WWII as all the fighting footage was done with Gun camera footage from that era, and Uncle George had those planes in mind when creating them. That thread was done a long time ago.

The issue I have with making the Z-95 an F-4 is that F-4s have crap for agility, which was why I likened the Z-95 to the F-5, which was a much lighter and more agile craft, lightly armed, but decent in the right conditions.

I can see the TIE/LN as an older MiG-17/19 type fighter. Lightly armed, mass produced, agile, and in the right hands deadly.

There's a reason the F-4 was called a flying brick.

The issue I have with making the Z-95 an F-4 is that F-4s have crap for agility, which was why I likened the Z-95 to the F-5, which was a much lighter and more agile craft, lightly armed, but decent in the right conditions.

I can see the TIE/LN as an older MiG-17/19 type fighter. Lightly armed, mass produced, agile, and in the right hands deadly.

There's a reason the F-4 was called a flying brick.

This is why well in my humble opinion i compare the F-4 to the Y-wing.

But that is just me.

Yeah. flying a F-4 in Ace Combat is like... KILL ME NOW. THIS THING DOESNT TURN.

At least the Mig-31 flew fast. That gosh awful turn radius though.

These are Ace Combat stats haha.

I get that, the Y wing is kind of a flying brick.. lol.

As I have been around them in the past, and in them, I know why they are called that. the original line was "if you put a big enough engine on it you can even make a brick fly." or something close to that. I used to play a few Modern air combat games. Red Star White Star was one, and pitted US vs Soviet aircraft. Was one of the first games I could consistently beat my dad at. He's a retired Navyman, and was a aviation machinists mate. He played the Soviets and I usually flew a 'brick' Heat seeking missiles are hard to defend against. lol

I really wish Ordnance was more viable in this game, ans a one shot use weapon I feel it should be cheaper, and could even drop damage by a die if needed to balance the cost vs damage ratio.

I would argue the F/A18 is more widely used than the F16 across different services. I would say:

Y wing - F4

B wing - F14

X wing - F/A18

A wing - F16

E wing - F22 or F35

Z95 - A10 (for size and age really)

And helicopters?! Now those things are just cool. H60 is a Yt1300, baby .

The Lambda shuttle would be like a Jumbo Jet, maybe a 737?

AC-130 They both have cannon slots and circle battlefields.

Humm maybe the ac-130s and helicopters have a part in this convo too?

can i please please please get a bomber convoy protection mission?

i have 5 bombers, and 5 interceptors, and 5 tie fighters.

humm maybe not 5 but... i see maybe something here.

The Lambda shuttle would be like a Jumbo Jet, maybe a 737?

AC-130 They both have cannon slots and circle battlefields.

I always thought the AC-130 was more akin to Fat Han/Chewie or Super Dash. Circle around the map and just pummel your opponent's ships to space dust.

The issue I have with making the Z-95 an F-4 is that F-4s have crap for agility, which was why I likened the Z-95 to the F-5, which was a much lighter and more agile craft, lightly armed, but decent in the right conditions.

I can see the TIE/LN as an older MiG-17/19 type fighter. Lightly armed, mass produced, agile, and in the right hands deadly.

There's a reason the F-4 was called a flying brick.

As someone who used to rebuild aircraft engines for the military, they ALL are flying bricks.

It is funny watching 2 jet fighters trying to escort a civilian Cessna as it lands, they are just about nose up almost to the point of stall as the pilots are trying to keep the slow pace of a prop plane without becoming grounded plane.

Don't know if this has ever been talked about before here or not, but will toss it out for thought.

Was just wondering to what modern fighters worldwide would you equate to each of the ships in x-wing? Aka a-wing = f-16 or the y-wing = F-4 or so on.

If anything the Z-95 Headhunter would be the Vietnam era F-4 phantom and the Tie/ln Tie Fighter would be Mig-17 Fresco.

I'd see the Z-95 more like the A-4 Skyhawk. Maneuverable, able to carry a reasonable load when required, but still a little light. The F-4 could take a bit more pounding.

The issue I have with making the Z-95 an F-4 is that F-4s have crap for agility, which was why I likened the Z-95 to the F-5, which was a much lighter and more agile craft, lightly armed, but decent in the right conditions.

I can see the TIE/LN as an older MiG-17/19 type fighter. Lightly armed, mass produced, agile, and in the right hands deadly.

There's a reason the F-4 was called a flying brick.

As someone who used to rebuild aircraft engines for the military, they ALL are flying bricks.

It is funny watching 2 jet fighters trying to escort a civilian Cessna as it lands, they are just about nose up almost to the point of stall as the pilots are trying to keep the slow pace of a prop plane without becoming grounded plane.

I'm gonna take a stab and say.. Marine Corps. Awesome. Yeah I'm a Navy brat turned Coastie lol My dad was mighty disappointed.. lol. but not really. haha

This could be real tricky because we may see elements that match modern craft with SW craft that other people will not notice and or dont want associated with these craft. Technically speaking the F-14 D, Persian, F/A - 18 E/F, SU-37 easily could be pared with 90% of the SW craft because of avionics and more importantly the majority of the pilot interface on the modern craft, theres a good reason why bugs are also know as "The Star Wars star fighter."

A-Wing = F-22 A

B-Wing = F-2

E-Wing = T-50 PAK FA

K-Wing = Tu-22M3M

T-Wing = F-5 A, that might be to generous since every version of tiger is very lethal.

Y-Wing BLT A4 = Persian Tomkitty

X-Wing T-65 A = F/A-18 E

TIE Advanced = MIG-25M

TIE Advanced V1 = NF-104 A

TIE/Ad x7 = SU47

TIE Aggressor = MIG-27M

Aleph-class starfighter = XB-70 A

TIE ap-1 = Spirit of Saint Louis

TIE Avenger = In theory it should be a MIG-31M but really its more like a SU 37

TIE/br Boarding Shuttle = MV-22 B

TIE Fighter boat = PBM-5 BuNo 59225

TIE Century Tank = Kitty Hawk

TIE/D Defender = SU47

TIE/D automated starfighter = unnamed F-16

Emperors Royal Guard TIE/In starfighter = ST21 Super 21 Century Tomcat

TIE Experimental M1 = Unmanned MIG 21 LanceR

TIE Experimental M2 = Unmanned A-7E

TIE Experimental M3 = Unmanned F-14 C

TIE Experimental M4 = Unmanned X-15

TIE Experimental M5 = Undermanned F-5 E

TIE/FC Starfighter = Any craft with LANTIRN

TIE/gt starfighter = A-7 E

TIE Heavy Bomber = B-1

TIE Hunter = YF-17

Imperial Troop transport = C-2

TIE Infiltrator = YAK 121

TIE/IN Interceptor = F-14 D

TIE Interdictor = S-3 A

Lancet Aerial Artillery = Dassault Falcon 10 with Aero-adaptive aero-optic beam control

TIE Lander = VH-60N

TIE Light Duty = F-5N modded

TIE/LN starfighter = F-5T Tigers

Lone Scout - A = W2F-1

TIE Reconnaissance Fighter = B-2A

TIE Sentinel = MIG 23

TIE/x2 starfighter = SU-35

TIE/x3 starfighter = YF-14

TIE Stealth = F-117 a

Nssis-class Clawcraft = YF-15N-PHX

TIE Oppressor = YFB-22 lol

TIE Phantom = YF-12

Predator-class fighter = YF/A-XX

TIE/rpt starfighter = X-32

TIE/rc starfighter = F-14 D piggybacking or Persian Tomcat poor AWAC or any craft with TARPS

TIE/sa Bomber = A-6 F

Scimitar assault bomber = SB2C-1

Scimitar Mark II = SB2C-5

TIE/sr starfighter = E-2D

TIE/sh VIP shuttle = SH-3

Star Hunter TIE Interceptor = ASF-14 Tomcat

TIE Subfighter = Flight 19

Super TIE/LN starfighter = YF-20

Shadow Squadron Heavy TIE Bomber = B-2

TIE Vanguard = EP-3E or any craft with TARPS

The Lambda shuttle would be like a Jumbo Jet, maybe a 737?

AC-130 They both have cannon slots and circle battlefields.

I always thought the AC-130 was more akin to Fat Han/Chewie or Super Dash. Circle around the map and just pummel your opponent's ships to space dust.

I would like to clarify this a bit, I compared the Y-wing to the F-15E the regular F-15 Eagle is a single seat air superiority fighter the F-15E Strike Eagle is a 2-seater that is a multirole fighter which includes ground strike capabilities

The reason for the clarification is that the F-15E is almost a perfect analog to the Y-wing, a 2seater fighter capable of performing both bombing duties and Space Superiority while not being as effective as a dedicated superiority fighter as the F-15 and X-wing respectively

I really don't think that it is a possible to compare aircraft with spacecraft.

Someone in an earlier post stated that the F-4 flies/turns like a brick..however, using the vertical, it can outmaneuver the mig 17. No such analogy here.

It is true you will find very few F-15s flying n space or blowing up a death star, but i had just started this thread as a theoretical question and something to think about.

I'd already been thinking of this same topic and it was interesting. I based all mine on my own internal logic and it is interesting to see what ideas others have.

Chris

I also think it is very interesting what everyone has thought of, I suppose great minds think alike.

I really don't think that it is a possible to compare aircraft with spacecraft.

Someone in an earlier post stated that the F-4 flies/turns like a brick..however, using the vertical, it can outmaneuver the mig 17. No such analogy here.

Off the top of my head The TIE Interceptor has manual controlled thrust-vector deflectors, no other SW fighter has this unless its is customized and Ive never heard of a custom ship with this set up, which allows it to be visually tricky and just flat out tricky because it has access to a lot of delayed maneuvers, it can end up in alot of unexpected places because of this attribute, the F-14 is similar in that fashion because you can manually set the wings on it to sweep as much as you want. As your passing a target you can have your wings swept back giving the impression your doing a high energy turn, something a F-14 is good at but other birds can do better, and as your out of visual range you set the computer to auto, now your doing a low energy turn, which is something the F-14 is best at hands down. You'll more often than not end up behind your prey.

IM not gonna lie, anthologies like what we are both using are gonna be hard to come by but they are there when comparing real life aircraft and sw craft in the way this topic is comparing them.

Y-wing as an A-10 interesting but nice choice, to bad it doesn't have the vulcan cannon.

Y-wing as an A-10 interesting but nice choice, to bad it doesn't have the vulcan cannon.

I wish we still had the A-10...

Y-wing as an A-10 interesting but nice choice, to bad it doesn't have the vulcan cannon.

I wish we still had the A-10...

If I know my trivia, if the A-10 loses an engine it actually has negative thrust if its Cannon fires because the recoil is so powerful, (or the engines are just underpowered)