That's actually literally what the design process was. It's too bad it was cancelled before they mounted the intended engine for it, the M-88. Imagine if this were further developed, with an M-82 and cannons.
+spindash64 focus on naval primacy, remember? Besides they're just not very good fighters, for example the famous Mustang. Just look at it's climb rate, armament and power to weight ratio compared to irl fighters of that period and Aircobra instead of WT gameplay situation.
That bomb kill by the enemy bomber was amazing and, every time u hopped into the rear gunner. It felt like you were playing IL-2 Stalingrad with Bismarck.
Read up on this thing - never got past the prototype stage, but comparisons are inevitable: 1. Boulton-Paul Defiant, British fighter with a turret, virtually helpless. They made a crap-ton of them, most of which ended as target tugs, etc. (Engine of the Spitfire, performance of the Tiger Moth.) 2. Tandem MAI - prototype built in 45 days by a team of 11, out of plywood. Flew faster than expected (when does that ever happen?). But nyet, not interested. (Noting that a lot of Russian fighters were made out of plywood. A bit heavy, no match for the Germans 1 on 1, but they got the job done.)
i played World of Warplanes while it was in beta and this plane was in it. It made me play that game alot because i thought the plane looked goofy. Sadly when the beta ended they reset everyone's accounts and they removed the plane from the game which made me look to see if there were any other WW2 fighter games. So long story short this plane is the reason i why i played warthunder and got interested in History
This airplane has a secret ability that the Gaigins have neatly reproduced. The aerodynamic scheme of the Tandem type is immune to the tailspin. And yes, in the game this plane also does not fall into a tailspin.
I still have a chance to get it, but the fact that Gaijin decided to bring back WWII Chronicles and not let us do random battles like it has been for a while is a big deterrent for me.
It is so cute with its pew pews. I want it so I can give it a biscuit. Still it looks like it can take a beating and give it back. I give it a 5 out of 10.
From our point of view: This guys are funny and calm, do they even play it seriously?? From their point of view: what the quack with this squad of doom!
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I would be lying if I said that plane wasn't ugly lol it looks like a pellet with wings...but I always did love the concept of a fighter plane with a tail gunner
So my buddy "Blackfox479" Informed me that we where in one of our favorite youtubers vids. Well I do have an open bounty up for claim on my friend BUT you also shot me down too so ya no bounty for you. Fun playing against yall. Waves from BeerGuttBill. Can't even be mad at getting shot down now.
Also the reason fox was "holding with me easily" is he is a bit vindictive and decided to shut off his engine while he fallowed you and turned on combat flaps.......we are not good players lol
The legend goes: Stalin himself plucked trees from Siberia and instructed his air force engineers to use them in the wings of this plane. Taking him literally for fear of the gulag, the entire wings are made from almost solid wood. (Check the x-ray on this plane, wings are SOLID)
im scared tot ake it out, while he makes it look good, i know he spent an entire day getting this footage, i ran into him in a match on berlin with the churchill mk7, he got taken out rather fast....though we lost that match..didnt do too bad at air support though
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This is the weirdest little plane i have ever seen. yet some how i have fallen in love with its goofiness
Almost looks like one of my contraptions in KSP xD
It looks like it came from Crimson Skies XD
Its adorable!!
hvymtal man I miss that game.
It does have a very Crimson-Skies-ish look to it, yeah.
"Tovarish Ivan, Stalin wants new fighter and new attacker."
"Okay."
"So do we make fighter or attacker?"
"...yes."
*And thus the MAI was born.*
That's actually literally what the design process was. It's too bad it was cancelled before they mounted the intended engine for it, the M-88. Imagine if this were further developed, with an M-82 and cannons.
Every US fighter ever
(laughs in 2500lb bomb payload and 10 holy moses rockets)
+spindash64
focus on naval primacy, remember? Besides they're just not very good fighters, for example the famous Mustang. Just look at it's climb rate, armament and power to weight ratio compared to irl fighters of that period and Aircobra instead of WT gameplay situation.
First reaction:„What the F***?"
Second reaction:„How is this even flying?"
Third reaction:„Which Ivan made this?"
WHICH IVAN MADE THIS IMFAO
"What few horses this thing had have escaped and are running around the stable." - BohicaIce, 2018
That bomb kill by the enemy bomber was amazing and, every time u hopped into the rear gunner. It felt like you were playing IL-2 Stalingrad with Bismarck.
hopped*
or shootin TIE fighters
At 6:45 that uncommunicated synchronized turn around was absolutely beautiful gentlemen kudos and absolutely entertaining as always.
"Who made that rule?"
"Somebody who made it back to base..."
That rules out TBLF, usually :P.
"Never make a second ground attack"
"Who made that rule?"
"Somebody who made it back to base"
Rofl
This plane is seriously something out of Crimson Skies
hey I thought the same thing too
this was literally the inspiration for the brigand, so very justified
9:32 “too many damn tandems”
“They’re working in tandem”
It honestly looks like a flying sausage. And I love it
That is a very strange looking plane...
Professional Big Nigga now that’s an understatement.
11:16 the mystery on the Heavens.
9:08: Sturmling: "What happened to the rest of your pl... Ooohhh..." That almost brought me to tears.
"What happened to the rest of your pla- *explosion* oh.." lol that whole scene had me laughing my ass off
Yay something that flies.
Letian Gu what do you mean "it flies" ?
Letian Gu barely
Great video bo! You should totally do another one in this plane i was laughing so hard. And i love the look from that turret.
"Never make a second ground attack"
"Who made that rule?"
"Somebody who made it back to base"
True. Dark, but true.
I so happened to be up at midnight to see this
This plane reminds me of a toy plane I had in the 50's. It was made of metal mostly, and a little plastic. The landing gear was the same, to.
@J Martin it is like a bomber attacker and a i16 had a son.
“Who made that rule?” “Someone who made it back to base.” 😆
This plane... It looks so freaking weird that I love it
How drunk were the Russians when they designed this monstrosity?
Matthew Hay I think they were friends with Blohm&Voss
Yes
Awesome fun watching you guys.
2:35 Reminds me of that B-24 gunner in Dogfights The Luftwaffe's deadliest mission when a 109 rammed into his turret position lol :)
OMG, thank you soooo much for the plane video!
11:16 He's not trying to kill sturmling he's confused... see the question mark he drew?
Anyone else thought of Crimson Skies at the sight of this plane?
What the hell is that thing
Its the tandem mai
Magic
I wanted to write that!
Glorious Soviet engineering
It's a barrel with wings and a tail.
Anybody notice hambone in the chat at 11:30 and he's a member of another team?
Bo's videos make me happy.
"I'm shooting TIE fighters!" Should have been the title of this video
Read up on this thing - never got past the prototype stage, but comparisons are inevitable:
1. Boulton-Paul Defiant, British fighter with a turret, virtually helpless. They made a crap-ton of them, most of which ended as target tugs, etc. (Engine of the Spitfire, performance of the Tiger Moth.)
2. Tandem MAI - prototype built in 45 days by a team of 11, out of plywood. Flew faster than expected (when does that ever happen?). But nyet, not interested. (Noting that a lot of Russian fighters were made out of plywood. A bit heavy, no match for the Germans 1 on 1, but they got the job done.)
Tandem MAI lookin like a pod from Star Wars EP 1.
nigel was shooting in Morse code
Bo- Oh no!
Bear- Oh no!
Loli- Oh yeaaaah!
He got me hahahahahahaha
Still waiting for another opportunity to get this thing
that thing really doesn't look like it should be in the air... poor Lt. Dan... hahahaha
Wow a really late upload, glad I was up to see it!
What a derp looking plane.
I love it.
I always watch your videos while taking a break from flying the Do.
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Man this thing is a better ground attack plane than a ground attack plane. Even though his thing is pretty slow it's now my favorite plane.
This looks like a plane out of crimson skies: high road to Revenge
Loli uses tactical hugs!
It’s not very effective!
Anyone reminded of that old game Crimson Skies?
well the Russian planes are just like the Russian tanks if it looks derp its going to kill everyone in a matter of minutes
look at the chat at 11:36 coincidence, i think not ! Anyway great vid, hope you are doing well !
thank you Bo
Oh no... oh no... oh nooo... OH YA!!! I laughed out loud so hard at that :P
Tactical hugs would only be good at the appropriately tactical time. Whenever that might be.
This is what the Boulton Paul Defiant WISHED it could've been.
That plane is the Soviet equivalent of an 18-wheeler with a .44 mounted on the back
That’s a mean little turret on that thing, if it wasn’t an event based challenge vehicle I would have grinded for it.
This plane looked awesome
This is in game now OMFG FINALLY!!!!
it seems to have pretty good survivability for such a small plane, tough little scrapper!
Give him contact!
2:33 *HEEELLLLLLOOOOOO*
i played World of Warplanes while it was in beta and this plane was in it. It made me play that game alot because i thought the plane looked goofy. Sadly when the beta ended they reset everyone's accounts and they removed the plane from the game which made me look to see if there were any other WW2 fighter games.
So long story short this plane is the reason i why i played warthunder and got interested in History
2:25 Love that moment
9:12 😄 Love you guys!
This airplane has a secret ability that the Gaigins have neatly reproduced. The aerodynamic scheme of the Tandem type is immune to the tailspin. And yes, in the game this plane also does not fall into a tailspin.
I was gonna go for the vehicle, but I just for confused and gave up, so now I'm hoping that I can just buy it from the market place. Great vid.😀😀
I still have a chance to get it, but the fact that Gaijin decided to bring back WWII Chronicles and not let us do random battles like it has been for a while is a big deterrent for me.
The Chronicles vehicles are not received via coupons, so they will not be in the marketplace.
Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Massingbird-Massingbird oh no........
tbh, this has to be the derpiest plane in the game... and I love it XD
this plane is so little and at the same time good
Lonewolf in the chat at 8:15, poor guy got his kill stolen by the ground
hey there dude love the videos keep them up
That is one tragic looking airplane...lol
1320crusier CONGRATULATIONS! you have won the prize for the most ridiculous understatement of the evening!
Ps its a pair of scissors, in a packet that you need scissors to open.
that aircraft makes me think of Crimson Skies. Not a bad thing
The gunners got a laser for a machine gun
This plane looks like if i went drunk to play KSP and i decided to make A LA-5
That's a flying sausage right there
It is so cute with its pew pews. I want it so I can give it a biscuit. Still it looks like it can take a beating and give it back. I give it a 5 out of 10.
From our point of view:
This guys are funny and calm, do they even play it seriously??
From their point of view:
what the quack with this squad of doom!
I'll never forget the time I was in a match with bo
Stalin's cigar with instant gulag smoke.
intresting little plane this one is. gun look good on it
Cool vid m8
Good god, look at those spars
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hi no NO POMEGRANATES!! NO! NO NO NO!!
This plane actually looks like they slapped a Gunner on the back
Lol i have the bell on all but still no notification saw this vid just now
That fucking plane though.
Hey, do they have the Boulton-Paul Defiant in game yet?
It looks like something out of Crimson Skies.
I would be lying if I said that plane wasn't ugly lol it looks like a pellet with wings...but I always did love the concept of a fighter plane with a tail gunner
did a bomber fly through warm rain and shrink
Yay I got to be in a Bo video (Coolskeleton98) don’t question plz (you knocked out my engine with that critical hit)
Thats the bridgand from red skies
reminds me of a crimson skies plane.
Looks like a flying cigar
I really want this plane
this cigar with wings shares the same engine model as the zero
So my buddy "Blackfox479" Informed me that we where in one of our favorite youtubers vids. Well I do have an open bounty up for claim on my friend BUT you also shot me down too so ya no bounty for you. Fun playing against yall. Waves from BeerGuttBill. Can't even be mad at getting shot down now.
Also the reason fox was "holding with me easily" is he is a bit vindictive and decided to shut off his engine while he fallowed you and turned on combat flaps.......we are not good players lol
The legend goes: Stalin himself plucked trees from Siberia and instructed his air force engineers to use them in the wings of this plane. Taking him literally for fear of the gulag, the entire wings are made from almost solid wood. (Check the x-ray on this plane, wings are SOLID)
It is becouse game mechanics uncompatible with structure of this plane (not a joke). It's wings don't have traditional ribs/spars structure.
That airplane is extremely strange. Kinda like the Bv138 (yes I mean 138, not 238)
Man, Soviet Russia loves their mutant aircraft.
J Martin in Soviet Russia plane flies you!
im scared tot ake it out, while he makes it look good, i know he spent an entire day getting this footage, i ran into him in a match on berlin with the churchill mk7, he got taken out rather fast....though we lost that match..didnt do too bad at air support though
What do you think about me selling my M8 Greyhound and getting the Tandem or T-18E2? Worth it? Or keep the M8...
Yall should play games with demoranch. Lieutenant Dan cameo :)