SEA PLANES PBY-CATALINA or KINGFISHER

[vipers]

CARRIER AND LAND BASED SEA PLANES WITH ARMAMENT 

[Enker]

Could we have more information as to why this would be a worthy addition to the already delicious game we have currently? I find your post...a bit lacking in the delicately phrased prose.

[Spikes]

CARRIER AND LAND BASED SEA PLANES WITH ARMAMENT 

OH YEAH!!!!!! 




Not.

[StokesAk]

lmao

[vipers]

Could we have more information as to why this would be a worthy addition to the already delicious game we have currently? I find your post...a bit lacking in the delicately phrased prose.

The military value of flying boats was well recognized and every country bordering on water operated them in a military capacity at the outbreak of the war. They were utilized in various tasks from anti-submarine patrol to maritime search and rescue and gunfire spotting for battleships. Aircraft such as the PBY Catalina, Short Sunderland and Grumman Goose recovered downed airmen and operated as scout aircraft over the vast distances of the Pacific Theater and Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, as well as sinking numerous submarines, and finding enemy ships. The German battleship Bismarck was found during a routine patrol by a PBY Catalina.

The largest flying boat of the war was the Blohm und Voss Bv 238 which was also the heaviest plane to fly during the Second World War.


from wikipideia/google

[Enker]

The military value of flying boats was well recognized and every country bordering on water operated them in a military capacity at the outbreak of the war. They were utilized in various tasks from anti-submarine patrol to maritime search and rescue and gunfire spotting for battleships. Aircraft such as the PBY Catalina, Short Sunderland and Grumman Goose recovered downed airmen and operated as scout aircraft over the vast distances of the Pacific Theater and Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, as well as sinking numerous submarines, and finding enemy ships. The German battleship Bismarck was found during a routine patrol by a PBY Catalina.

The largest flying boat of the war was the Blohm und Voss Bv 238 which was also the heaviest plane to fly during the Second World War.


from wikipideia/google

May we have moar information? Such as weight, wing loading, and how to possible coad water landings in this game, as our current water is insufficient in the sense of having depth. Also, did you mean Wikipedia? I searched for wikipideia on Google and came up with a pornography site. Not a very reliable source of information my dozy muppet. 

(Woo! Got to practice my British!)

[vipers]

May we have moar information? Such as weight, wing loading, and how to possible coad water landings in this game, as our current water is insufficient in the sense of having depth. Also, did you mean Wikipedia? I searched for wikipideia on Google and came up with a pornography site. Not a very reliable source of information my dozy muppet. 

(Woo! Got to practice my British!)

yes i did mean that, weapons on a sea plane like a Catalina could be equipped with depth charges, bombs, torpedoes
and a defensive armament of 5 M2 Browning machine guns and 2 20MM cannons in the nose.yes it does have  landing gear also you need at least 20-15 ft of water

[AWwrgwy]

The only cannon equipped Cats were field mods flown by the Black Cats.  Even the 5 .50s seem a bit on the optimistic side.  More like one or two .30s in a nose turret, 2 .50s in the waist and another .30 in the tail tunnel.

Until the ability to actually land on the water is coaded, there is no need for a sea plane.  Otherwise, another slow bomber would make an excellent target.


wrongway

[vipers]

The only cannon equipped Cats were field mods flown by the Black Cats.  Even the 5 .50s seem a bit on the optimistic side.  More like one or two .30s in a nose turret, 2 .50s in the waist and another .30 in the tail tunnel.

Until the ability to actually land on the water is coaded, there is no need for a sea plane.  Otherwise, another slow bomber would make an excellent target.


wrongway

canadian and the britts had the black cat armaments

[StokesAk]

A6M2,A6M5b,B5N2,F4U-1,F4U1-A,F4U1-D,F4U1-C,F4U-4,TBM,SBD,Seafire,D3A1

[Lye-El]

They were utilized in various tasks from anti-submarine patrol to maritime search and rescue and gunfire spotting for battleships. <snip> recovered downed airmen and operated as scout aircraft over the vast distances of the Pacific Theater and Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, as well as sinking numerous submarines, and finding enemy ships.

No subs to patrol for. No SAR operations. Downed airmen end flight and get a new plane. You can scout and find enemy ships with planes we already have. No subs to sink.

Sure you wouldn't like a nice B-29 with a Nuke instead.............

[AWwrgwy]

canadian and the britts had the black cat armaments

I hear the  Mon Calamari had the same armaments om their Catalina's too.   


Documentation?  Did you "read" it somewhere?



wrongway

[frank3]

To simulate having sea-planes, you could always ditch something like an SBD on the water.

The downside is you can only do it once though...

[Enker]

To simulate having sea-planes, you could always ditch something like an SBD on the water.

The downside is you can only do it once though...

Plus it doesn't sink. Well, unless you ditch it in front of a CV...

[AWwrgwy]

Plus it doesn't sink. Well, unless you ditch it in front of a CV...

Nope.  Still doesn't sink.  CV just pushes you along.


wrongway