dedicated scout plane

[FYB]

Nice replys guys, thnx for the support , espesialy you MachFly, but can the Black Cat fly from ground bases? We really need an amphibious plane, it would be a great idea, I was talking more of the Piper Cub, but the cat sounds much better, the H8K would be nice to, but I still think it should be something light, relativly fast, and manuverable so as to out turn fighters !!!

The PBY had different models, some carried landing gears, other were really just flying boats.

-FYB

[Nemisis]

Ok, MstWntd, you be smokin the good stuff!!!, I need some good pot conections, can you hook me up ? If the scout planes were unarmed then they would be a nice juicy target for fighters, and second German scout planes were often armed, some Americans jerry rigged their planes with mg's cannons, and even bazookas !!!

[FYB]

Ok, MstWntd, you be smokin the good stuff!!!, I need some good pot conections, can you hook me up ? If the scout planes were unarmed then they would be a nice juicy target for fighters, and second German scout planes were often armed, some Americans jerry rigged their planes with mg's cannons, and even bazookas !!!

Well what are we talking about? Weed, PBY or Useless unarmed scout planes, OR American scout planes loaded with Cannons and Bazookas?

-FYB

[StokesAk]

Ok, MstWntd, you be smokin the good stuff!!!, I need some good pot conections, can you hook me up ? If the scout planes were unarmed then they would be a nice juicy target for fighters, and second German scout planes were often armed, some Americans jerry rigged their planes with mg's cannons, and even bazookas !!!

I want the unarmed ones. 

[MachFly]

Well what are we talking about? Weed, PBY or Useless unarmed scout planes, OR American scout planes loaded with Cannons and Bazookas?

-FYB

[RipChord929]

Well sure... If we get arty, we'll need a spotter plane...
That little L5 was more feared than Jabos...

Jabo attack would be 15 to 20 mins of pure terror..
Then they'd fly away, out of ammo and bombs..

But an L5 puttin around your AO, meant a constant
rain of heavy arty in daylite hours, even if someone
farted crosswise attracting his attention...

[frank3]

You could always up the RV8, which is small and unarmed and may out-turn fighters.
Or up a Hurricane Mk.I and empty the guns. Or perhaps the D3A?

[Denholm]

The D3A brings back memories.

[frank3]

It's one great little turnfighter If only it had some forward-firing armament....just 1 x .303 would be enough!

[Denholm]

But that would be unfair. You already whipped me, why make it easier?

[frank3]

Are you talking about the D3A vs D3A fight we once had? Because I almost forgot about that!
I'm not sure how we menaged to kill eachother, with only rear-mg

[Rich46yo]

So who exactly is going to upp one of these unarmed 180 mph scout planes. And where? And when?And what are they going to scout?

We already have the goon. That can scout, and its faster.

[Denholm]

In regards to scout planes, we have plenty, and they're all armed. All you need is a dedicated player that will take the time to fly them and use them as a scout/spotter plane. It has worked in the past and can work just as well in the future. If CT were around I could see the use for an actual scout plane, but it's not here. So let's use what we have until the game-play changes in a way that requires the use of scout planes.

Frank, that's what I was talking about. It was hilarious turn fighting in those things, taking one second to ping the enemy, then going back to turning. I think the only guy I shot down was a proxy. I engaged him from the rear (of course) and managed to ping him. About 6 minutes later the opponent crashed into the water after stalling. Those were quite some fights. Although long, they were exciting.

[waystin2]

For myself, it is not the ability to have a scout plane to scout things out.  Rather to fly the fabled PBY.  I could care less if I spotted a cv group with it or not.

[Dan216TH]

what about a lightened Bf-109 with one MG42 and more fuel? thats a scout plane and I think that would just be a simple loadout and it would waste less time and make everyone happy!