B-26

[Cajunn]

Yep I agree, also the Yaks and P-40's could use some attention.

[frank3]

Development Update october 28,2008 What this all means for now is that we are going to focus on core game development.  We�re going to pull the CT AI mission system and redevelop it for use by CM�s in scenarios and special events.  We�re working on new terrain upgrades in both the technology and the art used.  We want to implement a character animation system.  We want to bring back the old 8 player H2H but expand it both in the number of players and with additional gameplay capabilities.  There�s a lot of systems in the game engine that are dated and in need of overhaul.

Yay we're getting the H2H back with MORE players!
Who cares for animated pilots now

[stephen]

and the nose wheel falls through the concrete under braking....

[LLogann]

It's true, it's true!!!  And mine is going to be smoking a cigar.... Like Capt. WildBill Kelso

animated pilots ? yah right.

[Noir]

getting the invulnerable tail gunner fixed would be good too.

I was asking myself, what makes a B26 near invulnerable in AH2 compared to P47 for example ?

[lyric1]

getting the invulnerable tail gunner fixed would be good too.

I was asking myself, what makes a B26 near invulnerable in AH2 compared to P47 for example ?

I always thought the plane was a little to tough for AHII until I found this picture. The story as I recall it the plane dropped it's load on target & made it home.

[Noir]

pretty amazing when you consider the lifting surface % lost. I still believe that the real one couldn't take hundreds of 20mm shells explosion like ours do. The argument stands for all bombers, I don't know why bombers in AHII are a whole different league when it come to taking hits.

I just wish that the damage model had more hit zones so it would be more realistic, and not just the old "wing is on, wing is off" binary thing for example. I know its not a simple wish.

[thndregg]

I often question the damage accuracy of the B26 myself. I use them exclusively to level bomb carriers from 8K, just out of reach of the auto-ack, but still within easy range of 5-inchers. More times than not, I survive entact unless a player nails my bombers with the 5-inch.

[Swatch]

I love my B-26s for this reason... I'm not sure where they're supposed to be on the damage absorbtion scale, but I have noticed they take a fair amount of damage.  That bein said, if it really is not historic, I'm not against correcting it (but I will shed a tear if they do )

[Krusty]

B26s have one of the worst damage models of the bomber set. One of the earliest, buggiest bomber models. I want it remodeled if ONLY to reconstruct the damage model to accurately RECEIVE damage.

I've put 1/2 an entire C-hog loadout (that's HISPANOS, folks!) into a set of B26s flying level. Only thing I got was a gas leak, lost an elevator on a drone, and maybe a flap on the lead.

I've put multiple 30mm sprites in the same spot onto these birds, flying K4s and G14s. I've landed 2 hit sprites directly on the V-stab of one before and it took no damage (not even rudder damage).

Second only to the damned lancasters.


Then again, the B25Cs (which have new damage models) still show some of the same BS titanium-plated defenses. I have film of a P39Q firing MULTIPLE 37mm hits into B25Cs with little effect, Fw190A8s with 4x 20mm landing dozens of hits per burst, in 3+ passes on the same bomber, only getting a fire on the very last pass (after firing 400 20mm rounds). I'd love to see those fixed as well.

[oakranger]

They should make one of the B-26B 10 through 55.

[E25280]

I was asking myself, what makes a B26 near invulnerable in AH2 compared to P47 for example ?

Just a guess -- probably because the B-26 is a much larger aircraft.

B-26:
Wingspan 65'
Length 56'
height 17'10"
Empty weight 24000 lbs.

P-47N:
Wingspan 40'9"
Length 36'1"
Height 14'8"
Empty weight 10000 lbs.

The B-26 and B-25 were both very rugged aircraft.  If you think you can take either down as easily as a fighter, the error is in your expectation, not the modeling.

[Noir]

regardless of the size the planes are made of the same materials with comparable construction principles, I agree that the bombers should be more rugged, but the difference in AH is like night and day. 3x20mm hits will take a P47 wing, put 60 rounds in the B26 wing and its still flying !