Flying boats

[MachFly]

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Any idea what's it's called?

[Saxman]

Yes, Flying Boats & seaplanes would be cool.  Restrict their use to ports & have water-only take-offs. 

PBY was amphibious, capable of takeoff from land bases.

[1Boner]

Any idea what's it's called?

I think its called "Dawn".

Can't remember where i found it.

Been about a year.

Can't find a signature on it, although there is what appears to be a "2" or something on the lower left of the painting.

If I can remember where I found it I will post it for you.

[Furball]

It looks like a Blackburn Iris/Perth flying boat, if that helps you find it.  Difficult to tell from the angle.

[vonKrimm]

PBY was amphibious, capable of takeoff from land bases.

only the PBY-5a & PBY-6 were amphibians; the PBY-1 thru PBY-5 & the PBY-5B were not amphibious.  So adding the PBY-5a to coastal airfields & on maps that have then Ports w/airfields would be plausable.

[waystin2]

[Denholm]

Then get yelled at for bumping a thread.

 

Precisely.

This is kind of like Customer Service. You call them wanting to refund your product. You are immediately redirected to sales in order to return the product. Instead, sales will only sell another product to you, so they refer you back to customer service.

As for Flying Boats. I've wanted them and still do.

[Lye-El]

Cant Z.506B Airone "Heron".

CantZ....sounds like most of my fighter sorties. With the oil on the canopy and all........   

[Nemisis]

I am for the PBY-5a, I don't really think it shoud be from ports only as that would somewhat restrict it's use. But I kinda see one main problem: it doesn't have a pourpouse. The PBY would probably be used mostly for anti cv duties and naval recon, not really a land based bomber. An H8K (Jap flying boat) could probably be used to attack bases most bombers cant reach, but don't qoute me, I don't have the range for all the bombers and fighters and crap like that in my head. If you want the PBY to have a place in the world then you would have to give bailed pilots a rubber raft, flair gun, and allow PBY and C47 pilots to land near the pilot, and pick him up. It would also creat a new career, it would probably be a high risk job, so you shoud give like 5 times the perk points a normal sortie would give.

[Karnak]

Nemisis,

The H8K2 had 24 hours endurance at cruise settings.  In AH2 that would only be 12 hours of flight time.

[Nemisis]

Ya had to rub my nose in it ?! Well anyway thank you. BTW is that a lot ?

[Rich46yo]

While I think PBYs and other planes of those type were/are cool....

Well if guys dont scout in 400 mph air planes now what makes you think they will in a 198 mph one that climbs like a WW-l fighter?

Rescue a downed pilot? Is anyone really going to bob around in that cartoon water for 45 mins on the off chance a 200 mph PBY survives long enough to pick you up?

[Yossarian]

While I think PBYs and other planes of those type were/are cool....

Well if guys dont scout in 400 mph air planes now what makes you think they will in a 198 mph one that climbs like a WW-l fighter?

Rescue a downed pilot? Is anyone really going to bob around in that cartoon water for 45 mins on the off chance a 200 mph PBY survives long enough to pick you up?

I think the 'off chance' bit is inaccurate, if/when we get flying boats, perhaps with a pilot pickup system, then I think we'll have some method to getting downed pilots on the map etc.

[Nemisis]

That is what I mean, you could have like a little frowny face or something on your map and it would sow where the pilots are better as you zoom in more. I can just see a frowny face RIGHT on top of an airfield and he dosen't want to end fligh because he will loose perks or something!!!

[Lye-El]

you could have like a little frowny face or something on your map

And it could change to a big old smiley face when he gets picked up so all the other people that spent 25 minutes heading his direction knows he has been "rescued" and they are  wasting their time.