Option to hide C-47s from friendly radar

[PapaFox]

Well, thanks to all for the enormous education. In the span of 30 minutes I learned more about finding (and hiding as) a goon than I learned in the last 10 years of flying them. I'll hold off on this request for a game change, seeing that the number of options for tracking down a goon are indeed immense.
Cheers!

[SunBat]

no it appears. If yuo have a goon sitting on the ground. His icon is almost impossible to see because the icon is placed under him. So Flip upside down so the icon will then be above him so you can see it.The enemy icons are below their planes, Friendlies are above. Plus if someone has Graphics down and skins turned off. The default goon skin puts off a flicker even if you arent within icon range.

or u can just fly around underground like greens and joeblack. 

[321BAR]

should i put the badgers into this thread to show how dumb this idea is also?

i had to...this is getting strange now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI&feature=channel

[crazyivan]

Landing troops jumping 3 feet or  pushing the drunks out at 800 really doesnt make a difference.IMO

And if you enjoy alittle fight for a base liked you discribed. Try taking a base with fewer people, or alerting the other side.

I gooned a few times other night and enjoyed myself trying to land as close to town without hoing a building. I could just as easily cut throttle

looped at 800ft .

[oakranger]

I must have shot down countless number of you C-47 flyers that hide on a mountain or come in a different approach from the rest of the raid. 

[thndregg]

or flip upside down so the icon appears.

How convenient.

[oTRALFZo]

Goons can be spotted nearly 5k low on the water. Ive seen some sneaky goon parkers that completly avoid being spotted. Also a tell tale give away is shutting off your engine when you are goon hunting so you can hear if theirs is on.

[321BAR]

Goons can be spotted nearly 5k low on the water. Ive seen some sneaky goon parkers that completly avoid being spotted. Also a tell tale give away is shutting off your engine when you are goon hunting so you can hear if theirs is on.

or just see the guy land near a Vbase and sneak an osti out to kill him some goonies dont get that engines can be restarted once you hear a GV coming to you

[Jayhawk]

should i put the badgers into this thread to show how dumb this idea is also?

Oh relax BAR, it's not like he's asking HTC to get rid of channel 200 or something.   

[Ack-Ack]

Right now the way base capping works is rather obnoxious.  It's not surprising to me that there isn't much sympathy for parking C-47's and dropping troops on the ground.  It's very unrealistic and doesn't really condone exciting gameplay.  

No, it's not unrealistic at all and was commonly done by the Allies in the CBI in support of the Chindits and Nationalist Chinese troops.  The C-47s of the 1st Air Commando Squadron would routinely land on make shift runways in the middle of a battle to land reinforcements and supplies because they couldn't do air drops.  In one battle, the 1st Air Commandos were dropping off Nationalist troops and landed on a road way, an entire group of Nationalist troops were killed as they exited a C-47s by a machine gun on the opposite side of the road, about 50 yards away.

ack-ack

[DREDIOCK]

Gyrene81,
We're primarily a bomber squadron and don't have the luxury of massive fighter cover. An off-airport landing in a C-47 is perfectly legitimate. HiTech even allows the grunts to step off the plane on the ground and run for the bunker. What do you have against allowing C-47s to become invisible to friendly radar? How will that feature detract from your combat sim experience?

Then practice formation flying and surround the goon with 17's.

I've seen this tactic used successfully more then once.

Orrr ask a fighter squad for escort

[grumpy37]

Jayhawk,
You have a valid point that it's tough to call one particular C-47 or CV kill a cheat. That's why I didn't mention the country involved or any individuals. The hunter may have indeed been using legitimate means. What is the harm, though, of allowing a C-47 to go invisible to friendly radar? I think this feature would ensure that goon discoveries are done by suitable means.

We all know its the nitwits.. 

[Shuffler]

I usually hide my c47 in the trees.

[SectorNine50]

No, it's not unrealistic at all and was commonly done by the Allies in the CBI in support of the Chindits and Nationalist Chinese troops.  The C-47s of the 1st Air Commando Squadron would routinely land on make shift runways in the middle of a battle to land reinforcements and supplies because they couldn't do air drops.  In one battle, the 1st Air Commandos were dropping off Nationalist troops and landed on a road way, an entire group of Nationalist troops were killed as they exited a C-47s by a machine gun on the opposite side of the road, about 50 yards away.

ack-ack

Would they plan and prepare landing areas beforehand?  Or would just fly to the general area and see just anywhere to land?

It would be cool if we could get roads that we can land on.  I've always thought it was weird that you could land anywhere and not have to worry about damaging anything.

[rvflyer]

I'm not talking about the fighter that flies an arc around a field, visiting the typical hiding spots. I'm talking about fighters that fly straight to the C-47. We've watched them on radar from half a sector out, beelining towards the parked C-47. If the sim is not modified then we will indeed have to change tactics when flying against this one country. I'd still much prefer to see a tool removed that encourages cheating. None of us are adversely affected by a C-47 that goes invisible on friendly radar.

I think we should have troop/supply gliders in here like were used in WWll. Would be fun to be able to tow them in and release close to a base. If that were possible then I would agree not to have an Icon associated with the glider.