H8K2

[Nemisis]

Yup, another request for a flying boat. My reasoning is that it would give the ports something to defend against GV (and CV attacks, although to a more limited extent) when the VH goes down, which usually happens within 5mins if the attackers are serious about taking the port.

[Ack-Ack]

LOL!  How'd you really expect it to be able to defend a port from a CV or GV attack?  It will just end up like this.




ack-ack

[Nemisis]

Well, its in trouble it the pilot is dumb enough to try and bomb a wirb from 1k up, I will give you that. Asside from that, it should do OK against GV's. Can't do too much worse than the B-25 on one of their attack runs.


Against the CV, mostly about giving ports a legitimate chance of sinking the carrier once the SB's get blown up by F4U-1D's. It would be hideously vulnerable to fighters, but most of them are under 8k.

[DEECONX]

No.

[Rios]

^what he said^

[Ack-Ack]

Well, its in trouble it the pilot is dumb enough to try and bomb a wirb from 1k up, I will give you that. Asside from that, it should do OK against GV's. Can't do too much worse than the B-25 on one of their attack runs.

This plane is no where comparable to the B-25, other than it also carried bombs.  Saying an Emily would be just as effective as a B-25 or claiming that it can't do any worse really shows how little you really know about each plane.

Against the CV, mostly about giving ports a legitimate chance of sinking the carrier once the SB's get blown up by F4U-1D's. It would be hideously vulnerable to fighters, but most of them are under 8k.

All the Emily would do is litter the ground like the image I posted. 

ack-ack

[Imowface]

*Ahem* Short Sutherland *Ahem*

[DEECONX]

*Ahem* Short Sutherland *Ahem*

It too would look like this.

[Imowface]

exactly, It you be wayyyyyy more safer in a crash, look how intact that fine hull is compared to the em

[Karnak]

Emily would be more survivable than you guys are giving it.  It had very good performance for a flying boat, and very good performance in some ways for any four engined aircraft.  When was the last time you had a 1,800fpm climb rate in a B-17G, Lancaster or B-24J?  It was extremely durable, well protected, armed with five 20mm Type 99 Model 1 cannons (same guns as on the A6M2) as well as an assortment of rifle calibre machine guns.  Warload was two 800kg torpedoes or eight 250kg bombs or two 1,500kg bombs.  Fuel endurance was 24 hours on cruise settings.

It would not, however, be very useful to defend ports with.

[StokesAk]

So, why would you post for something that would be a basic "goon" status in the wish list?

At least post something worthy of a post....

Thats all

[Karnak]

So, why would you post for something that would be a basic "goon" status in the wish list?

At least post something worthy of a post....

Thats all

Do some research on the H8K2.  It has almost no relation to the role of the C-47.

[Rios]

Hey Karnak, you know what would be better than the emily?
The catalina

[DEECONX]

Hey Karnak, you know what would be better than the emily?
The catalina

Here he comes RUUUUNNN!!!!
 

[Karnak]

Hey Karnak, you know what would be better than the emily?
The catalina

I will tell you this, if I could own any WWII aircraft, it would be a PBY.   I hope that establishes my opinion of the PBY.