Dambusters!

[bagrat]

(Image removed from quote.)

lol dam u day time television!

[W7LPNRICK]

     Termites 

Better hope ya don't get a woody. 

[Ack-Ack]

Skip bombs would be more appropriate in this game but that would take a little bit of work code wise to get them.

ack-ack

[blazingun]

Fighter Ace had no probs with skipping bombs!

[Ack-Ack]

Fighter Ace had no probs with skipping bombs!

Different game...


ack-ack

[blazingun]

Does that matter? It's proof that its possible and can be a valuable addition to the game. In FA it was a technique of dropping the bombs which made them skip on the water. This link should prove the validity of skip bombing.    http://www.historynet.com/general-george-c-kenney-pioneer-of-aerial-warfare-strategy-and-tactics-in-world-war-iis-pacific-theater.htm

[Jayhawk]

Does that matter? It's proof that its possible and can be a valuable addition to the game. In FA it was a technique of dropping the bombs which made them skip on the water. This link should prove the validity of skip bombing.    http://www.historynet.com/general-george-c-kenney-pioneer-of-aerial-warfare-strategy-and-tactics-in-world-war-iis-pacific-theater.htm

Sure it's possible, but we have to weight their value vs the time spent to create them.

[blazingun]

Wouldn't this just be a physics modification to an existing bomb or bombs?

[B-17]

yes, but you would need a new 3D model, texture, lanc model, sspinner motor thing, flying characteristics, etc. the list is huge

[jolly22]

sspinner motor thing

 

[gyrene81]

yes, but you would need a new 3D model, texture, lanc model, sspinner motor thing, flying characteristics, etc. the list is huge

dumpster diving i see...and wrong to boot. 

wouldn't need a new bomber...and the skip bombing could probably be done by coding a dot command for fuse delay.

[AWwrgwy]

dumpster diving i see...and wrong to boot.  

wouldn't need a new bomber...and the skip bombing could probably be done by coding a dot command for fuse delay.

You would need a specially modified bomber.

What do we know about specially modified things in this game?


Skip bombing? I suppose.



Skip bombing was actually first used during the Guadalcanal campaign by B-17s of the 63rd BS using delayed fuses.

However, if you don't do it right:




The squeek is strong in this thread.


wrongway

[B-17]

dumpster diving i see...and wrong to boot. 

wouldn't need a new bomber...and the skip bombing could probably be done by coding a dot command for fuse delay.

you would at least have to edit the lanc III we have now, it had no true bomb doors, no mid-upper turret, (it was a modified lanc III after all) a "bouncing bomb spinning-mechanism" spotlights to tell you how high, and the aircraft was named G for George-but thats just a new skin. there was also the reason for a bouncing bomb instead of just a couple of torps-- TORPEDO NETS-->we'd need to incorporate those too, somehow.

[W7LPNRICK]

The purpose of skipping any trajectory, is just as they taught us with shotguns, if you aim on the ground the buck shot will bounce, stay near the ground & Take out the feet & ankles. With aircraft the bounce ensures it will hit near the water line, even id your aim ain't perfect. 

[fbEagle]