Folding wings for carrier planes

[Saxman]

There's also a reason why naval aircraft started to have folding wings: To fit more in the hangar.

So until our CVs have limited storage space there's no purpose for them.

Additionally, only some aircraft (IE, Corsair) had wings that automatically deployed. Many had to be unfolded by the deck crew, which we ALSO don't have.

[moot]

We don't have field crew yet the planes rearm. 

[Crash Orange]

We don't have field crew yet the planes rearm. 

You don't see them rearm - the ords just appear ready to go, like magic. The same way your wings unfold and your engine is started.

There is zero need in this game to depict any part of the preflight, including folding/unfolding wings. Animated cockpit is different, that's something happening while you're flying. And making CV planes slower to up than land planes would be a step backwards.

[moot]

That's why I didn't ask for preflight animations.  If I had I would've pointed out that you've got a handful of seconds where nothing happens anyway while the engine spins up.

[vafiii]

Nobody's talking about pre-flight routines. It would take mere seconds for the wings to unfold. If the carrier is under attack then it's under attack. So what? As for the elevators bringing your plane up from the hangar deck, make it an option. If you don't want to start from the hangar deck below then you can start with you plane parked on the flight deck, wings folded!

[moot]

We used to have a slider in the options, that controlled how fast movement happened between tower and hangar, etc.

[USCH]

As you spawn. They should unfold. It could be quicker than R/L. So that they unfold as you get your engine to turn over.. I rember an older game I played having something like that. Basically eyecandy. You could not do it manually. It just happened as you spawn in.