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Offline Angus

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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2011, 09:21:06 AM »
A Boston would be fine too. Pretty fast in the cruise, and costs no perks. I sometimes use it for radar killing, and am dropping at about 300 mph. That is as fast as a heavily loaded fighter can go straight and level.
Which one carries most? P-38 or Jug?
Anyway, very nice thread and thanks for the revision of a tactic well employed in the RL WW2.
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2011, 09:38:59 AM »
The Jug can carry more than the Lightning. 2-1000 lbs & 1-500 lbs.
The Lightning just the 2-1000 lbs.    :old:
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2011, 09:50:34 AM »
Quote from: Angus on February 28, 2011, 09:21:06 AM
A Boston would be fine too.

I forgot the boston + A20s option :aok


how about Ju-88 and 110s?
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #18 on: February 28, 2011, 11:00:53 AM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on February 28, 2011, 06:05:38 AM
we've done the exact same with Beefcake calling the drop in the pathfinder 25C - worked great :aok

a mossie XVI and some VIs would work well too, or a 25C and 25Hs :)

Who do you think we roped into flying the B-25. :)
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2011, 11:24:17 AM »
A-20   wings: 4-500lbs or 4-250 lbs; fuselage: 4-500 lbs, 2-500 lbs, 4-250 lbs

Boston   4-500 lbs, 2-500 lbs, 4-250 lbs

JU-88  wings: 4-500 kg, 4-250 kg, 2-250 kg & 2-500 kg, 2-500 kg, 2-250 kg
internal: 10-50 kg, 20-50 kg

Bf 110G-2   wings: 4-50 kg; internal: 2-500 kg, 2-250 kg

I checked the hangar & these are the loadout options.    :old:
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #20 on: February 28, 2011, 10:03:55 PM »
i would use it  :aok, would be good for scenarios too
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #21 on: February 28, 2011, 10:53:03 PM »
Quote from: Grendel on February 27, 2011, 02:55:43 PM
A bunch of nice, fatty targets at least...
Droop snoot variant didn't have any guns, you know...

  You only have one droop snoot, leading the formation.  All the rest are fully functional Lightnings.  The droop snoot leads everyone to the target, and signals when to drop.  Everyone drops.  Now the droop snoot heads for home, and the rest of the formation goes on to dogfight, or strafe the town, or whatever. 

  For the bomber pilot, you get to run home in  a plane that is much faster than your normal heavy bomber.
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #22 on: February 28, 2011, 11:59:25 PM »
Quote from: Lab Rat 3947 on February 28, 2011, 09:38:59 AM
The Jug can carry more than the Lightning. 2-1000 lbs & 1-500 lbs.
The Lightning just the 2-1000 lbs.    :old:

This would not be an accurate statement.  They did carry a pair of 2000 pounders but found that the 'bang for the buck' wasn't worth the extra risk on pull out and the extra sway braces etc that had to be used when they were carried.
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #23 on: March 01, 2011, 12:57:11 AM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on February 27, 2011, 10:59:38 PM
If you ever got online you'll learn what happens when you try and dogfight in a B-17 or you can ask Tyrannis what happens.  :devil


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yea, as you can tell from these pics. my gunnery sucks. im such a noob.  :rolleyes:
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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #24 on: March 01, 2011, 03:06:27 AM »
well apparently you dont know the difference between dogfighting and flying straight and level while sitting in a gunner position ...


nice hijack btw - thats almost a full page of look-at-me screenies :rolleyes:
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #25 on: March 01, 2011, 10:23:24 AM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on March 01, 2011, 03:06:27 AM
well apparently you dont know the difference between dogfighting and flying straight and level while sitting in a gunner position ...


nice hijack btw - thats almost a full page of look-at-me screenies :rolleyes:
last 2 are my 2 b29 kills in a b29 when we were furballing.



im hoping someone looks at the pics, thinks "hm, furballing b29s looks like fun!" and msgs me asking to do it. because it was really fun but none of the fighter dweebs in the DA want to do it.  :(
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #26 on: March 01, 2011, 10:41:47 AM »
Quote from: Guppy35 on February 28, 2011, 11:59:25 PM
This would not be an accurate statement.  They did carry a pair of 2000 pounders but found that the 'bang for the buck' wasn't worth the extra risk on pull out and the extra sway braces etc that had to be used when they were carried.

Quote from: Lab Rat 3947 on February 28, 2011, 09:38:59 AM
The Jug can carry more than the Lightning. 2-1000 lbs & 1-500 lbs.
The Lightning just the 2-1000 lbs.    :old:

Both right, in game the P-47 can haul more ordnance because it has the third bomb shackle under the fuselage.  Historically while not used often the P-38 could carry a heavier load than what we get in game.
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #27 on: March 01, 2011, 02:20:31 PM »
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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #28 on: March 01, 2011, 02:39:21 PM »
Quote from: Tyrannis on March 01, 2011, 10:23:24 AM
im hoping someone looks at the pics, thinks "hm, furballing b29s looks like fun!" and msgs me asking to do it. because it was really fun but none of the fighter dweebs in the DA want to do it.  :(


You would have thought by now that you would've learned that bombers do not make good dogfighters...


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Re: droop-snoot 38s?
« Reply #29 on: March 01, 2011, 02:40:55 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on March 01, 2011, 02:39:21 PM
You would have thought by now that you would've learned that bombers do not make good dogfighters...


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doesnt mean they arent fun to dogfight with eachother.

why so serious?
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