Role For Seaplanes

[Bino]

From time to time in here I see requests for some pretty cool seaplanes: Consolidated Catalina, Short Sunderland, Kawanishi H8K "Emily", etc.

But we'd require a reason to have seaplanes in the game.  Our current maps don't lack land bases, so one of the main RL reasons for using seaplanes does not exist in our little virtual world... yet.  The only uses for seaplanes that I've seen posted in here are:

1.) downed pilot rescue
2.) reconnaissance

Anybody out there with more ideas?

[waystin2]

PBY PBY PBY 

[redwing7]

Sub hunting.......

[Vudu15]

give ya a heck of a place to hide while running troops

[gyrene81]

give ya a heck of a place to hide while running troops

lvt's already do that

[Wmaker]

Anybody out there with more ideas?

A6M2-N Rufe already has a role. It could spawn from Ports and possibly coastal VHs. Would bring something totally new and different without needing extra work in creatng some sort of "role infrastructure".

[MachFly]

From time to time in here I see requests for some pretty cool seaplanes: Consolidated Catalina, Short Sunderland, Kawanishi H8K "Emily", etc.

But we'd require a reason to have seaplanes in the game.  Our current maps don't lack land bases, so one of the main RL reasons for using seaplanes does not exist in our little virtual world... yet.  The only uses for seaplanes that I've seen posted in here are:

1.) downed pilot rescue
2.) reconnaissance

Anybody out there with more ideas?

I think it would be much easier to type .ef than wait for someone to come pick you up. Now say this system does get implemented, and you end up bailing out over a forest, would have have to run for 10 miles so someone could pick you up?

I would much rather do reconnaissance on something faster that can also defend itself.

There is no need for such a plane. Perhaps a Piper Cub that could spawn out of V bases to search for tanks (don't remember who brought up this idea), but something of the PBY size has no real place in AH.

[kvuo75]

A6M2-N Rufe already has a role. It could spawn from Ports and possibly coastal VHs. Would bring something totally new and different without needing extra work in creatng some sort of "role infrastructure".

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wasn't there a n1k on floats as well?

[Bino]

wasn't there a n1k on floats as well?

Yes, the N1K was initially designed as a floatplane, and only re-done later as a land plane:

[kvuo75]

Yes, the N1K was initially designed as a floatplane, and only re-done later as a land plane:

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thanks!

 

I think it could shoot down a PBY.   

[icepac]

Too bad "Murphy" didn't get his hands on one of them.

[Guppy35]

This should kill the idea quickly

[MachFly]

This should kill the idea quickly

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[Pigslilspaz]

I no longer want a seaplane in this game.

[Ardy123]

In stead of having perfectly accurate radar, we could have radar that was 'semi accurate', then the need for recon and sea planes becomes more viable.