Barrage ballons

[thndregg]

I've come with another idea no one has thought of

You are in error.

[icepac]

Search the term "barrage" and only this thread comes up.

[AKP]

Search the term "barrage" and only this thread comes up.

If you search using the search bar at the top of this thread, then it only searches this thread.  If you back out to the main Forums page, it searches the entire forum.  Just an FYI

[davidwales]

thats where im going wrong then 

[guncrasher]

If you search using the search bar at the top of this thread, then it only searches this thread.  If you back out to the main Forums page, it searches the entire forum.  Just an FYI

bingo, i just learned another thing today.


semp

[4Prop]

wheres that LOL made out of  ?

[icepac]

LOL......searched "barrage" from the main page and the newest thread was from 2001 even when picking the drop down selection of "most recent" and setting the message age to 0 to 365 days.

[davidwales]

i know i couldnt find anything which i wished for in those threads neither 

[AKP]

try "barrage balloon"

I dont know why, but you seem to have to get pretty specific.  "Barrage balloon" in the search bar brings up only 2 pages of them... but a lot more recent (one as recent as 2011).  Maybe there are just too many listings for "barrage" by itself.  No idea... thats a Skuzzy question.

Hope that helps for future searching. 

[Raptor05121]

honestly, this does seem like a good idea.

Nikkis, Jugs, 110s, etc. Imagine the pattern they fly over town. Now imagine 2-6 barrage balloons strung up to about 2,000 feet. it would add a minute or two for scramblers to get in the air while the horde is busy shooting them down. they were obviously rolled off trucks. just modify an M3. Give it an ENY of 40 so when someone does fly into the cable, they get some points.

i actually like it.

now if only someone else posted the idea then we might be getting somewhere

[Traveler]

I think they commonly used 3, 5 and 10K ballons in london.  The issue here is with no wind, the ballons will go stright up.  Depending on wind an actual ballon might have been flying at 5K with 10K of cable played out.  would be interesting problem for the programmers.

[MachFly]

honestly, this does seem like a good idea.

Nikkis, Jugs, 110s, etc. Imagine the pattern they fly over town. Now imagine 2-6 barrage balloons strung up to about 2,000 feet. it would add a minute or two for scramblers to get in the air while the horde is busy shooting them down. they were obviously rolled off trucks. just modify an M3. Give it an ENY of 40 so when someone does fly into the cable, they get some points.

i actually like it.

now if only someone else posted the idea then we might be getting somewhere

It would not necessarily bring down a plane. There were plenty of cases where the power lines were cut due to an aircraft. Granted those cables would probably stop the Storch that were getting but I don't see a high success rate for stopping the faster aircraft.

[Traveler]

It would not necessarily bring down a plane. There were plenty of cases where the power lines were cut due to an aircraft. Granted those cables would probably stop the Storch that were getting but I don't see a high success rate for stopping the faster aircraft.

do a search on Barrage Ballons on the internet.  They brought down over 100 V-1's and a few hundred aircraft during the war.  The point was to force the nme away from lower altitudes and force them into certain fight rich areas.   Britian had limited air resources.  The ballons were very successful ,  I think it would play hell with NOE raids.

[MachFly]

do a search on Barrage Ballons on the internet.  They brought down over 100 V-1's and a few hundred aircraft during the war.  The point was to force the nme away from lower altitudes and force them into certain fight rich areas.   Britian had limited air resources.  The ballons were very successful ,  I think it would play hell with NOE raids.

V1s were unmanned and were brought down because they were unable to correct for the change of direct after hitting one of those cables. I never head of them being a threat to 109s and 190s, just did a search for "Barrage Ballons" as you said and did not find anything significant either, perhaps you can post a link?

[Traveler]

V1s were unmanned and were brought down because they were unable to correct for the change of direct after hitting one of those cables. I never head of them being a threat to 109s and 190s, just did a search for "Barrage Ballons" as you said and did not find anything significant either, perhaps you can post a link?

I used google got 10 pages of 10 to a page, here is 3.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWbarrage.htm

http://www.worldwar-two.net/armamento/90/

http://www.skylighters.org/barrageballoons/