Sea Planes

[Quigley]

Would like to see some seaplanes.
PBY
Pete
Duck
N model A6M

[shermanjr]

a lancstuka does that job and more
but A +1 to the idea of scout seaplanes

[Rob52240]

Good luck fella
 

[guncrasher]

i see some see planes everytime i log in.


semp

[Tank-Ace]

I don't understand what the purpose of this would be. We already have the Storch at ports for recon work, and I think giving ports the ablity to spawn up aircraft capable of fighting would be a bit much.

[shermanjr]

well maybe to have those seaborne scout planes the ability to catapult off cruisers and such

[Tank-Ace]

well maybe to have those seaborne scout planes the ability to catapult off cruisers and such

Thats what the carrier is for  .

[MAINER]

I would like to have them in game. But there would be no way to implement them.

[Zexx]

I think Sea Planes would be a great way to resupply P.T.'s operating independently of Task Force defense. In that way PBY's and similar Aircraft could  perform the same function as the C-47 or the M-3 for the land based counterparts. In light of this  the down side would be that P.T.'s often do not see the same level of action that their Land Based counterparts do  since they are restricted to which bases they can attack (ports, CV's, and Airfield in close proximity to large bodies of water.). Yes, the Storch does serve as a very good Scouting Platform, but the range is far more limited, and with Sea planes you could run more sorties. The biggest drawback is that these planes like the C-47 are slow and cumbersome in terms of  being able to match land  and carrier based fighters, and most were often very lightly armed in terms of defensive/offensive armament.

The list would include:

United States/Britain
PB2Y "Conrado"
PB4Y "Privateer"
OS2U "kingfisher" (operated from launch catapults from Cruisers and Battle ships such as BB55 the USS North Carolina)
Martin PBM-3/5 "Mariner"
Grumman G21 "Goose"
Fairey "Sea fox"

Germany:
Bv222 Wiking (viking)
Do22 "float Plane"
Do24
He115
Ar196 (single engine, single seat float plane)

Japan:
Aichi E13 "Jake"
Aichi E16A "Paul"
Aichi M6A "Seiran"
Kwanishi H6K "Mavis"
Kwanishi H8K "Emily"

While this list is by no means extensive, all of them were combat operational. The E13 and E16A, Ar196, OS2U "kingfisher" and the Fairey model are the most mentioned single engine float planes that i could find. The rest are Behemoths, to use the word liberally, and could be regulated to the roles I mentioned above. Being said, The Flying Boats probably would not make interesting additions to the game beyond the resupply/scout role and likely would be even more underused than the P.T.'s themselves. Still it would be an interesting sight to see in Game.

[Brownien]

There is already a thread on this, and describing a completly different aspect on the use of Seaplanes.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,330450.0.html

 

[oakranger]

I think Sea Planes would be a great way to resupply P.T.'s operating independently of Task Force defense. In that way PBY's and similar Aircraft could  perform the same function as the C-47 or the M-3 for the land based counterparts. In light of this  the down side would be that P.T.'s often do not see the same level of action that their Land Based counterparts do  since they are restricted to which bases they can attack (ports, CV's, and Airfield in close proximity to large bodies of water.). Yes, the Storch does serve as a very good Scouting Platform, but the range is far more limited, and with Sea planes you could run more sorties. The biggest drawback is that these planes like the C-47 are slow and cumbersome in terms of  being able to match land  and carrier based fighters, and most were often very lightly armed in terms of defensive/offensive armament.

The list would include:

United States/Britain
PB2Y "Conrado"
PB4Y "Privateer"
OS2U "kingfisher" (operated from launch catapults from Cruisers and Battle ships such as BB55 the USS North Carolina)
Martin PBM-3/5 "Mariner"
Grumman G21 "Goose"
Fairey "Sea fox"

Germany:
Bv222 Wiking (viking)
Do22 "float Plane"
Do24
He115
Ar196 (single engine, single seat float plane)

Japan:
Aichi E13 "Jake"
Aichi E16A "Paul"
Aichi M6A "Seiran"
Kwanishi H6K "Mavis"
Kwanishi H8K "Emily"

While this list is by no means extensive, all of them were combat operational. The E13 and E16A, Ar196, OS2U "kingfisher" and the Fairey model are the most mentioned single engine float planes that i could find. The rest are Behemoths, to use the word liberally, and could be regulated to the roles I mentioned above. Being said, The Flying Boats probably would not make interesting additions to the game beyond the resupply/scout role and likely would be even more underused than the P.T.'s themselves. Still it would be an interesting sight to see in Game.

+1

[Rino]

     I suppose you could water-land a Privateer.............once

[talos]

I don't understand what the purpose of this would be. We already have the Storch at ports for recon work, and I think giving ports the ablity to spawn up aircraft capable of fighting would be a bit much.

  Why?  whats wrong with ports being able to launch planes that could potentially save the base from being taken.....        oh, I see what your saying here.


but seriously, i think it would and a new element to the fighting that we don't currently have  +1

[SilverZ06]

I'd rather every port have an airfield like on that one map.

[Quigley]