Seaplanes/Floatplanes/Flying Boats

[Rich46yo]

I used to come into these threads and say how nobody would ever fly these things in the game. But hey, let people wish. I am fascinated by the history of these planes as well.

And the pictures alone are worth the price of thread admission. Awsome Karnak.

[Karnak]

I used to come into these threads and say how nobody would ever fly these things in the game. But hey, let people wish. I am fascinated by the history of these planes as well.

I agree with you, with the exception of the H8K2.  It had about B-17, but much better climb, levels of performance, was very tough and had five 20mm cannons defending it, as well as the light machine guns in the belly hatch and carried a usable eight 250kg bombs or two 800kg torpedoes.  If formations were enabled for it, which could happen as it did occasionally operate in small formations as a bomber, it would see decent use.

And the pictures alone are worth the price of thread admission. Awsome Karnak.

You're welcome.  Thank Mitsu for originally posting them too.

[Ack-Ack]

H8K2s did do some formation bombing as bombers.

I've not read of other flying boats doing so though.

Blackcats would on occasion as well.

ack-ack

[JohnnyHeelz]

+1   Never stopped HTC before.....  The nobody flying part.  Afterall, it took 10 years for the WWI arena to enter gameplay.  Thank goodness too, with all the use it gets.

I used to come into these threads and say how nobody would ever fly these things in the game. But hey, let people wish. I am fascinated by the history of these planes as well.

And the pictures alone are worth the price of thread admission. Awsome Karnak.

So I was wondering how many people would like to see Biplanes in Aces High?

[Karnak]

Blackcats would on occasion as well.

ack-ack

Much less frequently.  The PBY-5A's performance is just too low for survivability in the MA.  They would all get used, but only one would be common*.

*as defined by Karnak.

[Zacherof]

I think if the zero with floats was added, and enabled at ports, it would deffinatly see some use, as that would add an additionl defense element.

Fh is already modeled I might add.....

[tuba515]

+1 

[earl1937]

+1 

++++100! They would certainly add a different element to the game, especially if they had no "icons".