PBY and PBM

[tuba515]

Im always hearing how people want them and i agree that they would be fun i mean they can do it all haha what do you think of the pby and pbm's in aces high?
  I know this is kind of cheesey but cod world at war did a great mission with a pby
and i would love to have that aircraft in aces high

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYBPmyHieEk

[Ack-Ack]

The PBY-5/5A were great aircraft, one of the planes I have a fondness for but in all honesty, at the current state of AH there is no real place for a PBY in game.  Anything the PBY would bring to the game can already be done by other planes currently in the planeset and do it better than the PBY.  The only thing the PBY-5/5A could do that other planes in AH wouldn't be able to do is land on water but that's a moot point since it would take a complete re-working of the water to make water take offs and landings possible.

ack-ack

[Skyguns MKII]

The PBY-5/5A were great aircraft, one of the planes I have a fondness for but in all honesty, at the current state of AH there is no real place for a PBY in game.  Anything the PBY would bring to the game can already be done by other planes currently in the planeset and do it better than the PBY.  The only thing the PBY-5/5A could do that other planes in AH wouldn't be able to do is land on water but that's a moot point since it would take a complete re-working of the water to make water take offs and landings possible.

ack-ack

code it like a pt?

[Arlo]

code it like a pt?

TBM+LVTA2 more like. 

[tuba515]

I think that maybe the pt codeing could work?????    
and i think it would be a great bomber/cv hunter  if you could code it would be a nice adition to cv aircraft or even if you upped it from a land base it would be cool

3× .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns (two in nose turret, one in ventral hatch at tail)
2× .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns (one in each waist blister)
4,000 lb (1,814 kg) of bombs or depth charges; torpedo racks were also available
also note they did  sometimes have quad 50s in the nose also  


it would be fun and maybe be a scout like the storch is with icon ranges??????

[tuba515]

and this was the armament of the pbm
Guns: 8 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (two each in nose, dorsal and tail turrets, one each in blisters amidships)
Bombs: 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) of bombs or depth charges or 2 ×torpedoes

[Zacherof]

You missed this then
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,350472.0.html

[Saxman]

I'd say before aircraft like the PBY, we should look at floatplanes like the OS2U and F1M. Have them launched from Ports and Task Groups, filling a role like the Storch does now.

[Volron]

The A6M2-N Rufe.

[Ack-Ack]

The A6M2-N Rufe.

That would probably be the best choice as it would be quite useful as a port defender, though the floats would have a significant impact on performance.

ack-ack

[Volron]

That would probably be the best choice as it would be quite useful as a port defender, though the floats would have a significant impact on performance.

ack-ack

Oh yeah.  It would be an "instant buff" to defense of the ports, and SOME kind of air is better than just the Fi we have now.   While a bit weak, the 20's on the A6M2 can't be taken too lightly.

[earl1937]

Im always hearing how people want them and i agree that they would be fun i mean they can do it all haha what do you think of the pby and pbm's in aces high?
  I know this is kind of cheesey but cod world at war did a great mission with a pby
and i would love to have that aircraft in aces high

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYBPmyHieEk

Sign me up for this! Especially if you turned off the "icons" on these flying boats to give them a chance at staying alive. You don't see any "icons" on the CV group in todays game, so it could be done!

[Schen]

Couldn't a pby be used to fly in supplies for a carrier?  To accomplish this you would need to and and offload your supplies within a certain distance?

Incorporate a few other ideas i have seen. Half icon below 3000k and also increase gv range/ pt boat range as well. Would have a use. Would need to be coded so as to only supply ships not fields.