Float planes to protect ports

[Coalcat1]

It would be great to add float planes in general, but this gives them a launch location and purpose in the game. Here's an example of the float plane version of the zeke.

                                     

[XxDaSTaRxx]

Take yer jap planes and stick em!

[Someguy63]

We've had threads on this before? Can you explain the purpose of adding them? I just wanna hear you say why.
 

[ReVo]

These would be 100% useless. I would rather see a single runway with a limited selection of fighters without ord available at ports.

[Ack-Ack]

We've had threads on this before? Can you explain the purpose of adding them? I just wanna hear you say why.
 

I think the thread subject header pretty much explains why he's wishing for a float plane to protect the ports.

ack-ack

[Someguy63]

I shouldn't have asked why.
But, how do we expect these things to even do well against the fighters we tend to see attacking ports, such as P38's, F4U's, P51's, and 110's.
I don't think they'd do very well.

[colmbo]

While we're at it:

[Volron]

I shouldn't have asked why.
But, how do we expect these things to even do well against the fighters we tend to see attacking ports, such as P38's, F4U's, P51's, and 110's.
I don't think they'd do very well.

Token air defense is better than no air defense.  It sometimes takes that one little pesky, thought to be completely useless/harmless, fighter to ballz everything up.

[Someguy63]

Token air defense is better than no air defense.  It sometimes takes that one little pesky, though to be completely useless/harmless, fighter to ballz everything up.

I understand. Now coalcat, would you have wanted these to spawn along the docks or something?

[XxDaSTaRxx]

Let me spawn B-17s off the docks  

[pembquist]

I like the idea of floatplanes just for variety but I don't think they would encourage air to air. Maybe they could be like a storch with super cv finding vision. If we get submarines we will need a Hudson and than a Condor and than a one way hurricane and Beaufighters. We'll also need merchant men and escort destroyers, maybe a few blimps too. This could get out of hand.

[olds442]

I shouldn't have asked why.
But, how do we expect these things to even do well against the fighters we tend to see attacking ports, such as P38's, F4U's, P51's, and 110's.
I don't think they'd do very well.

Its better than the fi156...

[Coalcat1]

I understand. Now coalcat, would you have wanted these to spawn along the docks or something?

      Yes or around the docks, and the Jap bi-plane and mono-plane float planes could dogfight pretty well in realty, although they where usually out numbered by our fighters in most fights. But you got it exactly right flyman where they could take off where the non-strat ships are now.This is what the "docks" at float plane bases looked like more so than any milatary port I've seen.

[Coalcat1]

       To all the spit fans...


         

[mthrockmor]

I'm pretty sure they had a float version of the NiK1 or NiK2. Weight between landing gear and floats was negligible, so performance mostly the same, greater drag for speed with floats.

Would make for taking a port more difficult.

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