Author Topic: C-47 Icon: Eng. off, on the ground.  (Read 823 times)

Offline TerryRF

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C-47 Icon: Eng. off, on the ground.
« on: July 13, 2017, 01:36:17 PM »
A question came up and looking for the answer.

Situation: Enemy C-47, on the ground, engine off, just outside of town waiting to release troops.

At what range does its' icon show? Is it the same as if it were in flight?

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Re: C-47 Icon: Eng. off, on the ground.
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2017, 02:22:49 PM »
No... in fact it is more like finding a shut down GV in the trees.... you can see them but they are hard to find and you only get a flash of icon at certain angles..and D600.... but the icon is more at ground level almost under ground

This is my observation over the years...not an official word on it..... a few years back they were often easy to spot by a shimmer they had against the ground detail...in this version I find it much hard to spot them when landed...even when I know the approximate vicinity they landed
« Last Edit: July 13, 2017, 02:26:16 PM by SPKmes »

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Re: C-47 Icon: Eng. off, on the ground.
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2017, 06:47:19 PM »
it's 600ft.
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Re: C-47 Icon: Eng. off, on the ground.
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2017, 09:56:47 PM »
I find them all the time and usually a second time a few minutes after I killed the first one.

Hang out in a town often and you will hear airplane engines without seeing a flying plane.

That is the raging clue.

Depending on whether town is deacked and white flagged or not, I usually chute out outside of town to not give a proxy and stand on a hill in town looking in the obvious direction.

Then I walk over and pistol whip the plane to bolivia.

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Re: C-47 Icon: Eng. off, on the ground.
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2017, 09:59:42 PM »
I find them all the time and usually a second time a few minutes after I killed the first one.

Hang out in a town often and you will hear airplane engines without seeing a flying plane.

That is the raging clue.

Depending on whether town is deacked and white flagged or not, I usually chute out outside of town to not give a proxy and stand on a hill in town looking in the obvious direction.

Then I walk over and pistol whip the plane to bolivia.

You have way too much time on your hands

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Re: C-47 Icon: Eng. off, on the ground.
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2017, 10:17:29 AM »
I find them all the time and usually a second time a few minutes after I killed the first one.
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Hang out in a town often and you will hear airplane engines without seeing a flying plane.

That is the raging clue.

Depending on whether town is deacked and white flagged or not, I usually chute out outside of town to not give a proxy and stand on a hill in town looking in the obvious direction.

Then I walk over and pistol whip the plane to bolivia.

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