Let me apologize in advance if the answer to this is somewhere in the archives, but if it is, I can't find it.
The setup: Lately I've had a lot of fun resupplying fields, factories, and so forth using the C47. It's a fun a/c to fly and it's very forgiving, which, with my skill level, is a plus. Aside from a bomber, you very seldom find yourself with a 190, a P47, or a P51 up your wazoo. I know that you cannot resupply a field from the same field where you launch.
The question: When you resupply vehicles, using a Fiesler Storch, can you launch from the same field the where the vehicle is located, OR do you have to launch from another field?
The next question: Is there a minimum altitude necessary to drop a resupply bundle? I know that troops need to go out of a C47 at least 800 feet higher than the field. I've dropped cargo at 500-600 feet and gotten the 'xx buildings supplied' message. But I can't tell if what I drop in support of a vehicle is received.
The 'rules' say that the player in need will get an onscreen message to accept supplies, but there's no cue to tell me if that happened. I'm generally on the vox channel but I am hard of hearing and (I've been told) my thick Southern accent is incomprehensible to my fellow players. So, mostly I can hear what others say, and sometimes I can understand what they say, but I don't think I can make my point verbally to a huge majority of players. Your patience is appreciated.
As for the Storch, it's a fun little bird to fly and doing so when there are enemy gvs and a/c in the area lends a bit of tension that you don't get from coming through at 20K in a B24. But I don't want to waste my time, and my team mates time, launching a Storch when it won't do anyone any good.
So, I'm still having fun and living the dream, but there are things I don't know and can't find out without asking. And Happy New Year!