NIGHT FIGHTERS in 1.04!!

[Gorf]

Hail all,
Bet the title would get some attention. To make the night MORE interesting, how about the max visual plane ICON range decrease as night sets in.  COOL thing about this is that you could bring in Night fighters. See chart below, this is just quick thoughts on how it may work.  The max plane icon range would be greater for Night Fighters at NIGHt due to Radar assiting in the location of targets.  WHat ya think?

Time of day      Max ICON range
7:00am to 7:00pm       100%
  Night FIghter    100%

5:30am-7:00am          50%
  Night Fighter    100%(radar assitance)

7:00pm-9:00pm          50%
  Night Fighter    100%

9:00pm-5:30am          25%
  Night Fighter     75%

[Ripsnort]

For those of you who are  dim-witted enough to think that  the P61 was limited to service in the Pacific:

     

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[miko2d]

 Gorf, that would make sense if you disable nightfighter's views other then the front view and possibly restrict the front view to 45 degrees instead of current 90.
 Even today's modern radars give you a narrow cone of detection.
 Monica tail warning radar installed in Lancasters detected the bombers behind that were 20 miles off, but could not detect a bf110 with guns slanted 30 degrees up approaching from below (considering the shell drop and 30 degrees initial slant, the angle to the fighter was less then 30 degrees in order to hit a bomber). Brits lost many planes and never detected a thing until a Bf110 landed in England by mistake.
 Bf110 were very successfull in finding Lancasters with their primitive radar, but only because they homed on Monica's emissions detectable at over 50 miles and used the engine exhaust glow and other visual clues when close.

 If you want realistically modelled night fighers, the icons should be disabled on them like on regular fighters and a green radar screen should be modeled. That may actually be the most realistic part of the sim, because the radar screens were even smaller then our monitors.

miko--

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[Fishu]

 

Originally posted by Ripsnort:
For those of you who are  dim-witted enough to think that  the P61 was limited to service in the Pacific:

All I see is painted picture  

[Westy]

Give em both barrels Rip!  

-Westy

[Gorf]

Miko..
Like your idea.  Made some good points.

Gorf

[wolf37]

hi all:

I would like to see the  DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO show up in this game, better night fighter then the Me 110, and was faster then most german fighters at 380 mph max speed, good light bomber with bombload of 2000-4000 lbs. And i here there will be ships in this game some day, the MOSQUITO could also carrie torpedo's.
Another reason I would like to see this plane, is it would be nice to have a Canadian built aircraft in here as well. I do beleive there are a couple of us Canadians playing here, two or three of us anyhow.
Well thats my two cents used up, thanks.

wolf37
C.O.
THUNDER BIRDS

[Duckwing6]

JU 88 C-6 (the one on top)
     

or even better
   

or how about this:
DO 217 J (again the upper most)
   

Bring on the night fighters!!!

DW6



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[Torque]

ah....good Canadian plywood!!!!

[DoZZ]

 422nd NFS CO,Lt Col Johnson and his R/O,Capt James Montgomery,
took off from thier base in Belgium,for a twilight patrol over enemy lines near Aachen.At precisely 1805 hours, CGI checked in and informed them of several enemy aircraft approaching from the east at 4000ft.Descending from his patrol height of 10,000ft Johnson investigated the contact and,upon seeing no aircraft ,immediately returned to his original'perch'.
Minutes later, CGI notified them once again that they were picking up multiple 'bogies',this time at 5000ft.Johnson dropped down a second time and soon spotted the elusive contacts - three Fw 190's loaded with bombs.Flying a striaght and level course at about 250 mph, the German aircraft were soon engaged by Johnson, who flew right into their formation.Two of the fighter- bombers broke off an scattered,leaving the Black Widow pilot to focus on the lead Fw 190.Closing to 1000ft,dead astern of the German aircraft,Johnson opened fire with two short bursts.Strikes were observed on the Fw 190's right wing as it drifted into a slow turn to the left.By this time the range had closed through 500ft,and Johnson's thumb increased  pressure on the firing button,letting a long five-second burst literally at point-blank range.
 Fatal hits were observed all over the fuselage and engine,black smoke billowing out from the engine as the aircraft fell off into a vertical dive.At 2000ft the pilot made a doomed effort to pull out but the Fw 190 hit the ground and explopded.By this time Johnson was so low that he noticed light 'friendly' ground fire detonating around him.Swiftly climbing out of the flak band,he continued his patrol for a further 15 minutes before returning to base-where it was discovered that his aircraft had sustained minor damage from small arms fire.This engagement was one of only a handful foght between Black Widows and enemy fighters during daylight hours,the 422nd's official records showing that they achieved three confirmed kills over Fw 190s (all between 21 October and 17 December 1944).
*(Copied from Osprey's P-61 Black Widow Units
Of World War 2)*

 I believe this is Ripsnorts pic
                   

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DoZZ -=NightStalkers=-



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[Nashwan]

Were any of the Mosquitoe NF marks built in Canada? I've seen Canadian trainers, bombers and fighter bombers but no NF.
If there were any please let me know because my info is incomplete.
My choice would be an Mosquito NF 30, but at 420mph it would probably be too uber. The way these things work out, the RAF night fighter will probably be a Blenheim 1F.  

[Replicant]

I don't know about Canadian built Mosquito NFs, but the RAF 410(Cougar) Sqn (RCAF manned) had MOsquito's II, VI, XII, XIII, NF.30 variants.  These operated from Scotland and later England during WW2.

Regards

'Nexx'

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[wolf37]

hi all:

over 1000 DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO's where built in Canada.

wolf37
C.O.
THUNDER BIRDS