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Title: Skip bombing
Post by: 2stony on February 02, 2005, 03:46:52 PM
I haven't tried it since I came back to AH2, but is skip bombing possible? In Il-2 you could take a P-47 with 2-1000 lb. & 1-500 lb. bombs and skip them into the side of a ship. It was pretty much like launching a torp, but in this case you could have a high rate of speed at release. This would add a great aspect to the game(IMO). I believe that's the way the Lanc dambusters did it during the real war when they took out the Ruhr dams. If not, are we wasting our breath trying to get AH to add it to the game?

:)
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: JB73 on February 02, 2005, 04:05:40 PM
nope
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on February 02, 2005, 04:44:31 PM
and yep.
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: sullie363 on February 02, 2005, 04:51:33 PM
The dambusters used special bombs and launching systems.
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: 68DevilM on February 02, 2005, 05:04:14 PM
i think it would be cool to do,

but right now you have to be over like 200 feet for bombs to arm.
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: Stang on February 02, 2005, 06:05:08 PM
Don't we have enough low level suicide CV bombing dorks as it is?
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: moot on February 02, 2005, 10:08:18 PM
I think it'd go hand-in-hand with stronger flak, as well as a real-time AI tracking system for said flak to replace the box-spawn model.
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: JB35 on February 03, 2005, 02:23:31 AM
Asked for it already  but i dont think it will ever be part of the game

 http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=130392&highlight=skip+bombing
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: Flyboy on February 03, 2005, 05:50:23 AM
we had skipping bombs in WB2

those where cool :)
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: Janov on February 03, 2005, 11:49:38 AM
2stony, try to fly a heavy fighter within 1k of a CV-Group...then you will get a feeling of how your chances would be of getting those skipping bombs close enough to the ships...

It would be a cool addition, no doubt, but I am sure its way down on their list of things to do.

Litjan, 1.hessische Freibierstaffel
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: ghi on February 03, 2005, 04:23:41 PM
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Originally posted by Stang
Don't we have enough low level suicide CV bombing dorks as it is?


:rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Skip bombing
Post by: JB73 on February 03, 2005, 06:01:19 PM
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Originally posted by JB35
Asked for it already  but i dont think it will ever be part of the game

 http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=130392&highlight=skip+bombing
wasn't that also one of the topice that caused me to kill the Q&A at the con LMAO?