Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: G0ALY on May 29, 2006, 02:30:05 PM
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Another air/sea rescue plane should we ever be given the option… The Grumman JF2 Duck.
(http://www.MyOnlineImages.com/Members/goalyeb/images/duck.JPG)
It could be used from Air bases, CVs or even ports. In addition, perhaps it could carry 1 vehicle supply, or be used to re-supply a PT boat, (all but the torpedoes.)
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what is the point of haveing that plane?
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PBY is better
(http://www.thunderinthevalleyairshow.com/images/Static%20PBY%2001.jpg)
PBY.com (http://www.pby.com/)
Specifications (PBY-5A):
Engines: Two 1,200-hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp radial piston engines
Weight: Empty 20,910 lbs., Max Takeoff 35,420 lbs.
Wing Span: 104ft. 0in.
Length: 63ft. 10.5in.
Height: 20ft. 2in.
Performance:
Maximum Speed: 179 mph
Long-Range Cruising Speed: 117 mph
Ceiling: 14,700 ft.
Range: 2,545 miles
Armament:
Five 7.62-mm (0.3-inch) machine guns
Up to 4,000 pounds of bombs or depth charges
Number Built: ~4,000
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yes a PBY is a better choce then that german plane a PBY has guns and that one dont
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Originally posted by sharp8th
yes a PBY is a better choce then that german plane
what german plane??
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And the H8K2 'Emily' is better than the PBY...
Doesn't mean any of them will be added.
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the Grumman JF2 it says it right at the top of the post :D
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Originally posted by sharp8th
the Grumman JF2 it says it right at the top of the post :D
but grumman is NOT german...
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YAY!!! I WANT TEH DUCK!!!! WOOT!!!!:aok
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Originally posted by sharp8th
the Grumman JF2 it says it right at the top of the post :D
That would be Grumman, the American company that made such "minor" WWII aircraft as the F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat. The American company that later would make the F-14 Tomcat.
Note the "American" bit.
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PBY as a supply and goon transport that takes off from ports would be great...
Tex
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Originally posted by Lusche
but grumman is NOT german...
Unless the Germans invaded Long Island without us noticing :D
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Well, there WERE reports of U-boats off our shoreline during the war....
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i would call those planes cannon fodder :)
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Originally posted by sharp8th
yes a PBY is a better choce then that german plane a PBY has guns and that one dont
why would the U.S. have a german plane in WW2??:huh
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i want a PBY!!!!! :noid
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Its a cool idea but for the current setup IMO it wouod be pointless to add these aircraft...Who's going to wait around 10,20,50 minutes in the main arena, or AVA for that matter for a rescue plane to scoop you up when you have unlimited lives, and can tower up and run another sortie...
That said, this may not be a bad idea for COMBAT THEATER, or even SCENARIO's where # of lives are limited..... I'd like to see something like this, especially for CT, but until that is released, I just dont see the point of adding it to the current setup
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Originally posted by cav58d
Its a cool idea but for the current setup IMO it wouod be pointless to add these aircraft...Who's going to wait around 10,20,50 minutes in the main arena, or AVA for that matter for a rescue plane to scoop you up when you have unlimited lives, and can tower up and run another sortie...
That said, this may not be a bad idea for COMBAT THEATER, or even SCENARIO's where # of lives are limited..... I'd like to see something like this, especially for CT, but until that is released, I just dont see the point of adding it to the current setup
PBY was also a bomber at night