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Title: Question to HTC - ord options?
Post by: Krusty on July 24, 2006, 05:47:31 PM

Question to HTC, for an official answer (others feel free to chime in, this is a public forum).

How hard is it to take an existing plane, without changing the plane itself, and adding an ordnance option? As in, adding a bomb load to a plane that doesn't have one. If the visual library was already there (in this case, the bomb), you could hold off on building the bomb rack and so forth until that aircraft is upgraded to modern AH2 standards, right?

I wonder if it's a matter of cut-and-paste, change the drag, change the weight, the position it appears, and all that.

Title: Question to HTC - ord options?
Post by: benytree on July 24, 2006, 06:17:50 PM

I agree. this would be a great addition.
now when do i get my free 2 week trial?
GRR

Title: Question to HTC - ord options?
Post by: Reynolds on August 04, 2006, 02:08:30 AM

What would the purpose of that be? Im curious...

Title: Question to HTC - ord options?
Post by: OOZ662 on August 04, 2006, 03:25:27 AM

Purpose of what? He's asking how hard it is for HTC to design and program an ord option for an already existing plane.

Title: Question to HTC - ord options?
Post by: Reynolds on August 04, 2006, 03:35:45 AM

Oh, i thought he was asking him to modify some already existing plane... lost of long, confusing words in there...

Title: Question to HTC - ord options?
Post by: hitech on August 04, 2006, 09:26:21 AM

Your question can not be answered with out knowing the specific plane and bomb.

HiTecjh

Title: Question to HTC - ord options?
Post by: Krusty on August 04, 2006, 09:52:42 AM

I was more thinking of a plane without bombs being given bombs, if it didn't have them already, or if a plane without DTs was given DTs, etc. I was thinking up situations where you'd add an ord option to a plane that doesn't have it.

Title: Question to HTC - ord options?
Post by: Reynolds on August 04, 2006, 01:30:48 PM

Okay, another stupid question as to the above. Is there not a reason planes without droptanks and bombs, dont have have them?

Title: Question to HTC - ord options?
Post by: Krusty on August 04, 2006, 02:15:52 PM

Sometimes yes, sometimes a decision was made (as on the 109E4) to leave certain options off.

One specific I was thinking of was adding small (100KG I think?) bombs and DTs to C202/C205. Another I was thinking about was P38s with all the field-rigged mods hanging underneath them.

I'm not asking for anything in this post, I'm more asking if it's a simple thing or if there's more at work behind the scenes than we realize.

Title: Question to HTC - ord options?
Post by: Reynolds on August 04, 2006, 02:29:24 PM

Okay, well if you end up doing that, give me my Emil options first please! :D