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Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: WTC on September 23, 2006, 07:41:59 PM

What speed and what altitude should the plane be for the torpedo to hit. I use the TBM.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: nirvana on September 23, 2006, 10:48:46 PM

Under 200MPH and under 200 feet in all torpedo planes.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: VooWho on September 23, 2006, 10:51:42 PM

What he said.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: Engine on September 24, 2006, 04:19:07 AM

Takes a good bit of practice to learn how much lead you need ony our target and at what distance to drop em, too.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: Reynolds on September 24, 2006, 04:35:04 AM

I musta dropped at least 20 torpedoes to kill CVs, and only ever hit ONCE. Got me the kill though ;)

Its the leading thats hard, because I always think the torpedo will be going faster than it actually does.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: rogerdee on September 24, 2006, 05:35:57 AM

always attack head on and shove them down there neck  or  from the front quaters this way  if cv starts turning you got a good chance to adjust yur drop and u dont have all the guns trying to light u up.

although this 5 inch ack crap is a joke

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: Bad31st on September 24, 2006, 05:46:33 AM

Yup - Head on is the easiest way to attack...took out a cruiser just this morning that way. Although I've attacked from the stern and broadside as well and have had good results since figuring out how far to lead the target.  In fact a couple of weeks ago I got the CV and a support vessle in one run...

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: Reynolds on September 24, 2006, 06:06:48 AM

The one I got was a broadside attack, because it was turning, and it was in the EWA, so flak was shredding us.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: WTC on September 24, 2006, 12:01:09 PM

Is the kind of torpedo Ju88 has better than TMB 2k torpedo?

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: Reynolds on September 24, 2006, 06:09:50 PM

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Originally posted by WTC
Is the kind of torpedo Ju88 has better than TMB 2k torpedo?

Yeah, you have 5 more.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: plink on September 25, 2006, 04:32:18 PM

Torpedo guide (http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/lento_ohjeet/ah_torpedoguide/)

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: Iron_Cross on September 26, 2006, 07:36:10 PM

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Originally posted by plink
Torpedo guide (http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/lento_ohjeet/ah_torpedoguide/)

By far the best(ONLY?) online trieste on using the torpedo in AHII.  Still takes a lot of practice, but well worth the time and effort to practice it.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: SAS_KID on September 26, 2006, 07:46:44 PM

the problem with these cv groups is that the group travels to fast(50mph) so if you drop from behind you won't kill it.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: Rolex on September 26, 2006, 08:02:18 PM

As the (great) tutorial points out, a cut-and-dried <200' < 200 mph is not correct. Torps from a TBM can be dropped higher and faster and is historically correct from what I've read. That, in itself, is a testament to the research and modeling HTC does.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: Reynolds on September 26, 2006, 09:52:48 PM

So, your saying even though in real life its higher and faster, in the game its still <200 <200?

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: Raptor on September 26, 2006, 10:13:45 PM

I think the higher you are the slower you need to be going to drop a torpedo. I did a test on torpedos (was a long time ago, may not still be valid) and the following situations worked.
 
Plane used: TBM
Speed: 450
Alt: less tham 50ft

Plane used: TBM
Speed: 300
Alt: 200ft

Plane used: TBM
Speed: 200
Alt: 400ft

Plane used: TBM
Speed: 150
Alt: 600ft

Plane used: B5N
Speed: 100
Alt: 1000ft

I think it was dependent on speed and alt. So the lower you are flying the faster you can drop.

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: Reynolds on September 27, 2006, 02:31:52 AM

Basically, my drop alt is ALWAYS <100 feet. My problem is, my speed picks up to around 225-250. Would you guess thats safe?

Title: Torpedo attack
Post by: nirvana on September 28, 2006, 06:29:59 PM

Only one way to find out.