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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: uptown on August 06, 2007, 04:18:29 PM
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when upping 24s, or any bomber for that matter, who uses the 20-100lb bomb package and why? The only reason I can see for them is for carpet bombing spawn points.
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They're more useful in carpet-bombing town strat.
You get a lot of buildings next to each other and a large area to cover. Salvoing larger bombs can kill more per bomb, but you have fewer bombs and you leave more gaps in the strat you just bombed.
Depends on your mission. Bigger bombs for bigger targets (hangars etc). Find a city strat? Take the small bombs.
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TOWN TOWN TOWN!!!
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:aok thank you fellers! You'll find me at 20K over a town near you :t
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Originally posted by uptown
when upping 24s, or any bomber for that matter, who uses the 20-100lb bomb package and why? The only reason I can see for them is for carpet bombing spawn points.
Aside from the previous responses, another draw is the ambiance the effect of walking a string of 60 eggs ( 20 per buff ) across a strat can be.
We've been taking 5 - 8 formations of 17s or 24s, a couple escorts, and fly deep into enemy territory just to lay waste to the City, Grunt Training, Radar.. etc.
Strategically, it doesn't accomplish much, but it can be a lot of fun, especially when the escorts get to earn their keep by driving off the Doras, and, eventually, a few other 109s, 190s, 51s.. etc, press on their attacks and give our gunners something to shoot at.
And, after it's over, you limp home with smoke or fuel leaks, flight surfaces gone, a drone or two missing.. and your squaddies that bought it on the first run meet you in fresh fighters to drive off any pursuing enemy.
Makes you keep coming back.
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the b24s and b17s had a simular bomb load. but whos cares u still bombing the crap out of the enemy:D
Bluep51s:aok
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A B-17 with 24 100lbrs with a salvo setting of 24 and a delay of .75 can walk the bombs from one end of a runway to the other. Set up your run from 1 sector out where a huge furball is going on and see how many you can kill on the runway:aok
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Originally posted by Hornet33
A B-17 with 24 100lbrs with a salvo setting of 24 and a delay of .75 can walk the bombs from one end of a runway to the other. Set up your run from 1 sector out where a huge furball is going on and see how many you can kill on the runway:aok
And that is why you lose
:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by Hornet33
A B-17 with 24 100lbrs with a salvo setting of 24 and a delay of .75 can walk the bombs from one end of a runway to the other. Set up your run from 1 sector out where a huge furball is going on and see how many you can kill on the runway:aok
You have won the dweeb award for the day WTG :aok
hehe
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LOL :D
We call that "free bomber kills" Hornet.
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Like said above, mostly for town's
But you can also use them on soft targets.
m8's m16's and such.
If you drop them in salvo's of 4-6 you can track anything.
Sometimes it better to stop* the enemy, than it is to outright slaughter tham. ;)
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Originally posted by Nilsen
LOL :D
We call that "free bomber kills" Hornet.
Not from 20K you don't. I like to climb out:D
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Ack
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you rang?
LOL
:D
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I think he meant salvo 1 to deack... :rolleyes:
:lol
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Originally posted by DaddyAck
you rang?
LOL
:D
Damn that was timing. :lol
I did mean the ack on the field.
Nice 1 though:aok
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Originally posted by Hornet33
A B-17 with 24 100lbrs with a salvo setting of 24 and a delay of .75 can walk the bombs from one end of a runway to the other. Set up your run from 1 sector out where a huge furball is going on and see how many you can kill on the runway:aok
LoL sweet! Do you have any film of it? That would just make my day!
Enemy1: Bombers over field!
Enemy2: They're taking out the hangers!
Enemy1: Dang he is high.
Enemy 3: Guys lets go!
Enemy1: K
Enemy2: cc
Enemy4: Why does my spit have only 1 flap option? What is rudder?
Enemy5: GO TO TA NOOB!
Enemy6: Lots of enemy on radar, Take off guys!
Enemy1: Crap that bombs are falling on the runway!
Enemy3: RUNOFF THE RUNWAY!
(BOOM, BOOM.............)
System: You shot down Enemy3
System: You shot down Enemy1
System: You shot down Enemy2
System: You shot down Enemy5
System: You shot down Enemy4
System: You shot down Enemy6
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http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8677&highlight=Citabria
Originally posted by Pyro
The ballad of Citabria (to the tune of Beverly Hillbillies)
Come 'n listen to my story 'bout a man named Cit
Poor bombadier, barely could ever get a hit
An' then one day, he was droppin at a field,
An' up thru the buffer came a ****load of kills.
Squad takeoff. Bad timing. Short mission.
Well, the first thing ya know, Cit's a double ace
His country folk said "Cit, get out of that place"
Said home base is the place ya oughta be
So he cleaned up his buff and he landed his sortie.
11 kills. War hero. Ticker tape.
Well now it's time to say goodbye to Cit and his big grin,
An he would like to thank that squad for kindly dropping in,
They're all invited back again to that locality,
To have a heaping helping of his bombs' lethality.
Explosions that is, set a spell, In his bombsight!
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Doug "Pyro" Balmos
HiTech Creations
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
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Oh.... My.... Gawd....
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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:rofl :rofl :rofl Now that's funny right there :rofl :rofl :rofl <
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(http://nalts.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/larry-cable-guy.jpg)
"Now I don't care who ya are, dat's funny"
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take 20 100lbers, climb to 20k. Kill radar at 20 bases along the front line. Land and repeat.
See how long it takes for the enemy to figure out what you are doing.
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I like 'em for carpet bombing oil refineries.
FIRE, GOOD!!!
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Originally posted by Nilsen
LOL :D
We call that "free bomber kills" Hornet.
SpikesX has landed 23 victories in a B-17G of VF-2 $Bounty Hunters$
w00t
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Originally posted by Tiger
take 20 100lbers, climb to 20k. Kill radar at 20 bases along the front line. Land and repeat.
See how long it takes for the enemy to figure out what you are doing.
Yeah...my buddy calls them "Strato-missions"
30K...level all the radars...by the time they figure out what you are doing...they have no lights.
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Originally posted by VooWho
LoL sweet! Do you have any film of it? That would just make my day!
Enemy1: Bombers over field!
Enemy2: They're taking out the hangers!
Enemy1: Dang he is high.
Enemy 3: Guys lets go!
Enemy1: K
Enemy2: cc
Enemy4: Why does my spit have only 1 flap option? What is rudder?
Enemy5: GO TO TA NOOB!
Enemy6: Lots of enemy on radar, Take off guys!
Enemy1: Crap that bombs are falling on the runway!
Enemy3: RUNOFF THE RUNWAY!
(BOOM, BOOM.............)
System: You shot down Enemy3
System: You shot down Enemy1
System: You shot down Enemy2
System: You shot down Enemy5
System: You shot down Enemy4
System: You shot down Enemy6
I do remember in the MA once...I was bombing a CV when a furball was going on...the radar was already out...they did not even see me coming...lucky for me...I had a mission upping!
**bombs falling**
Enemy 1: TURN CV!!!
**mission rolling**
whheeeeeeBOOM
You have shot down...
You have shot down...
You have shot down...
16 kills and a CV.