Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: fbEagle on March 03, 2010, 01:30:45 PM

Title: airborne radar
Post by: fbEagle on March 03, 2010, 01:30:45 PM
Just like the subject said... Dont know if its been brought up lately but i think it would be a great adition to the game.   :salute
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: AWwrgwy on March 03, 2010, 01:53:54 PM
AWACS?  Like they used in World War Tw....  Wait a sec....

If you mean radar like a night fighter?  Two or three mile range, which is about half of visible icon range.

Is it really necessary?



wrongway
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: Strip on March 03, 2010, 03:45:44 PM
A lot more uses for radar than finding fighters......

+1,

Give me ADF's and other direction finding equipment why your at it!

Strip
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: Ruah on March 04, 2010, 12:50:25 AM
so you want a plane that is dedicated to night flighing in a game that has no night fighting?
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: Guppy35 on March 04, 2010, 01:07:55 AM
Seems like that thing we have that looks like a map pretty much covers this last I checked :)
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: 1carbine on March 04, 2010, 07:46:54 AM
How bout some sonar for all the U-boats I can't find  :furious
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: Westy on March 04, 2010, 11:37:40 AM
"Seems like that thing we have that looks like a map pretty much covers this last I checked "

Really lol. Between the big honking icons and the all seeing arena radar and the map warning
indicators just how arcadish would some of you want it to be in there anyway?

Wait...

DON'T ANSWER THAT!!!
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: gyrene81 on March 04, 2010, 11:48:23 AM
Quote from: Westy on March 04, 2010, 11:37:40 AM
Really lol. Between the big honking icons and the all seeing arena radar and the map warning
indicators just how arcadish would some of you want it to be in there anyway?

Wait...

DON'T ANSWER THAT!!!
I can't believe you went there Westy...  :headscratch: ...should post that question in the general discussion forums...would be interesting to see how many of the "good sticks" chime in with "it's a game"...  :rofl
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: Westy on March 04, 2010, 12:05:50 PM
:)



 But the current methods are an old gripe. AWACS radar in flight was something I disliked
about in AW and also in AH whine it was a newborn.  I get an A+ for consistency! :)

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,8050.0.html
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: Plawranc on March 04, 2010, 09:20:17 PM
I reckon if it had a practical use like spotting GV's from higher alts or something of the like. I would be all for it. Going GV busting in a Lancaster using "Oboe" would be fracking hilarious.
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: Flipperk on March 04, 2010, 11:02:26 PM
Quote from: Ruah on March 04, 2010, 12:50:25 AM
so you want a plane that is dedicated to night flighing in a game that has no night fighting?


Lancasters...
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: fbEagle on March 09, 2010, 03:48:09 PM
Radar is not just for night fighters. And not all the airborne radar in WWII had a extremely short range. Im not saying make it as powerful as the base dar but good enough to see maybe 12-15miles?
Title: Re: airborne radar
Post by: Motherland on March 09, 2010, 03:52:15 PM
Quote from: fbEagle on March 09, 2010, 03:48:09 PM
Radar is not just for night fighters.
What daytime aircraft had the kind of radar you're asking for?

Quote from: fbEagle on March 09, 2010, 03:48:09 PM
And not all the airborne radar in WWII had a extremely short range.
Actually, as a rule of thumb...

Quote from: fbEagle on March 09, 2010, 03:48:09 PM
Im not saying make it as powerful as the base dar but good enough to see maybe 12-15miles?
Base radar has a range of 15 miles.