Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Ack-Ack on July 02, 2010, 12:48:37 PM
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Got to thinking last night while flying CAP over our GVs defending one of our bases when I thought occured to me. The Spitfire Mk IX should have an additional ordnance option in the hanger to select large beer barrels as an option for supplies.
The sight of a Spitfire Mk IX bringing in the daily supply of beer will instantly raise the moral of even the most broken spirited man. A good fighting moral and spirit is just as important as a supply of ammo and a soldier with high moral and fighting spirit can take on and vanquish any foe.
Think about it, you and your squadron are flying NOE at 50ft, buzzing over tree tops and scaring the sheep, successfully sneak the base and now want to celebrate your good fortune. Previously, this wouldn't have been possible because the beer had to be stored in the Goons with the drunks and by the time you guys reached the target, the drunks would have drank it all and hence, earn their name "drunks". Now, you would be able to designate a Spitfire Mk IX or two to carry these large beer barrels with you on the attack so by the time you taxi up to your reventment on your newly captured base, you'd have a nice mug of beer waiting for you. Your moral immediately sky rockets and you're ready for that next NOE attack.
Or when you're spawn camping (sitting in a tank all day can be a very tedious, boring and thirsty work) and you're hot and tired and your moral is dropping like a stone in water. Just when you're about to give up any hope, you hear the most wonderful sound in the world...the roar of the a Merlin as the Spitfire Mk IX flies low over your tank, wags its wings and drops two large barrels of beer for you and your spawn camping mates. Moral instantly sky rockets and you're ready for another 8 hour spawn camping tour.
Think about it.
(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9416/ssmallpu8.jpg)
ack-ack
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I can not image that major drag and serious effects on turning that would have on the spit.
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So would they be supplies? I don't think HTC would waste time modeling that so you can drop beer kegs on me with no effect.
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So would they be supplies? I don't think HTC would waste time modeling that so you can drop beer kegs on me with no effect.
You're not old enough to cross the street by yourself, let alone drink beer.
ack-ack
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You're not old enough to cross the street by yourself, let alone drink beer.
ack-ack
lol,
But really, how often did they do this?
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Right after D-Day in the summer of 44, quite a lot actually. They used DTs as well.
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stupid quesion, did they drop them low and slow or land the ac near by?
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stupid quesion, did they drop them low and slow or land the ac near by?
Land the aircraft at an airfield.
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Hmmmm... I was unaware that 15yr olds were unable to cross streets. Would you mind stopping by my home town, as many seem to be ignorant of this law :rofl.
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(http://virtueethics239.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/jaywalking-787980.jpg)
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Who says the consumption of alcohol has to be done under a legal basis?
Tell me, What were your teenage years like?
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Why is the rum always gone...... oh look a spit 9 with RUM. :)
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Who says the consumption of alcohol has to be done under a legal basis?
Tell me, What were your teenage years like?
heh...hehehheh :D
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:rofl
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Right after D-Day in the summer of 44, quite a lot actually. They used DTs as well.
Thought you would point out our Mk IX wing type didn't have hard points.
Although you could put them on a XVI ;-)
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As you can plainly see from ack acks pics the beer barrels were only a moral boosting publicity stunt any british squaddie will tell you that they were really used for kegs of tea.
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They used DTs too
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/BeerSpit.jpg)
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squadmate:"Hes on your 6!! Evade Evade! Your goona have to go light!" you:"But what about the men camping the spawn?" Squadmate:"Their futures look bleak without that supply of beer... sorry" meanwhile as the spawn campers look up to this spectacular dogfight that is unfloding before them... tank gunner:"whats he dropping?" tank commander:" ITS THE BEER!!!" The entire tank crew screams in horor as they watch their entire supply of colorado Koolaid fall to the hard merciless ground and smash everywhere... "NNOOOOO!!!!"