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Title: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 18, 2011, 08:32:55 PM
at rolling a ju-87 off of a cv.

 i took 75% fuel, with the 3 eggs....
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/tnmetal.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/tnmetal1.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/tnmetal2.jpg)

twas a definite "oops" kinda moment.  :rofl :noid
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: mausil on April 18, 2011, 08:38:13 PM
 :rofl u insane  :joystick:
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: MarineUS on April 18, 2011, 08:49:56 PM
B29 NEXT! :D
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 18, 2011, 09:09:15 PM
welll...i just HAD to try it, 'cause we've got a german aircraft carrier roaming around the english channel, wreaking havoc........but to be honest, i thought i screwed up putting the 87 on a cv.......so i had to test it out.  :aok
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: LCADolby on April 18, 2011, 09:14:30 PM
Nice weather for a dip  :P
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: oakranger on April 18, 2011, 09:40:52 PM
welll...i just HAD to try it, 'cause we've got a german aircraft carrier roaming around the english channel, wreaking havoc........but to be honest, i thought i screwed up putting the 87 on a cv.......so i had to test it out.  :aok

QUESTION!   Did Germany have a Ju-87 that was a carrier base AC?
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: curry1 on April 18, 2011, 09:52:25 PM
QUESTION!   Did Germany have a Ju-87 that was a carrier base AC?

Yes along with their vast armada of aircraft carriers.  :rolleyes:  But seriously yes there was a JU87C designed for carrier ops with foldign wings
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 18, 2011, 09:52:56 PM
QUESTION!   Did Germany have a Ju-87 that was a carrier base AC?

that would depend on how you look at it.

 i'll answer your question with my own question, then i'll answer it.......did germany have a fully operational aircraft carrier in ww2?

 they didn't. the graf zeppelin i believe made it to sea, but was never finished.

 what i did, was to do a "what if" scenario. the planned aircraft for the graf zeppelin were the Fieseler Fi 167 biplane, the messerchmitt bf109t(which i think was a "E" modified for carrier use), and the ju87.

 i was gonna try to use one of the german ww1 planes to sub for the feisler, and one of the british ww1 planes to sub for the swordfish(which saw action against the fleet as it steamed north through the channel), but i thought better of it.

 this is also partially based on some reality. look up "operation cerberus".

 then get yer bellybutton in there and have some fun sir!!!!!!

 matchups are spit5 vs bf109f, tbm vs ju87, and fw190 vs f4f wildcat.

 the 109/spit match up is an unusually even fight.  :aok
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 18, 2011, 09:53:40 PM
Yes along with their vast armada of aircraft carriers.  :rolleyes:  But seriously yes there was a JU87C designed for carrier ops with foldign wings

this is a "what if" setup based in part on reality.  :devil
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: oakranger on April 18, 2011, 11:09:14 PM
that would depend on how you look at it.

 i'll answer your question with my own question, then i'll answer it.......did germany have a fully operational aircraft carrier in ww2?

 they didn't. the graf zeppelin i believe made it to sea, but was never finished.

 what i did, was to do a "what if" scenario. the planned aircraft for the graf zeppelin were the Fieseler Fi 167 biplane, the messerchmitt bf109t(which i think was a "E" modified for carrier use), and the ju87.

 i was gonna try to use one of the german ww1 planes to sub for the feisler, and one of the british ww1 planes to sub for the swordfish(which saw action against the fleet as it steamed north through the channel), but i thought better of it.

 this is also partially based on some reality. look up "operation cerberus".

 then get yer bellybutton in there and have some fun sir!!!!!!

 matchups are spit5 vs bf109f, tbm vs ju87, and fw190 vs f4f wildcat.

 the 109/spit match up is an unusually even fight.  :aok

I knew that they had a carrier and the 109T was for that reason (Did you know that the 109T was the first german fighter to shot down a B-17).  I really did not see anything if there was a Ju-87 that was cappable to take off a carrier.  Nor did i think it had the power to do so.
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Tupac on April 18, 2011, 11:35:21 PM
I took a stuka over to a nearby enemy base with a friendly CV near it, I'd drop my bomb, rearm at carrier and do it again.

Stukas are fun
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: jimson on April 18, 2011, 11:43:00 PM
I believe the plan was to develop a carrier borne Stuka.

"Goering had been ordered by Hitler to develop aircraft for the ship. His response was to offer redesigned versions of the then-obsolete JU-87 Stuka dive bomber and older versions of the Messerschmitt 109 fighter."

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-only-nazi-aircraft-carrier
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Oldman731 on April 19, 2011, 08:13:34 AM
i was gonna try to use one of the german ww1 planes to sub for the feisler, and one of the british ww1 planes to sub for the swordfish (which saw action against the fleet as it steamed north through the channel)


Brisfish!

- oldman (wonder whatever happened to Greas?)
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: tmetal on April 19, 2011, 09:40:11 AM
75% fuel and 3 eggs is possible to lift off a carrier IF you don't have a tail wind. It can be done with a head wind or no wind (besides the wind created from the forward movement of the CV, a la the MA's) In the AVA right now the wind comes out of the SW and the CV groups steam in a long preset pattern that is moving either roughly NE or SW, but hell you know all this already Cap.
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 19, 2011, 10:34:33 AM
75% fuel and 3 eggs is possible to lift off a carrier IF you don't have a tail wind. It can be done with a head wind or no wind (besides the wind created from the forward movement of the CV, a la the MA's) In the AVA right now the wind comes out of the SW and the CV groups steam in a long preset pattern that is moving either roughly NE or SW, but hell you know all this already Cap.

 yea i do. we put the cv on auto pilot like that, so it'd always be near bases for good cv vs base fights.

 i'm REALLY hoping people are having fun with it. we cut the wind down from the 15kts, and increased the visibility, so you guys could have a little more fun.

 i personally just think it's cool as hell launching a german plane off of the cv. i was shocked at how easily the 109f gets off the deck. i may try to fly and die tonight........
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Mano on April 19, 2011, 05:23:50 PM
how many times did you hit the flaps key?
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 19, 2011, 05:46:19 PM
how many times did you hit the flaps key?


me? on my successfull take off, i rolled with 1 notch, hit the 2nd notch just before going off the end.
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: DREDIOCK on April 19, 2011, 06:12:06 PM
Looks to me like you forgot to turn the carrier into the wind  ;)
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Oldman731 on April 19, 2011, 06:18:30 PM
Looks to me like you forgot to turn the carrier into the wind  ;)

Carriers can't be controlled by players in this setup.

- oldman
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 19, 2011, 06:24:19 PM
Carriers can't be controlled by players in this setup.

- oldman

i'm about 25 minutes from leaving the shop.......half hour drive home, shower, then there'll be an easy target in there........
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Motherland on April 19, 2011, 08:16:50 PM
I believe the plan was to develop a carrier borne Stuka.

"Goering had been ordered by Hitler to develop aircraft for the ship. His response was to offer redesigned versions of the then-obsolete JU-87 Stuka dive bomber and older versions of the Messerschmitt 109 fighter."

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-only-nazi-aircraft-carrier
Both the Bf 109T and the Ju 87C were built and used operationally (albeit not from carriers, or with their naval gear).
The Ju 87C's that were built went, off of the top of my head, somewhere in the east, and the dozen or so Bf 109T's were put in a unit called Jagdstaffel Helgoland which operated on... guess... the island of Heligoland (Helgoland in German) in the German Bight.
Jasta Helgoland was eventually rolled into JG11, as 11. Staffel if I remember correctly.
As noted earlier, Bf 109T's from Jasta Helgoland were the first aircraft to shoot down a B17.. imagine that, shooting down a B17 in what was effectively a Bf 109E-7 (MG FFM's and all) with longer wings...

Bf 109T-1 of Jasta Helgoland
(http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/jg1history/jg1history_crafts/Bf109T/bf109t2_03-sw.jpg)


Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: DREDIOCK on April 19, 2011, 09:54:21 PM
Carriers can't be controlled by players in this setup.

- oldman

It was a tongue in cheek remark.

See much wind when taking off from a CV in AH these days? lol
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 19, 2011, 10:26:51 PM
It was a tongue in cheek remark.

See much wind when taking off from a CV in AH these days? lol

technically speaking, yes.

 how fast are the cv's? 30kts? that's a hefty headwind.  :devil

 you oughtta try this set one evening. the 109f vs spit5 match seems pretty dam close. i actually managed to do half way decent in a martlet vs the 109f too. i lost....which i did most fights, as i suck in the spitfires....well...i suck period right now.....but still..........it's friggin FUN seeing german iron launch from a cv!!

<<S>>to the luftwienies in the ava!!
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Shuffler on April 20, 2011, 01:13:21 PM
I flew for awhile in there. Was on axis side to even up. Does feel funny in 109 off cv.

Only one person ho'd and it was pattonjr. All others were outstanding. I landed a smoking hulk more than once.
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 20, 2011, 01:16:54 PM
I flew for awhile in there. Was on axis side to even up. Does feel funny in 109 off cv.

Only one person ho'd and it was pattonjr. All others were outstanding. I landed a smoking hulk more than once.

you kicked my bellybutton more than once........how could you kill a squadie?  :devil :noid :bolt: :rofl
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Shuffler on April 20, 2011, 01:17:49 PM
you kicked my bellybutton more than once........how could you kill a squadie?  :devil :noid :bolt: :rofl

hehe umm you were red and shooting at me. :D
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 20, 2011, 01:21:11 PM
hehe umm you were red and shooting at me. :D

only once.......honest......

BTW.... i was glad as hell to see you and soulss in there!!!!
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Shuffler on April 20, 2011, 01:37:00 PM
only once.......honest......

BTW.... i was glad as hell to see you and soulss in there!!!!

Some would say that is a sure sign the arena is in deterioration :P
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: jolly22 on April 20, 2011, 02:20:27 PM
Just did it first time, exact loadout full flaps down. :) Had about an inch between my wheels and the water  :rock
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Shuffler on April 20, 2011, 03:53:34 PM
Just did it first time, exact loadout full flaps down. :) Had about an inch between my wheels and the water  :rock

... you you you got out and measured  :uhoh
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: CAP1 on April 20, 2011, 04:17:01 PM
... you you you got out and measured  :uhoh


THEY'RE GERMAN!!

they got sonic measuring devices that none of us non-german pile-itas would understand
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Shuffler on April 21, 2011, 12:26:35 PM
Which would explain my augering habits.  :neener:
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Dichotomy on April 21, 2011, 02:44:50 PM
Count your blessings.  I've been stuck in Spits all week.  I'm going to have to take a bleach bath to get the smell off of me.   That's only one step up from flying a B38.   :bolt:
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: PJ_Godzilla on April 21, 2011, 02:48:18 PM
this is a "what if" setup based in part on reality.  :devil

Which leads to a natural hijack: 1946. Think about it.
Title: Re: my first attempt
Post by: Ardy123 on April 21, 2011, 02:53:46 PM
at rolling a ju-87 off of a cv.

 i took 75% fuel, with the 3 eggs....
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/tnmetal.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/tnmetal1.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/tnmetal2.jpg)

twas a definite "oops" kinda moment.  :rofl :noid

 :rofl :rofl :rofl