Aces High Bulletin Board
Special Events Forums => Friday Squad Operations => Topic started by: Bino on September 22, 2011, 10:12:37 PM
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The next FSO design, for October 2011, has been posted.
http://www.ahevents.org/fso-current-next-event.html (http://www.ahevents.org/fso-current-next-event.html)
(http://kenshelby.us/fso-2011-10/coral-sea.jpg)
"Scratch One Flattop!"
The Battle of the Coral Sea - May 1942
The FSO will be "Scratch One Flattop" set during early May of 1942. Japan plans to seize Tulagi in the Solomons and Port Moresby on New Guinea. The US plans to stop them.
Frame dates are October 7, 14, and 21.
Your CM team is: Setup by Molsman/Crazy8s, Bouncer service by TracerX.
Registration and Sides will open September 24, and will close at 6pm Eastern on September 30.
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could just be my system but...404 error
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Nope, not just you, I am getting the same error.
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Same here. Bad link.
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The link worked for me.
This one will be a blast!!! Who's gonna sink the first flattop?
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Link works for me...
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This was my first time at the controls of the AHEvents web site, and I found out where the upper limit is on upload-able graphics file size. D'oh! :bhead
I fixed it just a few minutes after the first post, so if you're still getting a 404 error, try clearing your browser's cache (delete temporary internet files).
Sorry, folks. :salute
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ERRATA:
The Allied bases should not include A2, but should only be A17 plus the group of bases right at Port Moresby. A5 remains the only one with a plane, the B-25C, enabled. The complete list of Allied bases should read:
A1
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
P10
A17
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good deal bino. :aok
this is going to be ugly...guess i'm going to have to whip my squad into shape for dive bombing with rice burners. :airplane: :joystick: :headscratch:
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Love the PTO....Banzai!!!
:cheers:
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Anyone know when they will unlock the site so we can set up side preference?
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I am hoping for Axis. Can the devil pray to god? :rofl
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yay!
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I am hoping for Axis. Can the devil pray to god? :rofl
How much is it worth to you? :devil
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Gents, I stand corrected:
Snakeplissken will be the Bouncer for the October FSO. So behave! ;)
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Registration is open.
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Really another EW pto, last 2 ptos were EW too, I was hoping for atleast MW PTO.
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At least its PTO.
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Dunno about that. The last three PAC setups were "Ketsu-Go" (1945), "Dillingers Wake" (1943) and "Burma Backwater" (1943). One LW and two MW. We have not seen a 1942 PAC setup since "Rangoon Sunrise" in May 2010 some 16 months ago, and you have to back farther than that to find a 1942 PAC setup with CVs. I think that was "Miracle at Midway" in 2009. Its been awhile.
Go rent "Midway" (1976) and you will be all set by next week. ;)
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Go rent "Midway" (1976) and you will be all set by next week. ;)
Now we really need the PBY for the game. They were the scouts.
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Now we really need the PBY for the game. They were the scouts.
Yup I totally agree, we do need PBY's!!! :salute
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I agree as well. PBY's were used as scouts in PTO and ETO. So instead of using B25 and G4M1's as scout for such things as umm let me think... Coral sea? :devil
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I agree as well. PBY's were used as scouts in PTO and ETO. So instead of using B25 and G4M1's as scout for such things as umm let me think... Coral sea? :devil
The Japanese used very long ropes (2 kilometers in length) for human kites pulled by motorized boats.
:devil
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The Japanese used very long ropes (2 kilometers in length) for human kites pulled by motorized boats.
:devil
OOOOO I bet they have great turn radius? What were they armed with?
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OOOOO I bet they have great turn radius? What were they armed with?
explosive chopsticks
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The PBY "Catalina" and the H6K "Mavis" are not the only significant planes missing from the plane set for early 1942 PTO. We lack the TBD "Devastator" (which is also pretty key for a Midway event) and the early F4F-3 "Wildcat" which had non-folding wings, only four .50 caliber guns, and weighed some 300-400 pounds less than the F4F-4 we do have. An F4F-7 photo-recon version would be nice to have, but is probably not critical.
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The PBY "Catalina" and the H6K "Mavis" are not the only significant planes missing from the plane set for early 1942 PTO. We lack the TBD "Devastator" (which is also pretty key for a Midway event) and the early F4F-3 "Wildcat" which had non-folding wings, only four .50 caliber guns, and weighed some 300-400 pounds less than the F4F-4 we do have. An F4F-7 photo-recon version would be nice to have, but is probably not critical.
Wasnt the TBD just a TBM built by another company? IIRC it was the same as the F4Us contracted out to Goodyear and other companies. I could very well be wrong though and it wouldnt be the first time. :devil
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You're confusing TBF and TBM Avengers. The TBD Devastator is an early war torpedo bomber.
(http://jwtfamily.org/rcalbums/tbd/2viewtbd.jpg)
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Wasnt the TBD just a TBM built by another company? IIRC it was the same as the F4Us contracted out to Goodyear and other companies. I could very well be wrong though and it wouldnt be the first time. :devil
Totally different aircraft: The Douglas TBD "Devastator" was put into squadron service in 1937. The Grumman TBF "Avenger" was introduced in 1942. The Grumman TBM was a version of the TBF, only change was that it was built by General Motors.
TBD:
(http://kenshelby.us/images/tbd.jpg)
TBF:
(http://kenshelby.us/images/tbf.jpg)
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You're confusing TBF and TBM Avengers. The TBD Devastator is an early war torpedo bomber.
(http://jwtfamily.org/rcalbums/tbd/2viewtbd.jpg)
Ahhh ok, your right ;)
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We really have to wait another week. :bhead
I'm jonesin' man. I need my FSO. :x
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the itchy trigger finger syndrome set in about an hour ago :joystick:
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Registration and Side Selection for the October FSO is now closed.
Objectives and Frame C-in-C assignments will be emailed soon.
:salute
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Launch = 2300 est?
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Launch = 2300 est?
AFAIK, nothing has changed.
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Launch = 2300 est?
Yes, each frame starts at 2300 Eastern Standard Time.