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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Black Jack on December 09, 2011, 08:50:54 AM
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(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/storch1.JPG)
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/storch2.JPG)
Pics taken a few years ago for the Battle of Britain event in Ottawa, Canada.
When I took the picture of the rear gunner I thought. If I was this guy behind,
I wish I never see a fighter coming close to us. Don't think I would even scare
him with this gun. :D
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The gun is there to help it go faster when they shoot it....
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Any gun of that caliber can kill you. While its not the uber 50 cal or cannons that are on display AH, it is certainley capable of shooting a plane down. There were a lot of planes shot down by infantry munitions, so that gun would not be taken lightly.
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I'm sure that one little gun provided more comfort than the "one fingered salute" that was the only option for unarmed planes
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As the others said, in real life, they took that gun VERY seriously. Only the dead and the lucky plowed through the hail of fire it put out to go for get the kill.
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It's ugly and I'm going to ho it. :P
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It's ugly and I'm going to ho it. :P
I dont consider a "ho" a real kill :P
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It's ugly and I'm going to ho it. :P
It's not ugly, but I agree with the HOing part.
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Fear the 7.7mm, in Aces High it will pass through the ballistic glass and armor of the IL-2 wounding the pilot.
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I think the storch is a complete waste of resouses, yes at first it sounds like good fun, but what is the point...Why not have a fighter that can take off from a dirt strip base, and enable some of the planes already in AH to drop a smoke bomb.
What will be the reward for the storch pilot after he has smoked target for the campers. I just can't see how its gonna work.
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Seems like that particular aircraft is quite far from an original Storch.
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Seems like that particular aircraft is quite far from an original Storch.
agreed looks like a good kit though
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Seems like that particular aircraft is quite far from an original Storch.
Very down scaled:
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/storch1.JPG)
vs
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Fieseler_Storch_Ostfront_1941-2.jpg/800px-Fieseler_Storch_Ostfront_1941-2.jpg)
Dpn't think of it as being a really "small" plane. It's larger than a FW 190, has a larger wingspan than the P-47 even.
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Very down scaled:
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/storch1.JPG)
vs
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Fieseler_Storch_Ostfront_1941-2.jpg/800px-Fieseler_Storch_Ostfront_1941-2.jpg)
Dpn't think of it as being a really "small" plane. It's larger than a FW 190, has a larger wingspan than the P-47 even.
sweet Snail didnt know you were a Tubeway Army fan , I love Gary Numan The godfather of the Synth Keyboard
sorry for the hijack
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Naaa Lusche, it's the same plane, they just put yours on steroids and became the Hulk Storch. :aok :aok
Seriously it's only after I saw the upcoming plane in AH that I remembered taking a picture of a plane looking similar. Don't know anything about them. ;)
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Naaa Lusche, it's the same plane, they just put yours on steroids and became the Hulk Storch. :aok :aok
Seriously it's only after I saw the upcoming plane in AH that I remembered taking a picture of a plane looking similar. Don't know anything about them. ;)
Naa, those are just short germans...
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Naa, those are just short germans...
:lol
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Very down scaled:
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/storch1.JPG)
vs
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Fieseler_Storch_Ostfront_1941-2.jpg/800px-Fieseler_Storch_Ostfront_1941-2.jpg)
Dpn't think of it as being a really "small" plane. It's larger than a FW 190, has a larger wingspan than the P-47 even.
Or those werre very small Germans :noid
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I think the storch is a complete waste of resouses, yes at first it sounds like good fun, but what is the point...Why not have a fighter that can take off from a dirt strip base, and enable some of the planes already in AH to drop a smoke bomb.
What will be the reward for the storch pilot after he has smoked target for the campers. I just can't see how its gonna work.
Team work Selector, team work. Or you can up the storch at a flashing vbase, locate and mark the gv, then land and go kill it yourself.
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Or those werre very small Germans :noid
Oompa Loompa wing :D
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It would be a great little plane for personal use, dropping down into some of these rocky mtn canyon airstrips to do some fishing etc.. :old:
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Here the real Storch. Sadly he is no longer with us.
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj310/dmanuhone/crazydude.jpg)
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I think the storch is a complete waste of resouses, yes at first it sounds like good fun, but what is the point...Why not have a fighter that can take off from a dirt strip base, and enable some of the planes already in AH to drop a smoke bomb.
What will be the reward for the storch pilot after he has smoked target for the campers. I just can't see how its gonna work.
The Storch is most likely to be a very valuable defensive asset and much less an offensive asset. Remember, it is going to be able to see gv's further away than normal aircraft, how much we do not know yet. Also, no other plane can mark enemy gv's with smoke. That is something the Storch is privy to.
The Storch is not really for offensive use, it is completely unable to cause damage in the least bit. It is simply going to provide a pair of eyes in the sky and mark them if need be. You did see where they will be able to up from a vehicle base, yes? You did see where they will be able to deliver a single load of gv supplies (upon landing), yes?
I know some people think the Storch will be a cinch to shoot down, but me thinks that it will be able to jink-n-jive its way out of trouble easier than most think. I know I've make La's jump out of their cockpit while trying to shoot me down in a Stuka, so an even slower and more agile plane isnt going to be any easier. ;)
The reward will be real simple: you will help your fellow countrymen. :aok
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Cool another hangar queen.
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Cool another hangar queen.
:mad:
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:neener: :neener: :neener: :neener:
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I think this plane will see more use than any other aircraft.. sheerly for the fact its VBase capability make it the perfect light recon unit to head out and have a look when a VBase starts flashing
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Cool another hangar queen.
Name five WWII aircraft that could be added to the game that would not be hangar queens.
Also, due to the Storch's unique role, I doubt it will be a hangar queen, though it may be flown more often by GV oriented players than fighter oriented players.
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Name five WWII aircraft that could be added to the game that would not be hangar queens.
Mustang! Corsair! Spitfire! Messerschmitt! Zeke! La7!
...oh...wait....
- oldman
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AND with the little peashooter if so equipped will circle leisurely killing the troops at the maproom.