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Title: Chaff
Post by: artik on September 20, 2013, 05:22:38 AM
It was used during WW2... It can be cool fooling the radar using Chaff. It should be available on some heavy bombers like: B-17, B-29, B-24, Ju-88 etc.
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: Butcher on September 20, 2013, 07:15:38 AM
It was used during WW2... It can be cool fooling the radar using Chaff. It should be available on some heavy bombers like: B-17, B-29, B-24, Ju-88 etc.

Specially modified bombers used them, They were called RCM - Lancaster, Wellington and Hallifax bombers (for example) were the ones that first started using it in 1943. Problem is I don't know how it would work out in the Main Arena or Scenarios.


Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: gyrene81 on September 20, 2013, 08:54:03 AM
if it worked properly, the dar would show nothing but a big red blob...do that at 20k with a single plane just inside the dar circle of a base then after a bunch of cons up from the base to intercept, sneak an noe mishun from another direction. that is until people figure out how what's going on.... :noid
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: save on September 20, 2013, 09:00:18 AM
the TWC-hoarde already look like a big red blob on radar :P
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: Karnak on September 20, 2013, 09:08:17 AM
if it worked properly, the dar would show nothing but a big red blob...do that at 20k with a single plane just inside the dar circle of a base then after a bunch of cons up from the base to intercept, sneak an noe mishun from another direction. that is until people figure out how what's going on.... :noid
I don't think it would be good for the game.  Too much avoiding combat as it is.
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: Dragon Tamer on September 20, 2013, 12:11:37 PM
I don't think it would be good for the game.  Too much avoiding combat as it is.

This.
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: gyrene81 on September 20, 2013, 12:22:22 PM
I don't think it would be good for the game.  Too much avoiding combat as it is.
no argument there...  :aok
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: kano on September 20, 2013, 04:31:44 PM
I don't think it would be good for the game.  Too much avoiding combat as it is.

Yep agree
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: colmbo on September 20, 2013, 04:49:45 PM
Or perhaps the use of chaff would promote combat.  I can see where the bomber pilot might feel he has a better chance of surviving/completing mission if he can spoof the radar as he's inbound.
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: dedalos on September 20, 2013, 08:17:19 PM
Or perhaps the use of chaff would promote combat.  I can see where the bomber pilot might feel he has a better chance of surviving/completing mission if he can spoof the radar as he's inbound.

ahhh promote combat by avoiding combat. Interesting  :old:
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: Rino on September 21, 2013, 01:20:27 AM
     I don't understand why it is so hard to get that chaff is not very useful in a daylight intercept.
"OOOH look, pretty sparkly strips of aluminum coming out of that Lancaster....I'm sooooo distracted!"
 :lol

     "Black 6, be advised that enormous radar blob is still in 10-12-6 like it has for the past 35 minutes"
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: XxDaSTaRxx on October 05, 2013, 08:27:28 PM
It was used during WW2... It can be cool fooling the radar using Chaff. It should be available on some heavy bombers like: B-17, B-29, B-24, Ju-88 etc.
+1  :aok
Title: Re: Chaff
Post by: Meatwad on October 09, 2013, 10:15:09 PM
I personally seen this deployed from a WW2 aircraft in a movie so it must be 100% accurate, right?

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