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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: XxDaSTaRxx on October 06, 2013, 07:48:11 PM
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You can't fly the B-25H off a CV in AH2. Right? Wrong. On offline practice, you can, but it won't fly. You can fly it off a CV though. To put it simply, drain all gun ammo when on deck. Move the B-25H so it's wing won't be in the way of the guns. Then lift off manually. Be sure to pull back on the stick/yoke from the beginning of your takeoff. You should then lift off, but only if you're carrying 25% fuel and the smallest available bomb payload. Not very useful, but It's still cool to know that it can be done.
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Try adding some headwind.
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Crack the throttle and let it roll backwards to the very end of the deck before taking off.
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You can't fly the B-25H off a CV in AH2. Right? Wrong. On offline practice, you can, but it won't fly. You can fly it off a CV though. To put it simply, drain all gun ammo when on deck. Move the B-25H so it's wing won't be in the way of the guns. Then lift off manually. Be sure to pull back on the stick/yoke from the beginning of your takeoff. You should then lift off, but only if you're carrying 25% fuel and the smallest available bomb payload. Not very useful, but It's still cool to know that it can be done.
Use to do that with B-17's back when I was with the Bloody Hundredth...
Coogan
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Also, after some more testing, the C-47 can also take off from a CV. Wishlist time? :cheers:
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In real life C-130s have taken off and landed on carriers unassisted (no cables or catapults), so why not a C-47!
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In real life C-130s have taken off and landed on carriers unassisted (no cables or catapults), so why not a C-47!
Because they do not do it operationally.
You can take off in a B25, even a Lancaster if you are skilled enough.
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In real life C-130s have taken off and landed on carriers unassisted (no cables or catapults), so why not a C-47!
(http://markosun.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/forrestal.jpg?w=1000)
C-130 lands on a Forrestal class CV (U.S.S. Forrestal CVA-59) in 1963.
Different carriers, different times. In real life a C-47 never did this on an Essex class CV. The B-25s
were craned onto the decks (and stripped light for the mission).
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(http://markosun.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/forrestal.jpg?w=1000)
C-130 lands on a Forrestal class CV (U.S.S. Forrestal CVA-59) in 1963.
Different carriers, different times. In real life a C-47 never did this on an Essex class CV. The B-25s
were craned onto the decks (and stripped light for the mission).
Oooooh!!
Would be cool to see even light b25s able to take off from a cv. Imagine all that prey.. Uh, I mean um.. firepower coming to a base. That would be cool :D
+1 :)
Tinkles
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These are most excellent achievements sir. Next perhaps for your next challenges try:
Lancaster Take off with full bomb load to landing and refuel on a CV to 2nd take off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSS_xmLR7YY
Then just for fun, the Arado 234!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owp7w7qG0EI
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Showoff.
Interesting tidbit about Doolittle's Raiders. They had to time thier take-offs to coincide with the bow of the Hornet pointing up at the top of a swell.
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also them M4's that sometimes managed to float :D
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Try adding some headwind.
The real thing would have had at least a 30-knot headwind, from the carrier's forward motion. Since Yorktown was steaming into the wind when they lauched in 1942, there was probably more.
MH
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Should we take this to the wishlist? Doolittle raid time? :airplane:
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Should we take this to the wishlist? Doolittle raid time? :airplane:
Already happened...I believe I recall the B-25C being enabled on CVs for the anniversary of the Doolittle raid.
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Already happened...I believe I recall the B-25C being enabled on CVs for the anniversary of the Doolittle raid.
Yeah, but I mean in general game, not just the Doolittle anniversary.
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The real thing would have had at least a 30-knot headwind, from the carrier's forward motion. Since Yorktown was steaming into the wind when they lauched in 1942, there was probably more.
MH
Sorry; wrong carrier; was Hornet with the B25s ... :o