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Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: Sikboy on May 26, 2003, 12:19:02 PM: (http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4c2fa/images/torpdrop.jpg)

During last July's Tour of Duty, The Shills tried a Split Hi/Lo attack with SBDs and TBMs. The SBDs got their bombs out, but the TBMs were butchered in the flack! We had dropped too fast, and were doing 400 MPH on the deck, then the fleet turned INTO us lol. Before we were even in position for our drop, we were passing the CA, and deep in the AAA fire. While we all died a horrible death, Vandal did manage to take this screenshot.

-Sik
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: frank3 on May 26, 2003, 02:39:26 PM: I had some beautifull pics of those to!! you have to look for 153rd squadron thread
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: Venger on May 27, 2003, 08:06:50 PM: I really hope there will be things to torpedo with less AA guns in Aces High II.
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: Sikboy on May 27, 2003, 09:06:10 PM: venger,

could you drop me an email?

-Sik
Title: Dewd...
Post by: 2Hawks on May 29, 2003, 01:38:09 AM: Dewd, can you se why your pik isn't loading?
Title: Re: Dewd...
Post by: Sikboy on May 29, 2003, 07:05:29 AM: Quote
Originally posted by 2Hawks
Dewd, can you se why your pik isn't loading?

dood, iz bekas I aksedentelly wipped it of my webspase.

I don't think I have it at work, I'll repost it when I get home.

-Sik
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: Sikboy on December 05, 2003, 09:05:36 AM: If anyone is interested in an organized torpedo mission tonight, drop me an email. Even if we die, it'll be good for a screenshot at least :)

-Sik
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: frank3 on December 05, 2003, 01:33:58 PM: Come and look for my room in the h2h.
It's called; "Franks Coop Missions"

We often organize very fun torp/dive bomb raids with around 8 bombers.
Really works when in a group!

Last sbd raid:

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_68_1070375326.jpg)
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: spitfire708 on December 07, 2003, 01:50:14 PM: Quote
Originally posted by frank3
Come and look for my room in the h2h.
It's called; "Franks Coop Missions"

We often organize very fun torp/dive bomb raids with around 8 bombers.
Really works when in a group!

Last sbd raid:

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_68_1070375326.jpg)

Was that pic in H2H frank3???
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: Sikboy on December 07, 2003, 07:44:24 PM: A Couple of Pics from Friday
(http://mysite.verizon.net/alexander.cesarz/images/gc12.jpg)

Forming Up.
(http://mysite.verizon.net/alexander.cesarz/images/gc131.jpg)

Getting Jumped.

We fought off two attacks by groups of Zekes, but by the time we made it to the Enemy Fleet, the CV was already gone. We managed to sink a DD though.

-Sik
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: frank3 on December 08, 2003, 10:26:50 AM: wow nice job!

The fighters are pretty vunerable to that .50's, only takes a couple of hits to get him smoking :)

Nice shots!
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: frank3 on December 08, 2003, 10:27:53 AM: Quote
Originally posted by spitfire708
Was that pic in H2H frank3???

Sure was
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: Curval on December 08, 2003, 03:02:08 PM: I'm not so sure the torps would hit at 400IAS anyway...I've always been under the impression they had to be dropped below 200 feet and below 200 IAS.:confused:

Maybe that was just for the Midway scenario?
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: Sikboy on December 08, 2003, 03:11:52 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Curval
I'm not so sure the torps would hit at 400IAS anyway...I've always been under the impression they had to be dropped below 200 feet and below 200 IAS.:confused:

Maybe that was just for the Midway scenario?

Oh, they'll hit... hit the water and desintegrate lol.

Here's what happened. The week before the ToD (as it was called at the time) some of my squadies and I practiced torpedo attacks over and over again in a H2H arena. We used the Baltic Map, and just kept upping, lining up, and launching torpedoes. We were OK at it, but certainly not very good.

So, the day of the event comes, and we fly up to 15k in a formation of TBMs, and SBDs, the SBDs were to dive in first and scatter the CAP, then the TBMs, which had set up north of the target were supposed to make a torp run after the SBDs had cleared out.

That's when things went horribly wrong. We had practiced from about 1,000 ft alt. In mission we were at 15k alt. We had no procedure for dumping that alt effectively, so by the time we were on the deck, even at zero throttle and doors open, we were still doing 400 mph... The next thing we knew we were in AAA City. We dropped torps figuring that either way we were dead, who knows, maybe it'll work lol.

-Sik
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: frank3 on December 09, 2003, 08:51:08 AM: Well I dropped em at the tops of the tbm, 240 mph. they didn't shatter tho.
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: The TBM guy on December 13, 2003, 09:40:00 PM: How do you use those different paint patterns ?
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: Sikboy on December 13, 2003, 09:47:09 PM: Quote
Originally posted by The TBM guy
How do you use those different paint patterns ?

Plane Skins are built into Terrain setups. The Top picture is from the "Philpine Sea" Terrain I think, while the other pictures were form the Slot Terrain.

-Sik
Title: Avenger Squadron Torp Attack
Post by: Sikboy on December 13, 2003, 09:48:10 PM: BTW, Send me an email if you're interested in a big TBM mission coming up.

-Sik