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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Furball on August 03, 2003, 07:49:57 AM
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(http://www.constable.ca/me323.jpg)
(http://www.constable.ca/me323halftrak88.jpg)
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt
Type: heavy transport
Engine: six Gnome-Rhone 14N fourteen-cylinder twin-row radial engines, each rated at 1,140 hp
Max speed: 195 mph at 13,000 feet
Service ceiling: 23,000 feet
Max range: 685 miles
Weight: empty 60,250 lbs; loaded 85,000 lbs; maximum 94, 815 lbs
Dimensions: wingspan 180 feet, 6 inches; length 92 feet, 4 inches; height 33 feet, 3.5 inches
Armament: two 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in upper fuselage; two 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in lower fuselage; four 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in forward dorsal positions; two 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in rear dorsal installation; six 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in lateral positions; two 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in ventral installation; freight-load of 26,900 lbs or 100 men
Would make resupplying and crashing server due to mass paradrops easier eh? :D
It would be nice if we could get an aircraft like this in a later version of AH2, vehicle drops would be useful!
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Seconded.
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Where would one go for flight performance info for these old planes?
Where does HT get is flight envelope data and information on the "Feel" of the craft?
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If this plane was in AH right now, it would be the games biggest plane magnet because it is a big, slow target. There is no way you could sneak into a field and capture it with that behemoth, but carrying gvs would be intersting.
Does anyone know the climbrate on that monster?
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YEAH!!!!!! BREING IT OT AH2 and also it was the me 321 watch a show about it on TV:)
skull12
(man that thing could haul)
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would be to transport troops / GV's to a remote part of the Island with a Airfield we wanted and driving in. Or making a drop just outside of a Strat Target and Pork it. Then just imagine the challenge of driving and parking your GV's in the thing. If the Pilot manevers too hard do the GV's inside roll and go boom? That would be a hell of a blast and a big responsibility on the pilot. What happens when the transport goes kaboom? Do GV Drivers go for a long drop? I can't think of more interesting target for gunnery practice than a Flak Panzer Plummeting to the earth.
The whole operation would be fraught with hazzard, but the game concept would bring a whole new dimension. Base resupply in a single or two drops...
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Originally posted by Devourer
If this plane was in AH right now, it would be the games biggest plane magnet because it is a big, slow target. There is no way you could sneak into a field and capture it with that behemoth, but carrying gvs would be intersting.
Does anyone know the climbrate on that monster?
So..? Bring it!
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Originally posted by Devourer
If this plane was in AH right now, it would be the games biggest plane magnet because it is a big, slow target. There is no way you could sneak into a field and capture it with that behemoth, but carrying gvs would be intersting.
Does anyone know the climbrate on that monster?
Me323 E-2
Max. speed (72,580lb)
157 mph at sea level
150 mph at 4,920 ft
137 mph at 9,840 ft
Climb rate
866 ft/min ~72,580 lb
396 ft/min ~99,210 lb
Range (99,210 lb)
684 miles at sea level
746 miles at 6,650 ft
810 miles at 13,120 ft
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I can chase it down and kill it with a Stuka!!!
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The Stuka we have now probably doesn't have enough spit wads to shoot something that big down.
ack-ack
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Many had MG 151/20 mm cannons, and MG 131 mg's, in adadtion to the ton of 7.9mm mg's.
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Originally posted by 2Hawks
I can chase it down and kill it with a Stuka!!!
Even a Cessna 150 will do :eek:
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If ya plinked away at the Verticle Stab long enough. :)
But imagine a plane that took a LONG time to nail... PLenty of time for escorts to close and nail em...
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is Me-323 replacement for the Ju-52?
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Slow as hell.. i still want it though! an i attach a couple 262 engines on it? vroom!
PLSPLSPLSPLS make it so tanks have to drive into it, rather than just automatically be there.
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Originally posted by B17Skull12
YEAH!!!!!! BREING IT OT AH2 and also it was the me 321 watch a show about it on TV:)
skull12
(man that thing could haul)
Maybe you should read a book sometime, the me321 was the UNpowered glider that was the basis of the me323 4/6 engine heavy transport.
And in the unlikely case we will get the me323E-2, i surgest with have this loadout:
1 20mm MG 151 cannon in each of the two turrets (1 on each wing)
2 13mm MG 131 in the nose doors
And 5 more MG 131s in the beam positions and rear of the flight deck.
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that what they called it :)
skull12
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that what they called it :)
skull12
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Originally posted by Furball
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt
Type: heavy transport
Engine: six Gnome-Rhone 14N fourteen-cylinder twin-row radial engines, each rated at 1,140 hp
Max speed: 195 mph at 13,000 feet
Service ceiling: 23,000 feet
Max range: 685 miles
Weight: empty 60,250 lbs; loaded 85,000 lbs; maximum 94, 815 lbs
Dimensions: wingspan 180 feet, 6 inches; length 92 feet, 4 inches; height 33 feet, 3.5 inches
Armament: two 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in upper fuselage; two 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in lower fuselage; four 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in forward dorsal positions; two 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in rear dorsal installation; six 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in lateral positions; two 7.9-mm MG 17 machine-guns in ventral installation; freight-load of 26,900 lbs or 100 men
Would make resupplying and crashing server due to mass paradrops easier eh? :D
It would be nice if we could get an aircraft like this in a later version of AH2, vehicle drops would be useful!
lol nice bait with armament;)
first you list data of me323D version then armament of me323E-2/WT wichone never carry any load;) And was rebuild from serial plane only as prototype. Overall 201 where build between 1942-1944 /all versions. This glider was build to transport troops and vehicycles up to 20 tons. NO paratroopers and haviest tank can be transport is pzwgIII or IV but not this version we have in AH.
really i not see this glider in AH till we have spown points
much more importand is JU52
ramzey
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Originally posted by 2Hawks
If ya plinked away at the Verticle Stab long enough. :)
But imagine a plane that took a LONG time to nail... PLenty of time for escorts to close and nail em...
not really. it wouldnt last long in a map with 190s, tiffies, n1ks, and ponies roaming around. (like the MA)
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The neat thing about this is that it would be perfect for resupplying broken fields, setting up forward air bases, bringing GVs to islands for attacks, and more.
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Maybe we could give the Russian players a production version of this....LOL
http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/kt.html
From the text:
Amazingly, this project advanced beyond paper and was flown in 1940.
The glider had an unorthodox control system: an inclination of the gun was slaved to the tail surface (pitch control) and rotation of the turret was used to change the roll. Prior to landing, a pilot/tankist would start the engine and speed up the caterpillar, so that KT-40 can land.
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Originally posted by ramzey
lol nice bait with armament;)
first you list data of me323D version then armament of me323E-2/WT wichone never carry any load;) And was rebuild from serial plane only as prototype. Overall 201 where build between 1942-1944 /all versions. This glider was build to transport troops and vehicycles up to 20 tons. NO paratroopers and haviest tank can be transport is pzwgIII or IV but not this version we have in AH.
really i not see this glider in AH till we have spown points
much more importand is JU52
ramzey
i just got the details from a website here (http://www.qt.org/worldwar/weapons/germany/luftwaffe/me323.html)
sorry i dont know everything about every model of every plane that flew in wwii like you. the bait was very unintentional, and as u can see the bits i highlighted was the payload and troop carrying capacity which was the bit i was interested in. :rolleyes:
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ohh, Furball buddy, im only jocking with that bait;):D
but must be somone who correct that german taily stories
ramzey