Beaufort Torpedo attack

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Talon

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When I do torpedo missions with the Beaufort the AI crash into the ocean.Attacking with bombs works fine.
Anyone else have this problem?
 
Yes, same problem for me but most of CFS3 have the same issue. If I remember well, you have corrected this problem by tweaking the XDP file on some aircrafts.
 
gosd said:
What changes did you make to get it working properly?
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It still needs some work but I'm getting there.

I fixed the B-25 and B-17 years ago so they could skipbomb and the fixes were used in the PTO Rising Sun. I just want to check them and see if those fixes work.
 
Talon said:
When I do torpedo missions with the Beaufort the AI crash into the ocean.Attacking with bombs works fine.
Anyone else have this problem?
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My problem with other aircraft was that they were hitting the water when losing altitude in the final bank to the target.
I believe that I circumvented the issue by not sending the "Attack" order to the AI wingmen until I had already brought them down low to the water and was in the final level torpedo run with the entire formation.
 
swpierce said:
My problem with other aircraft was that they were hitting the water when losing altitude in the final bank to the target.
I believe that I circumvented the issue by not sending the "Attack" order to the AI wingmen until I had already brought them down low to the water and was in the final level torpedo run with the entire formation.
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I find the multi engine planes tend to crash into the water more often,single engine planes usually attack fine.
 
just looked at the torpedo Beau....and even though there are no bomb bay doors apparent.....try hitting shift-B first and then see if your torpedo will release
 
Be patient.....
I tried the A/C with and without the fixes and did not see much difference except I did not need to open the bomb doors to release the torpedo.
In wich mission should I test the plane to really get to notice the fixes?
 
I've noticed the aircraft crashing in the final turn when loaded with a torpedo or two. One thing I wonder is if tweaking the "min alt" setting would help? IIRC it is at the bottom of the xdp file - don't know if there is an equivalent in the .cfg or .air file?

If the minimum altitude were a bit higher for problem aircraft then they would not hit the water in that last steep turn they seem to do just above the water before commencing the attack run.
 
OK, I know it's an old thread, but has there been any solution so far?

Have been playing around with the MinAlt in the *.xdp, but didn't notice no difference....
 
italflyer said:
OK, I know it's an old thread, but has there been any solution so far?

Have been playing around with the MinAlt in the *.xdp, but didn't notice no difference....
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Hi Italflyer, thanks for the update. I would love to know what Talon's xdp tweaks were.

Recently I've been flying an FW 190_a5 from Calais in a campaign. Th eloadout for antiship missions is the torpedo. The AI 190 is quite prone to crashing on the final turn, I developed the same solution as mentioned in this thread, of leading the formation down to attack level and waiting until about 3NM out on final approach to issue orders to attack. Most wingmen then proceed straight in to their assigned targets (although there are always a few mavericks).
 
Daiwilletti said:
Hi Italflyer, thanks for the update. I would love to know what Talon's xdp tweaks were.
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I did tweaks to the air file and cfg file to make it work.After I did that no more crashes during torpedo attacks.Since I'm away until Sepember and don't have MAW on my boats computer I can't tell you exactiy what I did.When I get back home I'll be able to post what I did.
 
Talon said:
I did tweaks to the air file and cfg file to make it work.After I did that no more crashes during torpedo attacks.Since I'm away until Sepember and don't have MAW on my boats computer I can't tell you exactiy what I did.When I get back home I'll be able to post what I did.
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Thanks for the reply! I'll be patient then. :running:

Hope the bad weather over here doesn't last too long, so I'm getting other ideas then firing up my flightsim....:biggrin-new:
 
Talon said:
I did tweaks to the air file and cfg file to make it work.After I did that no more crashes during torpedo attacks.Since I'm away until Sepember and don't have MAW on my boats computer I can't tell you exactiy what I did.When I get back home I'll be able to post what I did.
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That would be great, thanks Talon!
 
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