P51FAN
SOH-CM-2024
While still trying to figure out the bit about the kagero, I will figure that out later, as I have a few minor problems to fix, plus a few things I was curious about.
1. After replacing the default Essex class aircraft carriers in Tom Sanford's Reduction of Iwo Jima Campaign, I was coming in for a landing on the USS Antietam following one of the missions; and I am getting waved off, when I am still 1400 (Meters?) from the carrier's deck.
2. When trying to trying to takeoff from the Virtual Navy's Yorktown, with the B24 guy's overhauled F6F-3 Hellcat loaded with Rockets, I end up exploding before I even have a chance to start the engine. And if I start in the air, I start descending uncontrollably. I had the decent problem once before, when I gave the TBD 250 torpedoes. However, once all the torpedoes were gone, the problem went away. With the Hellcat, it does not, even if I do fire all 6 rockets.
3. Trying another Reduction of Iwo Jima mission, switching to a TBF loaded with a torpedo, as I would thing that rockets would be used more for land-based targets, rather than as an anti-ship weapon. And as I read that by late in WWII, that a Bliss-Leavitt Mark 13 torpedo could be used effectively at up to 18900 feet. So, I decided to try it out. The mark 13 torpedo I dropped from 4800 somethings, made it less than one-half of that distance. What in the .dp file controls the effective distance of a weapon?
4. From some of the pictures I have seen of Landing Signal Officers, most I have seen have paddles that look like this, although a few have paddles like those that Lieutenant David McCampbell is seen using here. Were the paddles a matter of personal taste, the squadron's choice, or something else?
5. Where would I find more info on Escort and Light carrier operations?
6. Where does the U.S. Navy get the V from for fixed wing aircraft squadrons?
Thanks!
1. After replacing the default Essex class aircraft carriers in Tom Sanford's Reduction of Iwo Jima Campaign, I was coming in for a landing on the USS Antietam following one of the missions; and I am getting waved off, when I am still 1400 (Meters?) from the carrier's deck.
2. When trying to trying to takeoff from the Virtual Navy's Yorktown, with the B24 guy's overhauled F6F-3 Hellcat loaded with Rockets, I end up exploding before I even have a chance to start the engine. And if I start in the air, I start descending uncontrollably. I had the decent problem once before, when I gave the TBD 250 torpedoes. However, once all the torpedoes were gone, the problem went away. With the Hellcat, it does not, even if I do fire all 6 rockets.
3. Trying another Reduction of Iwo Jima mission, switching to a TBF loaded with a torpedo, as I would thing that rockets would be used more for land-based targets, rather than as an anti-ship weapon. And as I read that by late in WWII, that a Bliss-Leavitt Mark 13 torpedo could be used effectively at up to 18900 feet. So, I decided to try it out. The mark 13 torpedo I dropped from 4800 somethings, made it less than one-half of that distance. What in the .dp file controls the effective distance of a weapon?
4. From some of the pictures I have seen of Landing Signal Officers, most I have seen have paddles that look like this, although a few have paddles like those that Lieutenant David McCampbell is seen using here. Were the paddles a matter of personal taste, the squadron's choice, or something else?
5. Where would I find more info on Escort and Light carrier operations?
6. Where does the U.S. Navy get the V from for fixed wing aircraft squadrons?
Thanks!
