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Planes recon ability ! - 7/22/2000 4:01:00 PM

Steel Thunder

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I think that planes "see" a way too much when doing air strikes. That makes them excellent recon units. Put a couple of your planes fly across the map and you know exactly where the enemy is. Pilots don't have time and chance to look around when strafing. So planes field of vision must be straight ahead and only 3 or 4 hexes wide. That corrects the problem. Opinions about this please! Steel Thunder

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- 7/22/2000 9:24:00 PM

Wild Bill

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That would be a question best answered by Michael Wood, ST. I know it was fixed or altered so the plane did exactly what you propose here. I'll also run a test of my own today to see what happens with AC flying over. WB

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- 7/22/2000 11:03:00 PM

Voriax

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A more urgent fix would be to prevent *enemy* units revealing their positions when an *enemy* plane makes it's run. The positions are visible only during that bombardment phase but it still gives a lot of information. Voriax

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- 7/22/2000 1:14:00 AM

Tomanbeg

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I think it's right for the following reasons. A. People get the impression from war movies that fighter runs are made 10 meters off the ground. Not so! Marine Corps fighter pilots were known for their daring, coming in at around 100 meters. Most fighter attack runs were made 300+ meters. Light bombers would go in at 500 meters or higher. B. While WW2 fighter speeds were 400+ kph, they did not fight at these speeds. 250 kph is more reasonable. I average about 15 hours a month in a light plane at these hights and speeds. It's amazing how well (and What) you can see! C. The Marine Corp calls staring at your target to the exclusion of all else 'Target Fixation'. A pilot does this just once. They send a letter to his folks and a bulldozer out to fill in the hole. D. Don't forget about adrenaline (sp?). Time slows down when people are trying to kill you. I hope you take my word for this, and don't have to find out the hard way. All in all, the guys did a bang up job on this, IMHO. Don't forget, the #1 reason for airplanes is Recon, even if the fighter jocks don't like it. T.

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