Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I have no clue if it is meaningful or just a default number but tracker has the required size for all transports at AF size 2.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

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ORIGINAL: Yaab

OK, I give up.

My DC-2s fly in Clear/Partly Cloudy weather and BAM! An ops loss. Plane fatigue under 10, and still a DC-2 is a total write-off in just one turn.

I am clutching at the straws here, but my last theory is that transport aircraft follow the level bomber airfield equation as per manual p.213, and this feature failed to be documented for transport aircraft.

Thus, a DC-2 with load of 2400 points, should use airfield 4, possibly on both ends.

Level bombers require an airfield equal to size 4 + (bomb load / 6500) rounded down.

DC-2 (load 2400)
4 +(2400/6500) =4 + 0,36= 4,36 =rounded down =4

Right now, I fly from Ledo(airfield 3) to Myitkina (airfield 2), and the loss rate is not sustainble (2 aircraft lost in just 5 mission days)

Is it monsoon season?

From the patch notes:

71. Tweak Added monsoon effect to aircraft support affecting AF (0-4) service level


"In the latest beta (1108q9), I have also added monsoons to Aviation Support and Pilot fatigue recovery after watching several old newsreels on the Burma Campaign.

During the monsoon period and at bases where monsoons have affect, if the AF is less than level 5, the pilots of groups stationed there gain some fatigue and the Service Level of the AF for maintaining a/c is lowered affecting repair/maint.

I have only included less developed AFs as more developed AF should have better repair/maintence facilities and better accomodation for the pilots to counter such affects."


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Michael



A quick example...probably more there

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Yaab, where did you get the Size 4 AF as a start point for calculating the Level Bomber AF size? A single engined bomber like the Wirraway, Mary, Sonia and Ida is a level bomber and most certainly do not need a level 4 AF. Level 2 is the minimum for an offensive mission, so that seems like a good start point for the calculation.

Also, you get info on the weather at target in the combat report, but you never know the weather at your originating base. Taking off on wet and windy runways is always dicey!