Those crazy Sunderlands still bumping... [screenshots]

cathode · 08-08-05, 07:45 PM

Hi all

Just got jumped by another swarm of Sunderlands, and once again they couldn't get out of each other's way to get to me...

First these two bumped...

Then THREE came to grief midair...

It was like a destructive aerial ballet.

cathode

SteamWake · 08-08-05, 07:50 PM

Looks like the RAF had a rough day.

satmax · 08-08-05, 10:08 PM

'Ooooooooooooooo'

'Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh'

*claps*

Knotical · 08-09-05, 01:32 AM

LOL, swarm of Sunderlands. Im sure that really happened about 0.0 times during the entire battle of the Atlantic. This game had more reasonable air power in the out of the box condition (vs. 1.4b) didn't it?

Looking at the pics it appears they can dish out some serious depth charge hurt though. I've only seen Hurricanes so far in my carrer (early 41), but the formation ASW aircraft hunts is totally un-realistic.

Did you live or is your boat in the center of that devestation?

gdogghenrikson · 08-09-05, 01:39 AM

funny

Catfish · 08-09-05, 01:43 AM

Hello,
apart from the planes colliding in midair i had a PBY (Catalina) in 1941 (ok there already WERE some PBYs) that dived to drop its bomb - can you imagine a Catalina diving like a "Stuka" and level off at 30 metres ? Looked weird to say at least.
And to have more than one plane patrolling is completely wrong. Usually ONE plane would patrol its grid, and only call in for reenforcement if the boat a) would not submerge after attack and b) if the plane would not have been able to destroy the boat alone. There were never two Sunderlands, Liberators or B17s, maybe two Hudsons or several smaller planes near an airbase. Even with complete air superiority at the end of the war the allies never had enough planes to make one patrol for a small grid with multiple planes. Maybe we could change that ?
Greetings,
Catfish

Capn Tucker · 08-09-05, 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

Hello,
apart from the planes colliding in midair i had a PBY (Catalina) in 1941 (ok there already WERE some PBYs) that dived to drop its bomb - can you imagine a Catalina diving like a "Stuka" and level off at 30 metres ? Looked weird to say at least.
And to have more than one plane patrolling is completely wrong. Usually ONE plane would patrol its grid, and only call in for reenforcement if the boat a) would not submerge after attack and b) if the plane would not have been able to destroy the boat alone. There were never two Sunderlands, Liberators or B17s, maybe two Hudsons or several smaller planes near an airbase. Even with complete air superiority at the end of the war the allies never had enough planes to make one patrol for a small grid with multiple planes. Maybe we could change that ?
Greetings,
Catfish

Not entirely true. I've read numerous fates of boats on uboat.net, and quite a few read: " sunk by Coastal Command Liberator and USAAF Liberator, etc etc".
But even that is usually no more than two planes at once...

Salvadoreno · 08-09-05, 03:12 AM

fact is coastal command never did aquire a lot of planes during the war. Most of the excerpts from these books i read are from single planes radioing DDs to the position last seen. Of course thats after the plane attacked. When two planes attack uboats the boats are usually trying to be boarded or are heavily damaged surfaced...

cathode · 08-09-05, 05:42 AM

Knotical, I did survive. This was all taking place some distance from my sub's location.

It is pretty crazy to see this number of aircraft together. Maybe to make up for the plane's gnerally poor bombing skills the devs chose quantity over quality.

They enemy aircraft don't appear smart enough to lay bombs/depth charges along the target sub's last track. Instead they'll just hammer one spot on the ocean.

cathose

08-09-05, 05:50 AM

Those pilots need glasses

SmokinTep · 08-09-05, 06:05 AM

stratege · 08-09-05, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grifter808

Those pilots need glasses

...or had to much of them ... like red or white .... i actually prefer Rosee. :rotfl:

Kpt. Lehmann · 08-09-05, 08:48 AM

LOL!

Nice fireworks though.

Myszkin · 08-09-05, 08:49 AM

Where are black boxes? Who know? :hmm:

Nopileo · 08-09-05, 11:08 AM

Having problems with 'a few' aircraft as well. This is in Sept. 1944 in the 'channel' between Ireland and England (had some fun with a convoy there). There are 8 aircraft in this pic, and there were a few more around as well:

Amazingly, none of them crashed though.

I can't remember if this was before or after installing RUb, but RUb should take of the high number of aircraft, right? So this is probably before.

08-08-05, 07:45 PM	#1
cathode Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 9 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Those crazy Sunderlands still bumping... [screenshots] Hi all Just got jumped by another swarm of Sunderlands, and once again they couldn't get out of each other's way to get to me... First these two bumped... Then THREE came to grief midair... It was like a destructive aerial ballet. cathode

08-09-05, 01:39 AM	#5
gdogghenrikson Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 978 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	funny __________________ And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.

08-09-05, 03:12 AM	#8
Salvadoreno Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 887 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 0	fact is coastal command never did aquire a lot of planes during the war. Most of the excerpts from these books i read are from single planes radioing DDs to the position last seen. Of course thats after the plane attacked. When two planes attack uboats the boats are usually trying to be boarded or are heavily damaged surfaced... __________________

08-09-05, 08:48 AM	#13
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,992 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	LOL! Nice fireworks though. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

08-08-05, 07:50 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Looks like the RAF had a rough day.

08-08-05, 10:08 PM	#3
satmax Seaman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dover AFB, Delaware Posts: 36 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	'Ooooooooooooooo' 'Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh' claps

08-09-05, 01:32 AM	#4
Knotical Mate Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, TX. Posts: 51 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	LOL, swarm of Sunderlands. Im sure that really happened about 0.0 times during the entire battle of the Atlantic. This game had more reasonable air power in the out of the box condition (vs. 1.4b) didn't it? Looking at the pics it appears they can dish out some serious depth charge hurt though. I've only seen Hurricanes so far in my carrer (early 41), but the formation ASW aircraft hunts is totally un-realistic. Did you live or is your boat in the center of that devestation?

08-09-05, 01:43 AM	#6
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hello, apart from the planes colliding in midair i had a PBY (Catalina) in 1941 (ok there already WERE some PBYs) that dived to drop its bomb - can you imagine a Catalina diving like a "Stuka" and level off at 30 metres ? Looked weird to say at least. And to have more than one plane patrolling is completely wrong. Usually ONE plane would patrol its grid, and only call in for reenforcement if the boat a) would not submerge after attack and b) if the plane would not have been able to destroy the boat alone. There were never two Sunderlands, Liberators or B17s, maybe two Hudsons or several smaller planes near an airbase. Even with complete air superiority at the end of the war the allies never had enough planes to make one patrol for a small grid with multiple planes. Maybe we could change that ? Greetings, Catfish

08-09-05, 05:42 AM	#9
cathode Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 9 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Knotical, I did survive. This was all taking place some distance from my sub's location. It is pretty crazy to see this number of aircraft together. Maybe to make up for the plane's gnerally poor bombing skills the devs chose quantity over quality. They enemy aircraft don't appear smart enough to lay bombs/depth charges along the target sub's last track. Instead they'll just hammer one spot on the ocean. cathose

08-09-05, 05:50 AM	#10
Grifter808 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Those pilots need glasses

08-09-05, 06:05 AM	#11
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0

08-09-05, 08:49 AM	#14
Myszkin Mate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 53 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Where are black boxes? Who know? :hmm:

08-09-05, 11:08 AM	#15
Nopileo Watch Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 333 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Having problems with 'a few' aircraft as well. This is in Sept. 1944 in the 'channel' between Ireland and England (had some fun with a convoy there). There are 8 aircraft in this pic, and there were a few more around as well: Amazingly, none of them crashed though. I can't remember if this was before or after installing RUb, but RUb should take of the high number of aircraft, right? So this is probably before.