B52 - Page 2

Evangalin · Post by **Evangalin** » 2006-01-30 16:30

You sure the B52 would be too large? FH is gonna have Lancasters take off and land. You could give it Ram-Jets on its rear to help it take off..it woulnd't be TOTALLY unrealistic. That thing would be the prize of the US Airforce, load it up with 70,000lbs of bombs..O_O...

jezzzy · Post by **jezzzy** » 2006-01-30 17:02

i dont think the 130 can even carry mbt's can it? im pretty sure the only aircraft that can take such a weight is the galaxy (boeing i believe)

Post by **BrokenArrow** » 2006-01-30 20:10

Tanks don't use chutes I don't think, MBTs are too heavy now. The C-130 would be rediculously large in game, and I think a B-52 is much larger than a Lancaster bomber. Putting enourmous planes like the B-52 into BF2 based games is a little nuts. There isn't enough map to bomb! Also, realistically, it would be just a big clay-pigeon. It can't really run and hide, can't make any great evasive manouvers and I would bet on seeing every mounted MG on the opposing team lighing into it as the thing would be impossible to miss.

Cool? YES

! Practical? Not quite

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Tom#13 · Post by **Tom#13** » 2006-01-30 21:49

agreed

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » 2006-01-30 22:15

The B-52 has not been used by the U.S. since 1946

Seems too big and impractical for PR

Post by **BrokenArrow** » 2006-01-30 22:20

Cerberus wrote:The B-52 has not been used by the U.S. since 1946

Seems impossible since it was first flown in 1954 and has been used (with great effect) to this day and is expected to remain in service until 2040.

But, it would be impractical in a BF2 based game as the maps are way too small.

lonelyjew · Post by **lonelyjew** » 2006-01-30 22:48

Cerberus wrote:The B-52 has not been used by the U.S. since 1946

Seems too big and impractical for PR

Are you thinking of the B-17 flying fortress? Or maybe the B-29 superfortress? The B-52 has been in service since the fifties and with the many upgrades they've had will likely keep them in service for a long time to come.

goodgameral · Post by **goodgameral** » 2006-01-30 22:53

lol... someone just got ownz0red! lol

Tom#13 · Post by **Tom#13** » 2006-01-30 23:04

LOL
oh well we all make mistakes but why would we all be talkin about a ww2 bomber?

Tacamo · Post by **Tacamo** » 2006-01-31 00:49

The only ones that come close to dropping tanks out their planes are the Russians. AFAIK still not MBT's though. Caught an episode of Wings where they showed an Soviet air drop. BMD's freefalled with parachutes and right before they hit retro rockets went off to soften the landing. Looked highly impressive compared to what NATO was capable of.

Evangalin · Post by **Evangalin** » 2006-01-31 01:51

'[R-PUB wrote:BrokenArrow']Seems impossible since it was first flown in 1954 and has been used (with great effect) to this day and is expected to remain in service until 2040.

But, it would be impractical in a BF2 based game as the maps are way too small.

* 2045

lonelyjew · Post by **lonelyjew** » 2006-01-31 02:17

Found some nice vids of the C-130, AC-130, and B-52,

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 96&q=c-130

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 365&q=b-52

It would we be sweet though If the devs could put in some ground atack aircraft like the AC-130 Spectre and the A-10 Thunderbolt, here are some vids of those two.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3592677905

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7297575307

I got all these vids from one great website and they've got tons more.

http://wvholohansquadron.org/

Zepheris Casull · Post by **Zepheris Casull** » 2006-02-01 11:52

wouldn't the BF2 maps too small even for the spectre gunship?? i mean i absolutely love thoose beast, but a flying howitzer would reach literally any of the map in BF2 size.

if they do put it in though i would be one very happy puppy, the same with thunderbolt.