Cintra Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 Hi all. The manual talks extensively about the drop tank, yet I don't see it being available for attaching to the A8. Someone mentioned the 21cm WR rockets could be used, but I don't see those either. I believe the A8 should be able to carry a 500kg? Or is that specifically a F-8 thing? I don't own Normandy or assets pack yet, I intend to get that in the next sale... but are those needed in order to at least have a drop tank or is it just not available?
MrExplosion Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 As of now only the SC 250 is available and working as intended. Kein Anderer als ein Jäger spürt, Den Kampf und Sieg so konzentriert. Das macht uns glücklich, stolz und froh, Der Jägerei ein Horrido!
grafspee Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 Lets have hope that stuff will move on in coming months. System specs: I7 14700KF, Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite, 64GB DDR4 3600MHz, Gigabyte RTX 4090,Win 11, 48" OLED LG TV + 42" LG LED monitor
xvii-Dietrich Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 The manual talks extensively about the drop tank, yet I don't see it being available for attaching to the A8. The drop tank is not currently available. ED have not indicated if it will be implemented or not, although we do know that 300-litre drop tanks were used historically on the A8 (example ref: Grosse, H., Bild 101I-674-7772-13A, Bundesarchiv, link 1, link 2) and, as you point out, it is mentioned in the manual... so it is probably intended. Someone mentioned the 21cm WR rockets could be used, but I don't see those either. Historical documentation indicates that 21cm launchers were fitted on the A7, A8 and A9. (Ref: FW 190 Baugruppen-Uebersicht BauGr-Kennsahl-81d, pp1-8, Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH, June 1944) The DCS store page (ref) mentions: "The Anton could also be loaded with unguided rockets..." That is probably referring to the historical model, but the DCS Fw 190 A-8 is claimed to have "Accurate Fw 190 A-8 model, squadron markings and weapons" Even so, this really only says that the weapons that are implemented are accurate... and not necessarily comprehensive. At this stage, there has been no indication from ED what the final weapon set will be. We can only speculate. The BR21 are implemented (albeit not well) on the D9 Dora (ref) I believe the A8 should be able to carry a 500kg? Or is that specifically a F-8 thing? The historical references I could find were 1. for the A1. It can carry a 500kg bomb on an ETC501 rack, 520kg total (Fw190A-1 Bv-Fl "Bedienungsvorschrift" , page II-03, Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH, May 1941). 2. for the A-5 & A-6, It can carry a 500kg bomb on an ETC501 rack, 516kg total (Fw190A-5/A-6 "Flugzueg Handbuch" , Teil 0, page 11, Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH, Stand Aug-1943, Ausgabe Dec-1943) I would not consider it unlikely that the A8 could not carry the SC500, but I am unable to find a conclusive reference for it. (Anyone?) ED were investigating the F8 at one stage (example), but I've seen nothing to suggest a 500 kg bomb for it. I don't own Normandy or assets pack yet, I intend to get that in the next sale... but are those needed in order to at least have a drop tank or is it just not available? The A8 is independent of the WW2 Assets pack and Normandy map. You do not need those other modules to gain access to any A8 features. As of now only the SC 250 is available and working as intended. Actually, the following dropped weapons are currently (tested 08-Mar-2020, v2.5.6) implemented on the A-8: AB-250-2 SD-10A, AB-250-2 SD-2, AB-500-2 SD-10A SC250
Cintra Posted March 11, 2020 Author Posted March 11, 2020 Fragmentation bombs seem to be working well.
MrExplosion Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 Actually, the following dropped weapons are currently (tested 08-Mar-2020, v2.5.6) implemented on the A-8: AB-250-2 SD-10A, AB-250-2 SD-2, AB-500-2 SD-10A SC250 Did you properly test the AB variants? The last info I have is that they got released by accident and have little to no effect. Kein Anderer als ein Jäger spürt, Den Kampf und Sieg so konzentriert. Das macht uns glücklich, stolz und froh, Der Jägerei ein Horrido!
xvii-Dietrich Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 Did you properly test the AB variants? The last info I have is that they got released by accident and have little to no effect. Yes. They all work, although some are not particularly well implemented. AI aircraft can drop the AB-250-2 SD-10A and AB-500-1 SD-10A successfully. However, the AB-250-2 SD-2 always fall short. Human piloted aircraft can deploy all of them and they will detonate and destroy things. Our squad has started practicing with them. They are a bit tricky to use, and accuracy is an issue, but they do have an effect and we are getting results. However... currently, the SD-2 bomblets _all_ explode on contact. My understanding is that the real ones would only have some explode, with the others acting like timed, or motion sensitive, mini-mines. I'm only going off wikipedia here, as I don't have a good reference source. So, the SD-10A sub munitions seem okay, but the SD-2 are not so good and need work to be even vaguely accurate to their historical counterparts. However, _if_ the SD-2s were done correctly, they would wreck havoc on enemy airfields.
MrExplosion Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Our squad has started practicing with them. They are a bit tricky to use, and accuracy is an issue, but they do have an effect and we are getting results. Nice! Thank you for the info. I will test them as well ;) Kein Anderer als ein Jäger spürt, Den Kampf und Sieg so konzentriert. Das macht uns glücklich, stolz und froh, Der Jägerei ein Horrido!
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