How many of you regularly fly medium/heavy bombers?

[morse]

on IL2 1946 i fly with an squadron on different aircraft but you can see me always in a bomber for two reasons :

- i like fly in a bomber whenever it's take 2hour to go on target and back to base

- i'm not a really good fighter

 

So i'll be very happy if there is a WWII sim like DCS with a flyable B17 or B24

It's a good thing to add flyable bomber in the early stage of project

It's a very immersive game when you see a box of 12 or more bomber escort by a flight of fighter

12 human b17 player

20 human p51 fighter in escort

and 20 fw 190 to fight against the bomber box

 

(sorry for my english if it is bad, it is not my first language)

Edited September 11, 2013 by morse

[TimeKilla]

Never had any interest in flying them I did get the A2A B17 but that's mostly stayed on the ground I am more into my WW2 fighters but hope the B17 works out for folk that want to fly it.

[NineLine]

You have to admit though, flying bomber intercept or escort adds so much more playability to a game...

 

Never had any interest in flying them I did get the A2A B17 but that's mostly stayed on the ground I am more into my WW2 fighters but hope the B17 works out for folk that want to fly it.

[jawzzy]

Bombers are way too cool. It's so much fun getting together with more buddies and sneak up to the target.

You can do a lot of damage in one sortie and usually after few targets go down in a cloud of smoke, dust and flames everyone is interested in you. :D

 

Enemy fighters try to stop you, so you can't roll the map and a lot of friendly fighters will escort you to the target. I hade some really fun action packed sorties in bombers.:)

Trying to bring a heavily damaged one back home is just as much fun.

 

 

I'd fly the B-17 with pleasure.

[jawzzy]

Wow. I just noticed the specs in my sig. :doh:

 

Intel Q6600, Asus P5K-c, GTX285/1GB, 4GB DDR2/1066 Mhz, SB X-fi, CH stick+pedals, X45, Win7 64bit.

 

I need to update that one. I built myself two gaming boxes since then.

I7 2600k+GTX590 and the last one I7 3770k+GTX780.

I also burned a mobo and two CPUs since then.:poster_oops:

[Vampyre]

Bombers are way too cool. It's so much fun getting together with more buddies and sneak up to the target.

You can do a lot of damage in one sortie and usually after few targets go down in a cloud of smoke, dust and flames everyone is interested in you. :D

 

Enemy fighters try to stop you, so you can't roll the map and a lot of friendly fighters will escort you to the target. I hade some really fun action packed sorties in bombers.:)

Trying to bring a heavily damaged one back home is just as much fun.

 

Heavy bombers, medium bombers, attack and fighterbombers as are my favorite planes just for the reasons you listed above. I have flown directly under or over many a dogfight on my way to target without being noticed by the stick yankers. Getting damaged and making it back to home base gives one a great sense of accomplishment. Good times!:pilotfly:

[Blaze]

Give me a B-25 and I'd be set. :)

[msalama]

Only flew medium bombers and ground attack planes in IL-2 & will continue to do so here if RRG Studios make any :)

[kestrel79]

Bombers and ground attack planes are my favorite.

[Feuerfalke]

I fly all roles.

 

But if we get a multicrew B-17 that would probably be my primary ride. :thumbup:

[Hueyman]

Some years ago, I dreamed about a DCS-Quality B-17 as I dreamed for a Huey years before it was announced by Belsimtek ...

 

I'm a seasonned sim-bomber pilot, from B-17 II : The Mighty 8th, with Il-2 flyable 17s ( with mods ) through A2A Accusim B-17G for FS

 

If this one comes out ( while I'd rather go for an -F version, ala Memphis Belle ), I truly think there is very nice potential with the maps to come ! You know, boxes of 16 ships at 35 000 ft aren't so easy to stop, even with Long Noses etc ... and the level of details put in every DCS product until now guarantee us some really accurate simulation, with inclueded complex engine management, historical navigation, crew/guns management, etc ... with all the detailed damage model we are used to since Black Shark

 

 

Really looking forward to it guys, will pledge 150 as soon as I can, for sure :smartass:

[leafer]

Is there a sim out there that lets me fly a heavy bomber?

[whatnot]

Is there a sim out there that lets me fly a heavy bomber?

 

Atleast for fsx you have the accusim b-17: http://www.a2asimulations.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9&products_id=39

[Barrett_g]

Modded IL-2: 1946

 

http://Www.sas1946.com

[AndyJWest]

Is there a sim out there that lets me fly a heavy bomber?

 

Unmodded Il-2 '46 4.12 has a flyable Pe-8.

[leafer]

Huh. I was trying to be a smartass because I didn't know we could. :P

[Meneliki]

hmm

 

I love flying bombers, but as far as I can tell the heaviest bomb a player-controlled plane can load is a 500kg. The game features much larger bombs but as far as I can tell we can't employ them. (please correct me if I'm wrong)

 

I'd be the first in line to buy a heavy bomber module. I'm talkin' strategic bombing. Carpet bombing. Terror bombing. Kaboom.

 

Any plans to this effect, ED?

[Buzzles]

Holy thread revive there Meneliki, not far off 4 years!

[Mrmaverick]

Old thread yes, I don't think the Normandy map is big enough for any large bombers unless air starts or AI controlled flights are used. Most of the map is water, taking off out of England there is not much to choose from for airfields, and all on the coast. Once you took off you would be climbing for altitude till almost at you target which also would be near the coast in France. And then have to do a quick u turn as not to fly off the map. The bombers would be good but a much much bigger map is needed and a lot more players to make it worth while. Bombers don't last in the air with cannon shells from fighters blowing them out of the sky, and people will stop flying them after being constantly shot down.

Still be nice to have.

Will have to crank up the microprose mighty eighth for a b-17 bomber fix. The map size in that in DCS would be perfect, but dreaming i recon .

[Roblex]

A lot of B-26s and Mosquitos were used during the early phase to help with the coastal defences missed by the high alt heavies because of the cloud cover. With these added, we would not have any problem with climbing to altitude as they both flew very low under the clouds plus the size of the map is not an issue because they did not go far inland on their strikes.

 

Of course the biggest thing missing is the Typhoons. A shame as few simulators include them because they mostly belong in Normandy battles.

 

ps YES! I would dearly love to fly B26 or Mosquito and leave the spit & P51 on the ground.

[DieHard]

I used to love bombing in Warbirds and Aces High and would fly them in RRG's sim if the terrain is big enough. Terrain size was one of drawbacks in IL-2 for decent medium-high bombing

 

 

Me too, flew all the bombers in Aces High, the 1st decade of 2000. Came to DCS in 2011 and still. Just went back to Aces High---their online MP on a weekend night can be over a hundred guys! While the Europe servers are sleeping, Texas, USA is still awake!

 

I like both sims.

 

A B-17 mission sortie from England to a European target and return can take hours! Aces High gets into it, real immersion.

Edited September 9, 2017 by DieHard

[WHOGX5]

All this talk about B-17's... Am I the only Ju-88 fanboy on this forum? :D

[Charly_Owl]

You're most certainly not. ;)

[bart]

All this talk about B-17's... Am I the only Ju-88 fanboy on this forum? :D

 

 

 

Nope.....one here too!

 

 

Cant wait for the AI Ju-88 to come out, something new and different to shoot at with the Spitfire :)

[Silver_Dragon]

Here other bomber lover. Waiting is sometime see a A-20G fliable

 

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