[flo57100(FR)]

Hi guys,

I read some articles on special projects dawns by the Germans before the end of the war, from the most serious to the most crazy. So I have an idea, crazy of course, which could make "what if..." scenario lovers very happy: imagine a giant zeppelin (after all, Germany is the homeland of rigid airships), with a long flight deck under the enveloppe, with six big engine pods. The flight deck is hollow, so the aircrafts take off facing forward and lands by approaching behind the airship. There are many gun turrets on the surface to defend the flying base against ennemy aircrafts. The command and habitat gondola is situated under the flight deck itself. I made a very quickly made scheme of my idea:

[Harnage]

Well pretty much all of the mods on this site are aimed at making the game more realistic and historically accurate so Im not sure how much support you would get with making this.

And I dont even know if a flying aircraft carrier is possible in the game.

An idea like this was tried after WW1 with the airships but they only held 2 planes and with hocks or something.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... h77437.jpg

If you were willing to go into modding then go for it. I have no idea how long it would take because I dont make mods.

I would definitely download it just to have some fantasy fun though.

Heres a link to something closer to what you have in mind
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/ ... ing-field/

[Metatron]

I think zeppelins are being made for the world war 1 scenario.

The problem with your idea in a WW2 setting is that the thing would be massively vulnerable. It was proven during the early American bombing campaign against Germany that no matter how many machine guns you stick on a lumbering aircraft, it's going to get shot down a lot...

[VonBarb.]

I love this idea, however I don't really think this is the right sim for it.
I'm not a big fan of the 46 Fantasywaffe but I am all about alternative between-wars designs : Sky Captain, Crimson Skies, Porco Rosso and Miyasaki's designs in general, can't get enough .

Really cool idea.

Cheers

Nico

[Coatimundi]

Hehe, I keep finding my thoughts floating off to the idea of a Crimson Skies Il2 mod, I thought at first that it might be possible to use hooks, but I think this idea would be a bit easier to code.