23.10.2008, 02:51
Thanks Username for your interesting post.
As Gitano said, we have already deleted the Lofte, and we plan to take the Stuvi out and replace it with a Revi.
About torpedo dropping, your account is really interesting, I assumed that the pilot dropped the torpedo from what I learn from Regia Aeronautica accounts (RA pilots were good at torpedo bombing, despite obsolescence of their aircraft, and had very good torpedoes, the "Whitehead-Fiume" torpedoes, that were also acquired by Luftwaffe ad LTF-5).
Af first it was planned that the Navy Officer who was onboard (to help recognizing targets, estimate their type and speed, etc.) had to launch the torpedo. Then this was found to be impractical, because the pilot only had the"feeling" of the aircraft. The Italians developed some simple torpedo sights, but always for the pilot.
Now this account makes clear that the Germans had developed a torpedo bombsight that was manned by another crewmwmber. It would be great to know better how this device was designed, what it did and what were the tasks of the pilot and the torpedo-bombardier. I would be surprised, anyway, if the pilot could not launch the torpedo himseld, in one of those close range, sea-skimming attacks you wrote about.
In a further release of the beta (that is being worked at) we will delete completely the "bombsight view", as well restore the level stabilizer, and probably add some armour (current Ju.88 model has no armour modeled for the crew). We could add "something" as a torpedo gunsight, only if we knew something more about it.
Cheers
Maraz
As Gitano said, we have already deleted the Lofte, and we plan to take the Stuvi out and replace it with a Revi.
About torpedo dropping, your account is really interesting, I assumed that the pilot dropped the torpedo from what I learn from Regia Aeronautica accounts (RA pilots were good at torpedo bombing, despite obsolescence of their aircraft, and had very good torpedoes, the "Whitehead-Fiume" torpedoes, that were also acquired by Luftwaffe ad LTF-5).
Af first it was planned that the Navy Officer who was onboard (to help recognizing targets, estimate their type and speed, etc.) had to launch the torpedo. Then this was found to be impractical, because the pilot only had the"feeling" of the aircraft. The Italians developed some simple torpedo sights, but always for the pilot.
Now this account makes clear that the Germans had developed a torpedo bombsight that was manned by another crewmwmber. It would be great to know better how this device was designed, what it did and what were the tasks of the pilot and the torpedo-bombardier. I would be surprised, anyway, if the pilot could not launch the torpedo himseld, in one of those close range, sea-skimming attacks you wrote about.
In a further release of the beta (that is being worked at) we will delete completely the "bombsight view", as well restore the level stabilizer, and probably add some armour (current Ju.88 model has no armour modeled for the crew). We could add "something" as a torpedo gunsight, only if we knew something more about it.
Cheers
Maraz