Air range

[mrdozer2379]

Not sure how this is being handled yet as there has been some discussing in the forum. I would like to put my 2 cents in though about one issue i have about planes.

Now say you can fly 5 points see 5 okay you are searching so makes sense when you do a 6 strike range.
Well logic says if i can fly 5 spots into your territory i can fly 5 back. So in my own territory i should be able to move 10 total, see 5 total and strike range of 6.

I hope i explained this right.

[firepowerjohan]

Not sure how this is being handled yet as there has been some discussing in the forum. I would like to put my 2 cents in though about one issue i have about planes.

Now say you can fly 5 points see 5 okay you are searching so makes sense when you do a 6 strike range.
Well logic says if i can fly 5 spots into your territory i can fly 5 back. So in my own territory i should be able to move 10 total, see 5 total and strike range of 6.

I hope i explained this right.

Yes, movement range are greater than attack ranges but not exact double. One has to consider that speed and fuel capacity are 2 different things and that a air unit with a high fuel capacity has greater attack range while a air unit with high top speed tends to have greater movement.

[mrdozer2379]

im not sure if i explained it right, what you said is true. I know not all numbers are exact i just use it as an example.

The thing is if i can attack a unit 5 hexes away i have to fly 5 hexes back to base right. Well if im rebasing wont i be able to travel 10 spots to a friendly airfield.

[SMK-at-work]

Yes, movement range are greater than attack ranges but not exact double. One has to consider that speed and fuel capacity are 2 different things and that a air unit with a high fuel capacity has greater attack range while a air unit with high top speed tends to have greater movement.

ER...top speed has nothing to do with movement range - fuel capacity is everything. Typically an aircraft can travel much FURTHER than 2 x its radius if it is only going in one direction, because it uses economical cruise speed to do so - whereas a combat sortie will involve some gas-guzzling open-throttle time.

So movement radius should be MORE than 2 x attack radius.

[mrdozer2379]

i agree stalin just used x2 as a vague value. I am just hoping some thought will be put into this.

[vypuero]

It represents moving all of the logistics and support of an entire air flotilla, not just moving a couple of planes by ferry. It should perhaps be adjusted, but you can move far by using rail as an option, or you can also send air units by sea.

[SMK-at-work]

the logistics of moving air units are probably over-rated then.

WW2 air units were accompanied by minimal logistics by todays standards, and high rates of unserviceability were common - both because of this and because of the inherent problems in hte designs of the times.

[mrdozer2379]

then what about the ability to make airfields and use the idea of the longer move if a field is in range?

[vypuero]

Personally, I agree that the movement ranges should be higher.