Spotting range for planes

Lut · Post by **Lut** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:19 pm

Short question.

why do have the fighters a spotting range of 2 but the SB only 1?

a He111 with a cockpit made - more or less - completly from glass... 3 guys (pilot, copilot, bombardier) sitting in front with perfect view... slow (compared to fighter) speed... should these SB not have a spotting range of 2 instead of the fighters?

brettz123 · Post by **brettz123** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:23 pm

My guess is that generally speaking they fly so high you wouldn't be able to see much on the ground.

dragos · Post by **dragos** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:22 pm

And also level bomber fly along pre assigned paths straight to their objectives while fighters and smaller bombers may roam an wider area searching for their targets.

Lut · Post by **Lut** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:58 am

maybe there is a possibillity to add some real recon aircrafts with a spotting range of 3

more fuel - less armarment - spotting range of 3

ivanov · Post by **ivanov** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:52 am

Lut wrote:maybe there is a possibillity to add some real recon aircrafts with a spotting range of 3

more fuel - less armarment - spotting range of 3

Sounds cool

brettz123 · Post by **brettz123** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:40 pm

It is a good idea. I have seen it batted around the forums before but still hasn't been done yet. Would be a nice addition.

VonHob · Post by **VonHob** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:07 pm

I agree, spotter planes like the little Fiesler Storch would be very nice to have. Basically no armament, small defence but a lot of range and spotting range. Also give them the ability to land outside an airstrip, since I believe that they were capable of this.

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:40 pm

One of the 41 Scenarios kind of touches on this as you get I think its 3 Dorniers that have no ammo, but can fly about reconing for your forces. If they end at a friendly airfield they arm up and become bombers. It was a nice touch and i agree it would be great to be able to buy air recon for our core armies.

Razz1 · Post by **Razz1** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:49 pm

brettz123 wrote:It is a good idea. I have seen it batted around the forums before but still hasn't been done yet. Would be a nice addition.

Download the AA and AT MOD and you will have recon planes.

- AT and AA Patch Mod for 1.05 and DLC's: viewtopic.php?t=30721

Tima · Post by **Tima** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:59 am

This recon plane is a good idea and an element of the game that should be added IMO. The planes like any other category progressed in time. From the beginning where Heinkel 45's and 46's were upgraded to Henschel 126's then I believe it was the Heinkel 123's if I'm not mistaken. Strategic recon started out with Heinkel 70's and Junkers 86's then moved onto Ju88's and finally ended with the jet Arado's that no allied plane including the Brits could catch.

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