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[dietz]

Mike

Hard to tell.
At the time of the B-36, radar wasn't all that advanced like we know it today and airborne radar was quite rudimentary.
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Mike well said...couldn't agree with you more....but you left out one very important addition; The tiny but unlovely F-85 Goblin sling trapeze fighter could be brought along to knock out those pesky Migs, patrolling over Norhtern Siberia ( if their ground crews hadn't drunk all their antifreeze that is...) Now that i think about it maybe some far cleverer than I  SAS Modder should get started on this "small" project??? Then we'd be prepared for battles over Russia in The Jet Age version of B.A,T.??

[SAS~Storebror]

The idea of the Goblin got dropped right when it started, and so I would suggest it should be for the mod.
If at all, the later developed idea to have a couple of B-36 with F-84 attached would make sense, but even then, truth is that all of this just doesn't really make sense at all.
Wasting bombers to bring outdated fighters with you to the game would not even contribute to the crew's confidence.


Mike

[fightingirish]

How did the sound of the B-36 compare to the Kuznetzov's of the Tu-95?? (pistons versus turboprops I know )
Those Kuznetzovs are the most beautiful and evil sounding motherf**kers I've had the pleasure to hear

[SAS~Ghost129er]

~snip~B36's turret is too complicated

What a coincidence! Just saw this on Imgur today:

[dietz]

The idea of the Goblin got dropped right when it started, and so I would suggest it should be for the mod.
If at all, the later developed idea to have a couple of B-36 with F-84 attached would make sense, but even then, truth is that all of this just doesn't really make sense at all.
Wasting bombers to bring outdated fighters with you to the game would not even contribute to the crew's confidence.

Yup it was not such a hot idea...but sort of a jazzed up Zepplin-dropped Sparrowhawk...I was just adding a touch of fantasy ,I guess.

[SAS~Storebror]

I don't think the turrets are too complicated.
From a 3D modder's perspective, they're almost like any other turret.
It just takes 2 additional meshes: One "cover" mesh to close the fuselage in case the turret is retracted, and one "mount" mesh which holds the turret in open position (that 2nd mesh needs to be skinned on both sides because it rotates when the turret retracts).
A Java modder would then have to rotate the mount mesh and make the cover mesh slide accordingly. No big deal.

However, the current 3D model we have is a "Featherweight" config, with all remote turrets stripped. We only have the nose and the tail guns.


Mike

[oldschoolie]

Blimey! Can't wait. Looks wonderful. There are good sequences in film with Jimmy Stewart "Strategic Air Command".

[dietz]

SAS-Storebror- they used to fly over my neighborhood in V formationsof three & six aircraft .You can believe me you could hear them when they were a long way coming & going , but when they were overhead they literally shook people & things up as the slowly paraded by above us. From time to time I’ve given some thought as to what would have happened to all those big B-36’s if they ever had to make that long long flight into Russia without some sort of fighter escort. Russian air defenses probably weren’t as strong as we were told , but I’m guessing these big “Aluminun Overcast” giants wouldn’t have fared too well. Not too many would have been coming back to Travis Air Force Base..

it had better be very loud & have a very deep throbbing base note!

You can try and listen to the G10N1 Fugaku mod.
The engine sound of the what-if Ha-54 engines is actually from P&W R-4360 samples and it's as loud as IL-2 allows them to be.


Mike

BTW- Just installed this monster just to see ( actually listen) if your recommendation/observation was correct and yes it was .Its quite a beast but I probably need better/bigger speakers to get the full effect of having my house shake on the foundations like the real B-36's seem to do...My wife wouldn't like that at all ...but like I said this G10N1is quite a BEAST!

[Foghorn]

any news

[SAS~Storebror]

If there were any, they would have been posted.

[KingTiger503]

It’s a complicated engine design But what I concerned is no matter how much power of It’s engine and trust and Booster engines, Safety is number one priority.


Best Regards KT503

[Stachu2710]

Awesome plane bro!
Congratulations on your talent 
Greetings

Stachu