22"MK13Torpedo availability

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: rustysi

I just reached the wrong conclusion based on incomplete information and erroneous assumptions. (Like that never happened before ...)

No problem. Been there done that.[:)]

That is true, you even posted the evidence. You did state that you had been married![:'(]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

The Avenger, although big and heavy, is a single engine aircraft. If it can take off from a CVE with a torpedo, then a size 2 airfield should be okay.

My issue with the size two AF is the fact that it doesn't move into the wind at 21 knots and it doesn't have a hard surface to keep the aircraft from sinking in.

EDIT to Add: The C-130 I was on once taxied onto a tarmac beside the hangar on a hot sunny day and started to sink in. We had to run the engines up to keep it moving fast and go back out to park on the runway. Small airfield - no other traffic expected.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

The Avenger, although big and heavy, is a single engine aircraft. If it can take off from a CVE with a torpedo, then a size 2 airfield should be okay.

My issue with the size two AF is the fact that it doesn't move into the wind at 21 knots and it doesn't have a hard surface to keep the aircraft from sinking in.

EDIT to Add: The C-130 I was on once taxied onto a tarmac beside the hangar on a hot sunny day and started to sink in. We had to run the engines up to keep it moving fast and go back out to park on the runway. Small airfield - no other traffic expected.

The Allies had that metal matting for their runways and taxiways. Although I don't think that there were many Yellow Cabs there. [8|]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

The Avenger, although big and heavy, is a single engine aircraft. If it can take off from a CVE with a torpedo, then a size 2 airfield should be okay.

My issue with the size two AF is the fact that it doesn't move into the wind at 21 knots and it doesn't have a hard surface to keep the aircraft from sinking in.

EDIT to Add: The C-130 I was on once taxied onto a tarmac beside the hangar on a hot sunny day and started to sink in. We had to run the engines up to keep it moving fast and go back out to park on the runway. Small airfield - no other traffic expected.

The Allies had that metal matting for their runways and taxiways. Although I don't think that there were many Yellow Cabs there. [8|]

Any pictures I have seen of the Marston mats being used shows a hard gravel runway underneath. The mats would help keep the aircraft from sinking in if heavy rains softened the surface, but they would need a fairly flat surface for installation.

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: Alfred

1. Adequate supply plus a positive torpedo inventory are both required at the launching airfield.

2. Command HQs can also supply torpedoes. It was Base Forces which were changed to not provide torpedoes unless a torpedo device was in their TOE.

Alfred

Something that I don't believe was used in the official scenarios, but which us modders are able to take advantage of.

[bradfordkay]

It seems to me that a level 1 airfield is the quintessential grass strip, while a level 2 would imply some amount of grading and surfacing involved. The rules limit offensive missions from level 1 airfields but allow all types of offensive missions from level 2, provided the aircraft involved isn't too big.