F18's on carriers

I know we have the JSF, but wouldnt it be nice to have the F-18 on the carriers once in a while.

Screen of the F-18 with folded wing tip:

BF2:Special Forces

[StrikeFear]

Might be fine - but they don't put F18's on those amphib carriers.

[Trooper]

strike did you just say they dont put F18's on carriers......

[Silent wind of Doom]

Originally Posted by Trooper[SNPR]

strike did you just say they dont put F18's on carriers......

The ship in BF2 cannot launch F-18's, it can only handle VTOL jets like the harrier and the JSF, and helicopters, that "carrier" is really small compared to the REAL carriers.

ESSEX is the second ship in the all new WASP (LHD 1) class of multipurpose amphibious assault ships and she is the fifth ship of the Navy to bear the name.
General Characteristics: Awarded: September 10, 1986
Keel laid: March 20, 1989
Launched: February 23, 1991
Commissioned: October 17, 1992
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding , West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
Propulsion system: two boilers, two geared turbines
Propellers: two
Aircraft elevators: two
Length: 840 feet (256 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 140 feet (42.6 meters)
Beam: 106 feet (32,.3 meters)
Draft: 26,5 feet (8.1 meters)
Displacement: approx. 40,500 tons full load
Speed: 23 knots

Aircraft: (depends upon mission)
6 AV-8B Harrier attack planes or 6 AV-8B Harrier attack planes
4 AH-1W Super Cobra attack helis 12 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
12 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters 9 CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
9 CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
4 UH-1N Huey helicopters

Assault: or Sea Control:
42 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters 20 AV-8B Harrier attack planes
6 ASW helicopters

Crew: Ship: 73 officers, 1,009 enlisted Marine Detachment: 1,894

Armament: two Mk-29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, eight Mk-33 .50 cal. machine guns, two Rolling Airframe Missile Systems

Cost: approx. $403 million

Obviously dice doesnt know what the hell they are doing..

[Trooper]

okay...yah i relize that now...to bad that cant add that...but lets add ziplines

[xTYBALTx]

Screw the JSF, I want an SU-37. That plane has real thrust vectoring.

Edit: Well, looks like this game already has the SU-37; it's the MEC bomber! Too bad thrust vectoring isn't modelled on that puppy. There are some videos of the SU-37 performing acrobatic maneuvers at a 1997 air show somewhere. They are astounding.

I got this picture, and there's a video of it right here

[jepzilla]

Originally Posted by xTYBALTx

Screw the JSF, I want an SU-37. That plane has real thrust vectoring.

Edit: Well, looks like this game already has the SU-37; it's the MEC bomber! Too bad thrust vectoring isn't modelled on that puppy. There are some videos of the SU-37 performing acrobatic maneuvers at a 1997 air show somewhere. They are astounding.

I got this picture, and there's a video of it right here

The MEC bomber is the Su-34, not the Su-37. The 37 is a pointless aircraft anyway, the primary limitation on manoeverability in modern airframes is the pilot, not the plane - the JSF will be able to perform manoevers that would kill the pilot. Hence the interest in stealth fighters (F-22) and unmanned aerial vehicles. The Su-37 is one giant radar reflector.

[MilesTeg]

Are my eyes playing tricks on me or is someone getting a ride in that pic XS posted? Look at the right side drop tank.

[xTYBALTx]

Originally Posted by jepzilla

The MEC bomber is the Su-34, not the Su-37. The 37 is a pointless aircraft anyway, the primary limitation on manoeverability in modern airframes is the pilot, not the plane - the JSF will be able to perform manoevers that would kill the pilot. Hence the interest in stealth fighters (F-22) and unmanned aerial vehicles. The Su-37 is one giant radar reflector.

Wikipedia had the BF2 MEC bomber listed as the SU-37, and it is capable of carrying two crewmembers, so it seems someone over there got confused.

And almost every modern jet is capable of "perform[ing] maneuvers that would kill the pilot" - but no other plane that I'm aware of can perform the maneuvers that the SU-37 can. Of course, we should use the past tense when speaking of the 37, as it's my understanding that all of them have been refitted in a different prototype configuration.

[Trooper]

im my personal opinion the F14 is the best fighter/bomber in active duty right now....i know this has nothing to do with the thread i just like to talk!

[Pommetje]

Originally Posted by MilesTeg

Are my eyes playing tricks on me or is someone getting a ride in that pic XS posted? Look at the right side drop tank.

Hahaha, ROFLOL.

It seems that way yeah, but if you zoom in you'll see it the nosegearwheel and a shadow of somesort.

But it looks really like someone sitting (facing backwards) on the droptank.

[MilesTeg]

*doh!*

You're right. I blame Civ4 which has been depriving me of sleep lately =O

[munchkin]

Originally Posted by jepzilla

The MEC bomber is the Su-34, not the Su-37. The 37 is a pointless aircraft anyway, the primary limitation on manoeverability in modern airframes is the pilot, not the plane - the JSF will be able to perform manoevers that would kill the pilot. Hence the interest in stealth fighters (F-22) and unmanned aerial vehicles. The Su-37 is one giant radar reflector.

The JSFwill have a flight control system installed (much like the FLICS of the F-16) to prevent it exceeding 9Gs. An unconcious pilot in a jet's not gonna do much good.

[StrikeFear]

Originally Posted by Trooper[SNPR]

strike did you just say they dont put F18's on carriers......

No, I said they don't put em on "amphib" carriers.
I spent 2 tours of duty on an "attack carrier" in the Navy. Those are the 'big' ones. THEY have F-18s, of course, and just before I left, Super Hornets (the E/F models), which had a crew of 2.