U-2VS Tail Gunner

[Warpig]

When not equipping the tail gunner, shouldn't it remove the person who controls the gun? He looks kind of creepy, like a composite sketch with no emotion. Besides, his big head distorts my view when trying to enjoy the scenery.

 

 

[Chief_Mouser]

Shoot him with the flare pistol, that'll solve your problem.

[PatrickAWlson]

Was the gunner purely a gunner or did she have other roles?   

[[CPT]milopugdog]

1 hour ago, PatrickAWlson said:

Was the gunner purely a gunner or did she have other roles?   

Maybe a navigator/spotter?

[Chief_Mouser]

The rear seat can access the bombsight and is also equipped with dual controls; I actually prefer sitting there once in flight because there is an unobstructed view above that you don't get from the front. The daft thing is that in BoX U-2VS you are only able to access the rear seat if you HAVE taken the gun, so you have the weight penalty to consider.

[[DBS]Browning]

The plane must remain balanced. It is necessary to substitute a sack of sand in place of a passenger in some light aircraft like the U-2VS.

I don't know if this is the case for the U-2VS, but it certainly is for some of it's contemporaries.

Edited February 1, 2019 by [DBS]Browning

[montag]

A forward CG is generally safer than a rear one even though it lowers performance.

[CanadaOne]

3 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

Was the gunner purely a gunner or did she have other roles?   

 

Love.

[Nil]

7 hours ago, Warpig said:

When not equipping the tail gunner, shouldn't it remove the person who controls the gun? He looks kind of creepy, like a composite sketch with no emotion. Besides, his big head distorts my view when trying to enjoy the scenery.

 

 

Of course, it should be optional to save view and weight.

It would be called:

"Creepy passenger" 

[Obelix]

You should read this book

 

 

In french:

 

[danielprates]

15 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

she

 

Charles Asnavour sang a famous song about this crewoman of yours!

[Feathered_IV]

I did notice this image of the gunner in the 3.009 thread.  His nose is almost as wide as his neck. 

 

[BlitzPig_EL]

It's flattened from the tremendous G forces that the U2VS can pull on takeoff...

[Garven]

21 hours ago, [DBS]Browning said:

The plane must remain balanced. It is necessary to substitute a sack of sand in place of a passenger in some light aircraft like the U-2VS.

I don't know if this is the case for the U-2VS, but it certainly is for some of it's contemporaries.

Bristol F2b is notable example of this.

[PatrickAWlson]

8 hours ago, danielprates said:

 

Charles Asnavour sang a famous song about this crewoman of yours!

Well, night witches and all ... so "she"

[IV./JG5_weee]

so..Is there any pan to remove the tail gunner?

[Blackhawk_FR]

Yes, 

 

1. Ask him to detach, for any reason (check something outside).

2. Fly inverted.

[ShamrockOneFive]

On 2/1/2019 at 5:02 PM, 216th_Cat said:

The rear seat can access the bombsight and is also equipped with dual controls; I actually prefer sitting there once in flight because there is an unobstructed view above that you don't get from the front. The daft thing is that in BoX U-2VS you are only able to access the rear seat if you HAVE taken the gun, so you have the weight penalty to consider.

 

Wait? The rear seat does have a bombsight?

[LukeFF]

18 minutes ago, ShamrockOneFive said:

Wait? The rear seat does have a bombsight?

 

It does, but it's not usable by the player right now. 

[ShamrockOneFive]

2 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

It does, but it's not usable by the player right now. 

 

Got it. I was wondering how I missed that and I'm also a lot less disappointed in the AI doing level bomb attacks in the Career missions now.

[Feathered_IV]

16 hours ago, IV./JG5_weee said:

so..Is there any pan to remove the tail gunner?

 

Nothing so far.  

Now that I think of it, an upgrade to the visual crew models on existing aircraft would make for a good optional DLC package...

[Herne]

On 2/1/2019 at 10:02 PM, 216th_Cat said:

The rear seat can access the bombsight and is also equipped with dual controls; I actually prefer sitting there once in flight because there is an unobstructed view above that you don't get from the front. The daft thing is that in BoX U-2VS you are only able to access the rear seat if you HAVE taken the gun, so you have the weight penalty to consider.

 

I didn't know about the bomb sight ? is it accessed with the the default bomb sight button or do you have to jump into the rear seat ?

 

Edit: NVM just read Luke's post

 

Edited February 18, 2019 by =11=Herne

[Nil]

On 2/1/2019 at 11:03 PM, [DBS]Browning said:

The plane must remain balanced. It is necessary to substitute a sack of sand in place of a passenger in some light aircraft like the U-2VS.

I don't know if this is the case for the U-2VS, but it certainly is for some of it's contemporaries.

I understand.

So the solution is to put the pilot in the rear seat on solo flights, like on the Piper Cub

 

Solved!

[TP_Silk]

I'm not entirely sure why you would remove the rear-seat crewman in what is essentially a trainer/twin-crew machine.

[Nil]

No balance problem whatsoever thanks to Kermit! 

So this is definitively a front seat solo plane.

 

I just wish our passenger could be a loadout so we can deliver him with a new key function: "Unload Passengers"

 

 

 

Edited February 20, 2019 by TG1_Nil

[Jaguar320]

On 2/17/2019 at 12:23 PM, LukeFF said:

 

It does, but it's not usable by the player right now. 

Update 4.007 and the U-2VS bombsight still not usable. You can't even look out through the bomb window in the starboard wing. 

Please developers, can you repair this? 'cause it's really difficult to aim bombs in the U-2VS

[Avimimus]

I did read that some U-2VS were flown as single-seaters... removing the gunner position (or co-pilot or passenger) could allow carrying more cargo or more bombs... there is even a bizarre rumour in an old book of a U-2VS that was structurally rebuilt to lift a FAB-500... which is hard to believe... although apparently the FAB-250 was carried on some retrofitted aircraft.

 

There as also a variant that replaced one of the seats with four incendiary devices (VAP).

[Lusekofte]

On 2/2/2019 at 1:41 PM, Feathered_IV said:

I did notice this image of the gunner in the 3.009 thread.  His nose is almost as wide as his neck. 

 

I think its time you activate your po 2 and see it for yourself. 
You had it for month

[Feathered_IV]

On ‎6‎/‎13‎/‎2020 at 10:14 PM, 216th_LuseKofte said:

I think its time you activate your po 2 and see it for yourself. 
You had it for month

 

Wha??  It took me a while to figure out what you meant.  I just had a look in my profile and there is a Po-2 key in there right down the bottom.  I had no idea it was there.  Was that you?  You really shouldn't have! 

[Trooper117]

Get it flying mate, you will be quite.... surprised.

[Lusekofte]

5 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

 

Wha??  It took me a while to figure out what you meant.  I just had a look in my profile and there is a Po-2 key in there right down the bottom.  I had no idea it was there.  Was that you?  You really shouldn't have! 

Do you not know the new paragraph in human rights. All should fly the PO 2 before they get bored by sim and stop entirely. 
Serious, you do not know what you missing. So stubborn. PO 2 is the only plane in universe that does not need a reason to fly