Dear Gamers,
Does the Radio Navigation module have any use on Fighters and CAS planes?
many thanks in advance
Does the Radio Navigation module have any use on Fighters and CAS planes?
many thanks in advance
Airforce: Radio Navigation module on Fighters and CAS?
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what cost?
1 production cost can't hurt, more than that is a luxury item, not recomendable if youre in a "air race".
With BBA tight in range would worth more spend the slots with defense or range.
1 production cost can't hurt, more than that is a luxury item, not recomendable if youre in a "air race".
With BBA tight in range would worth more spend the slots with defense or range.
There's an older post on the subject on this forum, however I can't seem to link it. If you search for it online you'll find it, it's called "Night Penalty On Fighters"
Let's look at some stats:
Radio navigation applies a reduction in night penalty regardless of aircraft type. So, it's primary benefit applies to CAS, fighters, TACs, NAVs, CV planes, recon, and flying coffins. In fact, unlike air to air RADAR, it applies when on air superiority.
Notice this plane does not get the global night penalty reduction. The night reduction penalty from air to air RADAR only applies on intercept missions. So, if you want planes that can perform better at night, radio navigation is really the way to go in most cases.
But...
What is the cost of such a module? Radio navigation II costs 1.5 production cost, 1 weight, and eats a module slot. For those paying attention, that's 1/3 of your module slots on the bottom row gone if you take this path.
In most cases, planes will only be running 1 sortie at night per day (2 sorties during daylight hours for a total of 3 per day). So, to make a plane better at night flying, you eat up slot that could be used for more air defense (armor) or more range (fuel tanks or drop tanks). Or you give up specialized modules like flying boat capability or non-standard materials.
The question is whether you think the -20% to night penalties is worth losing out on air defense or range. Unless you are trying to create some kind of specialized "night witches" squadrons specifically to bomb at night with cheaper planes, I don't think it's worth it on CAS. On fighters, I'd rather have more air defense which can help all the time. (And air defense is a potent stat in general.)
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Too add on the "its not worth for cas" train. Cas does only 10% the damage it normaly does at night. (its part of the defines). So one might argubly say that you should not even let CAS fly at night at all if the enemy has any way to shoot them down. And yes they still do apply their % buffs, but its night. You probably dont have stats at this point anyway.
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I wonder if scout planes or naval patrol can see stuff better at night with radio nav...
Shhh... That's the schtick I'm planning to use for my next livestream.
"Can the Night Witches beat Hitler?"
(And yes, the irony with having Stormfront in the picture is deliberate.
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All we need now is the animated "Night Witches" video.Shhh... That's the schtick I'm planning to use for my next livestream.
"Can the Night Witches beat Hitler?"
(And yes, the irony with having Stormfront in the picture is deliberate.
Yes, the Soviets gave the night witches planes no one else needed, cheap low tech biplanes for night harassment. When the Germans sent night fighters (with radars) to the East, the night witches became prey.
Yeah, the night flying Upgrades are an choose you have to make.
Germany had some night flying Squadrons. The first of it (Ar 68) get the Radio Navigation. The big ones (Bf 110, Ju 88) get both, the Radio Navigation and Radar to defend the Country from enemy attacks.
More I couldn´t find out yet. The UK had an similar system earlyer or later to defend and esp. for night attacks.
Germany had some night flying Squadrons. The first of it (Ar 68) get the Radio Navigation. The big ones (Bf 110, Ju 88) get both, the Radio Navigation and Radar to defend the Country from enemy attacks.
More I couldn´t find out yet. The UK had an similar system earlyer or later to defend and esp. for night attacks.