Make it the B1R. I want to have my flying B-oner
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Sure it can run but I would prefer to not be within 20km of enemies at all times.
Strat bomber LARP would only be semi-viable in SIM and we both know how bomber cockpits are modeled :/
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This wouldn’t be suitable as an aircraft, seriously if you want a B1 experience load up an mirage 4K or an F111 with nothing but bombs and see how long it takes for you to lose your sanity.
no one plays the bombers as it is!
When’s the last time you’ve seen a game with more than 3 F-111’s or F-105’s more than a month after their release, most likely never, or just once
Furthermore, it would just be a flying target it would be the heaviest aircraft in the game whist it’s max speed is Mach 1.2 and it’s operation service ceiling isn’t that high at around 12000 metres.
This aircraft would most likely only be flown in by diehard fans of it and have likely been wanting it since the F-105 got added.
This would be a fun aircraft though, think of trying to land this thing in pilotage tho fr.
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The only value it would have is as a nuke bomber in RB or bomber for sim.
I agree with you if added it is just purely a novelty aircraft.
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Is that a newer model B-1? Looks like it has a missile warning sensor between the cockpit and radar, similar to how the F-15EX has the protrusions where the sensors would be
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No it’s the oldest one, 1998 IIRC
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+1
With Xian H-6K, Avro vulcan and Tu-160
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The plane would be perfectly playable in sim, just like many planes that are no longer playable in realistic or arcade but can stand out in other mods
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I was debating making a suggestion for this, actually
it would be viable in all game modes also it has flares that weigh 3 pounds each
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and are -just- simple up-grades done over time
Under no circumstances is a B-1 surviving in arcade mode and past the merge in rb
That’s the thing you don’t merge you just gun it, also arcades dead at top tier air, so its mostly bots (ex: I’ve survived as an f-111 in RB and was the last one left despite me not even carrying a gun)
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Bomber gameplay would be running away simulator, not what would actually be fun
The way to make it fun would be to have reforms for strategic bombers
you know the b-1 is a low altitude supersonic bomber right? that means you use it more like this: (xbox app on chrombook is slow so give me a few)
ABSOLUTLEY but it should spawn from like 30km distance to the battlefield cuz pantsir can spawn kill it lol
shouldn’t we get the b52 before? pretty sure the b1 was supposed to replace the b52
no, it was built to fill a different role (but it could still perform the same role as the b-52)
but isnt the b1 a straight upgrade to b52 besides cost
no, the b-1a project was meant to replace them but it was canceled and they ended up using b-1b to supplement the bomber force.
“The B-1A was initially developed in the 1970s as a replacement for the B-52. Four prototypes of this long-range, high speed (Mach 2.2) strategic bomber were developed and tested in the mid-1970s, but the program was canceled in 1977 before going into production. Flight testing continued through 1981.” - https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104500/b-1b-lancer/