I survived! :)

[yellonet]

At least until the swim...

The plane was nearly upside down when I collided with fat slow He 115, it took half my left wing with it into the sea.
A few seconds of doubt followed, but I managed to level out and climb to a safe jumping altitude, I was far from the shore however.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/yellonet/halfwing.jpg

Experiences like this is one of the really great things about IL-2 :)

[alexm2323]

Exciting and interesting post!

[JG52Uther]

Have you put this in the bug thread? I don't think a Hurricane would be able to do anything with that much wing missing.

[CaptainDoggles]

I've lost a bunch of wing in a 109 before, but had enough speed that if I cranked the ailerons and rudder all the way to the side I could stop the roll long enough to bail out.

If he was quick and had enough speed he could probably get the nose upwards. You'd be surprised how low you can bail out and survive in this game.

[JG52Krupi]

Have you put this in the bug thread? I don't think a Hurricane would be able to do anything with that much wing missing.

Depends on speed but he would need to be in a jet like an F-104 Starfighter :D

[ATAG_Bliss]

Like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LveSc8Lp0ZE

[JG52Uther]

A few seconds of doubt followed, but I managed to level out and climb to a safe jumping altitude

Sounds like a bug to me. Unless the devs are using the same system as the RoF team,with visual damage not always matching up with actual damage?

[SlipBall]

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but I managed to level out and climb to a safe jumping altitude


Oh boy

[438_Martin_591]

It's possible.
I have heard the story about a pilot of a TBF who make it with the half of a wing like it.

The complete story is in this free online book at the page 61 with a photo.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50154752/Combat-Aircraft-TBF-TBM-Avenger-Units-of-World-War-2

[SlipBall]

It's possible.
I have heard the story about a pilot of a TBF who make it with the half of a wing like it.


But climbing? I think not:grin:

[yellonet]

As others have said, there are examples where different aircraft have suffered similar damage but still being flyable and landable.
Is there something special that makes a Hurricane unable to do it?
If I had been close to land I would possibly have been able to land it.

[yellonet]

But climbing? I think not:grin:
Why not? It climbed pretty slow though.

[PeterPanPan]

... and then there's always the Skyraider. I hear that's quite capable of flying with less than a full compliment of wing span, particularly after bumping into other planes.

http://www.plane-mad.com/photos/24/24296.jpg

PPP

[JG52Uther]

Yes planes can just about fly with part of the wing missing, but not as much as in that screenshot. The only way that Hurri would go is down.
So,I assume the DM for the wing is similar to the way it is in RoF, it shows more visual damage than it actually has.
Anyway, its nothing to argue about. Maybe its not a bug, its a feature.

[yellonet]

Some of you seem very sure that the Hurri couldn't be flying like that, but without anything to back it up I'd say it's as likely that it could given the fact that other aircraft can fly with even more of a wing broken off.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k84/puzzylion2/F15losewing.jpg

[ATAG_Bliss]

I think it all depends on the situation, but most pilots initial reactions would probably be to bail out if they saw that type of damage. But yeah, on the other hand there's tons of reports of planes flying home and safely landing missing parts or all of one of their wings. The A10, for example, has wings just so it can have more weapons :)

[JG52Krupi]

Some of you seem very sure that the Hurri couldn't be flying like that, but without anything to back it up I'd say it's as likely that it could given the fact that other aircraft can fly with even more of a wing broken off.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k84/puzzylion2/F15losewing.jpg

TBH you cannot compare these... the F15 has a flat bottom and so the whole aircraft acts like a wing when the speed is high, if it had a round fuselage then it would have dropped like a giant metal stone.

[JG52Krupi]

The A10, for example, has wings just so it can have more weapons :)

LMAO I love that aircraft really need to get the game at some point.

[sorak]

Yeah im pretty sure this is a bug.. There was a bug similair to this that was fixed before in one of the patches.. I dont remember what plane .. but sometimes the back end of the plane would come off and still fly like normal. So its more likely a glitch/bug with the damage model not equaling up with the visual damage.

[lothar29]

Any aircraft with piston engine and propeller with more than 45% of the wing boots could return to stabilize the flight, and less in the 1940s! If tell me two decades after the 1960s, I'd even say that it happens, but in these times that almost all systems of transmission of the plane were made for cable, the touch of the engine would take to the floor...


and it is not worth putting the video of the F-15 or the SKIRIDER crashed the other day in England, since that had less than 25% of the separated wing plane... sorry to disappoint you, but this is a mistake of the FM.


Best regards

[danjama]

It's possible.
I have heard the story about a pilot of a TBF who make it with the half of a wing like it.

The complete story is in this free online book at the page 61 with a photo.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50154752/Combat-Aircraft-TBF-TBM-Avenger-Units-of-World-War-2

A TBF wing structure is vastly different to a Hurricanes.

[retrojet]

You play with the hand you're dealt...
Of all the aerial mishaps that have occurred during the history of flight, there have been plenty of miracles... And I ain't the religious type, believe me... :grin:

[Ze-Jamz]

Yeah im pretty sure this is a bug.. There was a bug similair to this that was fixed before in one of the patches.. I dont remember what plane .. but sometimes the back end of the plane would come off and still fly like normal. So its more likely a glitch/bug with the damage model not equaling up with the visual damage.

Lol, that was the hurri too wasnt it?