The (Almost) Invicible Spit!

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by Ze-Jamz

If that was indeed the instance where your attacker was me then Il say one thing..fair play being able to do some of those moves infront of me if your wings looked like that,,lol

Lol yes mate I forgot it was you that smacked me haha, u were in an e4 right?

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Lol yes mate I forgot it was you that smacked me haha, u were in an e4 right?

No mate..e-1

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by Ze-Jamz

No mate..e-1

Really!!!!! Now that is interesting...

[Ze-Jamz]

done 1 sortie and was only in a E1, got 3 human kills and 5ai bombers

You may have seen a e4 against my name when i was parked on the AF, had loads of lag trying to pick AC etc which made me give up in the end and Exit

[klem]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

The spitfire used a stressed skin this means it was designed to take more loads allowing the designers to remove weight from the spars and ribs therefore it makes more sense that when it is damaged it is likely to have a big impact on it's performance and the loads it can deal with!!!

That's why this "it's only panels is completely wrong!

Was that for me krupi? If so I think I haven't explained properly. With some panels missing the rest of the wing would still generate some lift, it doesn't necessarily mean it will fall out of the sky and of course it would be structurally weakened as it is a stressed skin construction. It may not get you home depending on the loss of lift and it would be ridiculous to think you could survive an attempt to dogfight in it but some Spitfires did get home with quite a lot of damage (not as good as the Hurri though).

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by klem

Was that for me krupi? If so I think I haven't explained properly. With some panels missing the rest of the wing would still generate some lift, it doesn't necessarily mean it will fall out of the sky and of course it would be structurally weakened as it is a stressed skin construction. It may not get you home depending on the loss of lift and it would be ridiculous to think you could survive an attempt to dogfight in it but some Spitfires did get home with quite a lot of damage (not as good as the Hurri though).

Thats cause Hurris were design with fabric covered wings and then later replaced with metalic covers... not sure if they were stressed covers... I shot the wing tip of a hurri off last night and I am sure he managed to get home

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Thats cause Hurris were design with fabric covered wings and then later replaced with metalic covers... not sure if they were stressed covers... I shot the wing tip of a hurri off last night and I am sure he managed to get home

Yeah it's not really difficult to land with half a wing gone in a Hurri. I even had a perfect symmetric landing flap, full hydraulics etc... !

[klem]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Thats cause Hurris were design with fabric covered wings and then later replaced with metalic covers... not sure if they were stressed covers... I shot the wing tip of a hurri off last night and I am sure he managed to get home

Yes, the Hurri strength came from its frame, like an old fashioned car built on a chassis. I don't think even the metal skinning of the wings replaced that principle. It was 'Old technology' for 1940, a straight development from the Hawker Hart/Hind/Demon etc biplane series using many of the same jigs to build her. Unlike the Spit which is more like todays 'stressed skin/box' cars.

I also landed a Hurricane ok with the wing tip missing - just a few inches of it. Not so unbelievable but there's a lot to be done regarding the half-wing flyers. From what Lutheir said, I'm expecting that to be in the next patch.

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Tom, Track or it didn't happen....You know the rules.

I've never managed to land anything with half a wing missing, you will always spin out and die. Are you sure this isn't a 'slight exaggeration', and that only the tip of the Hurricane wing was missing? You can land all the fighters in this event. It is not unusual, and perfectly possible IRL. It is this kind of damage I refer to with my track of the 109 (left wing tip and aileron gone with other damage). Can anyone tell me how to upload tracks (again please?).

Mind you, in the earlier versions of CoD, I once landed a Hurricane with no engine at all (literally, the entire nose was off lol). It could be done with the 109, too. Perhaps you are just referring to the CoD initial release, if so maybe...but not now AFAIK.

Nothing to do with any particular plane.....'Dubious' things happen with them all.