Fresh stuff from sukhoi.ru (Discussion)

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Insuber

I've seen that photo several times. But it looks that all the reports/pictures of "half a wing missing and flying straight" regard only a handful models of planes, namely heavy and stable ones (P47, TBD Avengers ...). I would be curious to know if swift & unstable planes (109, Spitfires, Hawker Hurricanes) would offer the same behavior, from an aerodynamic point of view. But this is a bit OT

Hurricane swift and unstable? Not any I've ever flew in IL2 or Cliffs.



But I admit, it's been a while.

[DroopSnoot]

Hurricanes are about as rock solid as they come, loose most of a wing in a spit and your hitting the silk, in a hurricane i think its probably with good pilot skill able to get back under some form of stable control to at least climb to bail if needed.
I've had it happen online about 5 times and every time I've made it abck to base.

Shame it always gets blown off in the same point though. I though damage was real time?

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Hurricane swift and unstable? Not any I've ever flew in IL2 or Cliffs.



But I admit, it's been a while.

Agreed. The Hurricane was notable as a stable gun platform when compared to the Spitfire. I should note, that any significant loss of wing in CloD that I've had while in a Spitfire has resulted in a spin from which no recovery was possible. I've only ever been able to fly the Hurricane in such a state (and with a lot of work at that).

Also, the Hurricane's wing is rather thick near the fuselage. I believe it creates a significant amount of lift there. I've no idea what exactly is going on with the flight model, but it's believable enough for me. Strikes that line between real and fun. I know it's a simulation and as such FULL real is supposed to be fun, but there's no way they can make it FULL real short of shipping an invitation to come out and fly a real Hurricane at Duxford in the software box. So they get as close as they can and hopefully it's fun.

I honestly haven't studied the 109 in enough detail to know what roughly how it might perform without pieces of its wing/tail assembly. I believe their wings are much thinner and might cause more problems in such situations though.