4.12 development update discussion and feedback

[secretone]

In one word: no. So why do I shoot off vertical stabilizers of certain aircraft (offline) only to see them continue flying? This morning I shot the vertical stabilizer off of a Ju-87G Kanonenvogel (offline) with a 37mm shell from a p-39 and it kept right on going on its merry way! I am thinking that something must be wrong with certain flight models.

[IceFire]

Aircraft can fly without vertical stabilizers... just not very well. The fuselage itself provides some of the stability that the vertical stabilizer provides in many types of aircraft.

Try shooting the stabilizer off the Go229... it doesn't have one

[Luno13]

Originally Posted by secretone

In one word: no. So why do I shoot off vertical stabilizers of certain aircraft (offline) only to see them continue flying? This morning I shot the vertical stabilizer off of a Ju-87G Kanonenvogel (offline) with a 37mm shell from a p-39 and it kept right on going on its merry way! I am thinking that something must be wrong with certain flight models.

It's not that easy to fly without the stabilizer. Any input in roll adds adverse yaw which cannot be corrected. As a result, the aircraft skids strongly and can fall into an unrecoverable spin.

It's a very precarious situation, and if he managed to land it that way, he deserves a congratulations

[Fighterace]

Will the P-40 w/ Lagg-3 engine ( Sorry, i cant remember the name of the engine) be a new model too?

[Sita]

m -105

[Fighterace]

Originally Posted by Sita

m -105

That's the one Sita, thanks

[nic727]

No news coming???

[Ace1staller]

TD , would it be possible if smoke and fire effects are added to oil tanks when they blow up ?

[Treetop64]

Originally Posted by secretone

In one word: no. So why do I shoot off vertical stabilizers of certain aircraft (offline) only to see them continue flying? This morning I shot the vertical stabilizer off of a Ju-87G Kanonenvogel (offline) with a 37mm shell from a p-39 and it kept right on going on its merry way! I am thinking that something must be wrong with certain flight models.

Actually, aircraft that fly with a vertical stabilizer can still fly without it, but at a loss of longitudinal stability, and at greater risk of entering - and staying in - a flat spin in some conditions. An aircraft just doesn't fall out of the sky just because it lost it's vertical tail.

Now, if an aircraft loses it's entire elevator control or a wing...

[Ace1staller]

Originally Posted by Treetop64

Actually, aircraft that fly with a vertical stabilizer can still fly without it, but at a loss of longitudinal stability, and at greater risk of entering - and staying in - a flat spin in some conditions. An aircraft just doesn't fall out of the sky just because it lost it's vertical tail.

Now, if an aircraft loses it's entire elevator control or a wing...

yeah it would fall out of the sky if taking out the elevation controls or the wing and it would fall out of the sky