I survived! :)

JG52Uther · #1 07-21-2011, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by yellonet

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 · #2 07-21-2011, 09:13 PM

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

Oh boy

438_Martin_591 · #3 07-21-2011, 09:19 PM

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/C...of-World-War-2

SlipBall · #4 07-21-2011, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

But climbing? I think not

yellonet · #5 07-21-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SlipBall

But climbing? I think not

Why not? It climbed pretty slow though.

PeterPanPan · #6 07-21-2011, 09:34 PM

... 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.

PPP

JG52Uther · #7 07-21-2011, 09:42 PM

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 · #8 07-21-2011, 10:04 PM

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.

ATAG_Bliss · #9 07-21-2011, 10:08 PM

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 · #10 07-21-2011, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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.