Friday 2010-08-13 Dev. update and Discussions

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Daniël

Very nice pictures, especially the first picture.
Question: In il2 now, when you collide with trees (not all trees), static planes on airfields etc. your plane will explode immediately. Will your plane, in SoW not always immediately explode? (Or is this question already been asked and answered?)

I asked this question but never got an answer...It would be cool to land between two trees, the wings to absorb the energy of the crash...just like you are taught in flight school

Originally Posted by SlipBall

I asked this question but never got an answer...It would be cool to land between two trees, the wings to absorb the energy of the crash...just like you are taught in flight school

This reminds me of a conversation between Young_Canuck and a flight instructor before a first-time cross country solo between Vancouver and Vancouver Island in a Cessna.

Young_Canuck: "How do you ditch a high wing aircraft in the ocean?"
Instructor: "Don't ditch the aircraft."
"No seriously, how do you ditch a high wing aircraft in the ocean?"
"Don't ditch the aircraft."

[AndyJWest]

Originally Posted by hellbomber

hahahahaha funny joke yeah hes under so much pressure that he take 6-10 weeks of vacation a year, must be nice to be under that kind of pressure, i get 0 weeks of vacation a year and work most weekends, now thats presure

If you are working for somebody else, that's exploitation. If you are self-employed, I'd look to change your priorities. The measure of how useful work is isn't how much you do, but what the results are.

For people doing anything creative, 'time off' isn't a luxury, but a necessity - actually, it is for everyone else too, though the consequences are often less immediately apparent.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Old_Canuck

This reminds me of a conversation between Young_Canuck and a flight instructor before a first-time cross country solo between Vancouver and Vancouver Island in a Cessna.

Young_Canuck: "How do you ditch a high wing aircraft in the ocean?"
Instructor: "Don't ditch the aircraft."
"No seriously, how do you ditch a high wing aircraft in the ocean?"
"Don't ditch the aircraft."

That is very funny, I can almost see the expression on the faces. I suppose that we will see just how well the damage model is done, when a wing strikes an object.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

I asked this question but never got an answer...It would be cool to land between two trees, the wings to absorb the energy of the crash...just like you are taught in flight school

interesting comment, i never thought that might be a good way to reduce energy of a "crash in progress"

[tourmaline]

Originally Posted by zapatista

interesting comment, i never thought that might be a good way to reduce energy of a "crash in progress"

They do, the wings hit the trees and absorb most of the energy and fall or rip off, the rest of the fuselage will stop quite quickely...

it's much better then actually hitting the tree with the fuselage, LOL.

[Hoverbug]

Originally Posted by zapatista

interesting comment, i never thought that might be a good way to reduce energy of a "crash in progress"

I've done it for real and wouldn't want to do it again, though I got out without a scratch (the 150 was a total loss though). Wing spars are pretty tough, so when they flex they can absorb a considerable amount of energy. The real trick is picking two trees that don't have another tree right behind them...

[proton45]

another beautiful update....thanks to the team

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Hoverbug

I've done it for real and wouldn't want to do it again, though I got out without a scratch (the 150 was a total loss though). Wing spars are pretty tough, so when they flex they can absorb a considerable amount of energy. The real trick is picking two trees that don't have another tree right behind them...

Wow, happy to hear that you were untouched. That must have been a very violent experience, good that you used your wits. Care to share the details that lead to the forced ditch?

[Hoverbug]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

Wow, happy to hear that you were untouched. That must have been a very violent experience, good that you used your wits. Care to share the details that lead to the forced ditch?

Carb icing leading to a forced landing. I actually aimed for a gap between trees hoping to miss them both, but clipped one wing, losing 18" of wing and snapping the aileron cables (and ripping off half the aileron). The plane rolled with the damaged wing striking the ground and absorbing most of the energy. It could easily have been much worse or much better (having not hit the one tree at all).