Friday 2010-10-29 Dev. update and Discussion

[322Sqn_Dusty]

Originally Posted by Dano

Well based on a beer infused guess and some very bad and most likely incorrect mathematics I came up with this:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...1&d=1288388207

Haven't thought of that, but I sure hope it's larger and to the East..I personal would like the Ansons to be able to fly patrols along the Dutch coast....and not forgetting the RAF Blenheims and possibly the ALA that made attacks in 1940 over Dutch soil trying to hold back the German forces..

Would there be a map for the Norway raids or just the BoB months...

[dduff442]

Most rounds fired from rifled barrels will follow a tightly-spiralling trajectory.

An imbalance in the round will cause a wobble, much like a spinning top -- the technical word is precession. This wobble will mean the spin axis is not parallel to the direction of travel. Just as spin on a football causes it to swerve in mid-air, the interaction between the wobble, the spin and the airflow over the round will also cause swerve, only in a spiral pattern as the spin axis of the round is itself always shifting.

While modelling all this ballistically is probably not worth the effort, the spiral smoke-trails left by tracer rounds are real and would add a nice touch.

dduff

[philip.ed]

Duff, I agree, but the spiral is so small it's hardly noticeable.

[Freycinet]

As if you know? Are you a former BoB pilot? Did you ever see .303 tracer bullets fired from a plane in real life?

Man, the experts we have in here!

[furbs]

did Oleg?

[BadAim]

Ack! Not a bloody one of us was there! Some of us however have studied ballistics, either as amateur enthusiasts or as professionals or have practical experience in either of the two above categories. It seems that every one in the four groups that I've mentioned agree that Oleg (A man who falls under all four categories throughout his career) is pretty much spot on.

What the Hell is the argument?! If you don't know about a subject, just bloody well give the argument to the one who does like a damn adult and move on.

/rant off

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

As if you know? Are you a former BoB pilot? Did you ever see .303 tracer bullets fired from a plane in real life?

Man, the experts we have in here!

Actually, I was.

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

As if you know? Are you a former BoB pilot? Did you ever see .303 tracer bullets fired from a plane in real life?
Man, the experts we have in here!

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Actually, I was.

Really?
Well, you are a real asset to us and the development team.
I must think of some questions to ask you.

[rollnloop]

No SONAR, me happy

[Abbeville-Boy]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Actually, I was.

i was thinking that written eye witness accounts would be best, because of early camera, film distortions. have you any documents to offer