Friday 2010-09-24 Dev. update and Discussion

[Necrobaron]

Great update!
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Gr Engine

[Bloblast]

X-day is soon Oleg stated. Best news since the announcement from May 2006!

[Blakduk]

Love the update guys- this sim is looking VERY impressive.
I can't wait for a video of these elements put together- i'm really looking forward to how the animation of bomber crews bailing will look. The short teaser you published of a pilot bailing from a Spitfire made me hungry for more.
The screenshot from a few weeks ago of the crew of a Ju88 jettisoning the rear portion of the canopy made me very curious- how did a Ju88 crew bail?

[FG28_Kodiak]

Originally Posted by Blakduk

... how did a Ju88 crew bail?

From a english translated Manual:
9. Jumping with the parachute.
Parachute jump is only performed on the order of the pilot of the aeroplane.
There are two alternative exit routes:
1) Through the ventral hatch,
2) Through the ejected canopy.
If possible jump is done through the ventral hatch, because when exiting from the ejected canopy it
possible that the jumper be injured by the tail assembly.
T o p o i n t 1 . J e t t i s o n i n g t h e C - g u n n e r p o s i t i o n .
Trailing antenna in pulled in or cut.
First the latch on the attachment rope is detached from the static ventral gondola.
Safety on the red lever on the bottom of the gondola is removed and lever is turned.
Lower part of C-gunner position falls off.
T o p o i n t 2 . J e t t i s o n i n g o f t h e c a n o p y .
First the armour plates are removed.
All crew members must be fastened with seat belts.
Safety on a hand lever high behind the frame 6 is removed by the wireless operator or the observer,
and he also pushes around with open grip, without holding the lever in hand. The rear part of the
canopy is detached and the air stream wrenches it clear from the aeroplane.

You can find the complete Manual here:
http://www.ju88.equitatura.de/downloads.htm

[Rodolphe]

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Originally Posted by Blakduk

The screenshot from a few weeks ago of the crew of a Ju88 jettisoning the rear portion of the canopy made me very curious- how did a Ju88 crew bail?

Dachabwurfvorrichtung or Roof-dropping device





Notauslösung der abwerfbaren Bodenwanne (C-Stand) or Emergency release of the bottom Gondola







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[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by winny

Your lines mean nothing other than all the tracers are moving at the same speed and so are the same length.. you should be measuring distance from the gun barrel, the ones nearest the mgs are clearly out of sync.

True.

The MGs are in perfect synchronization, when you pull the trigger. The different rates of fire then desynch the MGs more and more. This is very nicely represented in the screenshot. Also note that your lines are not parallel. So you can see that the bullets also don't follow the exact same line of flight.

[AdMan]

I hope there are blades of grass visible around the houses and trees like there are around the vehicle tires/treads

[Snuff_Pidgeon]

Fantastic!