Friday 2011-01-14 Dev. update and Discussion

Will the vehicles be driven by persons or by ghosts?
It looks odd especially with the tractor.

[Abbeville-Boy]

it looks so good
does the wind sock function as it should?

[ATAG_Doc]

Originally Posted by Abbeville-Boy

it looks so good
does the wind sock function as it should?

Would be nice if it was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzbGZA3SfnI

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by timej31

Would be nice if it was.

Oleg did say yes to this a while ago. That ROF windsock is very well implemented with the gusts etc.

[David198502]

hey guys!this is maybe a bit off topic and a stupid question,but i dont want to open a new thread because this is certainly answered in one sentence. i always wondered for which reason the balloons are for?what do they do??you are all encouraged to laugh about that lack of knowledge.and excuse my bad english.

[brando]

Originally Posted by David198502

hey guys!this is maybe a bit off topic and a stupid question,but i dont want to open a new thread because this is certainly answered in one sentence. i always wondered for which reason the balloons are for?what do they do??you are all encouraged to laugh about that lack of knowledge.and excuse my bad english.

The balloons are tethered by steel cables and placed on the approaches to important targets, with the intention of interfering with bombers and spoiling their bombing runs.

[Abbeville-Boy]

some had a parachute attached to a cable designed to break away when struck
grab hold of the plane then act as a drag on it
you know the outcome of that

[winny]

Originally Posted by David198502

hey guys!this is maybe a bit off topic and a stupid question,but i dont want to open a new thread because this is certainly answered in one sentence. i always wondered for which reason the balloons are for?what do they do??you are all encouraged to laugh about that lack of knowledge.and excuse my bad english.

A picture paints a thousand words...



Some worked like this and some had a fixed cable which dragged the plane down.

This lead to some interesting German experiments in cable cutting!

[Foo'bar]

Originally Posted by Hecke

Will the vehicles be driven by persons or by ghosts?
It looks odd especially with the tractor.

Who says the tractor is driving?

Originally Posted by Foo'bar

Who says the tractor is driving?

Nobody, the question is obviously meant for driving vehicles.