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Originally Posted by panzer1b
fuel dump: (so when we take very heavy damage we could dump some fuel).....im pretty sure most bombers had such an option
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Most planes didn't have the fuel dump option. There were a few like the PZL P.24 (where you could jettison the entire fuel tank), however.
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immediate fuel dumping was necessary to loose enough weight to keep it afloat at least some amount of time.....
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Actually, tanks full of Avgas sort of act as flotation devices since oil is less dense than water.
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Originally Posted by panzer1b
can we add an option (within reason) to have crews shift positions incase one dies?
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This might be an option for some planes. For example, if a left waist gunner gets killed, it should be reasonable for the right waist gunner to take over against attacks against the left side, or vice-versa.
But, against this, there's currently no mechanism for damage to flexible guns or turrets jamming. Assume that the hit that killed the gunner also rendered the gun station inoperable.
If you want more realism, though, you'd need to have some roleplaying aspects, such as keeping track of which crew have which skills. Realistic simulation of multi-crewed aircraft would be a lot of work. But, it would be cool to track things like intercom failure, frostbite, oxygen failure, etc. which plagued bombers crews. It would also be nice if you could command crew to do things like bring ammo to compatible gun stations where's run out (and keep track of ammo for flexible guns), unjam bomb bay doors, release stuck bombs, render first aid, put out fires using hand-held extinguishers, etc.
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Originally Posted by panzer1b
also not sure if this was ever mentioned but could we get 2 top gunners in the ju88?
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Or, allow a single gunner to switch between the two guns.
Even so, I don't think it would help much. A single rifle caliber MG with a very limited arc of fire isn't that effective a defensive weapon and an extra one won't help. Any fighter pilot worth his wings should be able to make an attack on a Ju-88 which avoids the rear cockpit guns.
Despite that, the Ju-88 was a relatively fast, tough plane. I prefer attacking He-111 to Ju-88.