FWs Durabillity

[KG26_Alpha]

Gun cam is only a tiny portion of the actual fight.

We wont know the whole story about the kills we see.

Modelling the game from gun cam would not be a good idea.

[Furio]

We should not be surprised to see wings broke at a certain place. As tough as it can be, any wing has its weakest point, and it will fail there most of the time.

In these gun cam footage, we see wing breaking more or less at mid wingspan, where FW main spar has a bend to the rear, to make room for the landing gear, and where usually is installed an MGFF cannon with 60 rounds drum magazine, both having a significant mass. Outboard of mid span, then, there is the aileron with its bending moment.

Summing up all these factors, we can guess here we have wing’s weakest point, but, as KG said above, this means nothing. What matters is how much weak it is, when hit by machine gun or cannon fire.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Gun cam is only a tiny portion of the actual fight.

While gun camera films don't capture the approach and maneuver phases of the engagement, and fail to capture very high deflection shots, they still can be quite valuable.

They are a very good method of understanding how pilots historically made their attacks (notice the huge preponderance of low-deflection, close range shots?), and how the target planes respond when attacked (notice how very few late war German pilots don't immediately break when fired on?) which is valuable for AI programming.

For damage modeling, gun camera footage is a good method of getting the damage effects right.