Friday 2010-07-23 Dev. update and Discussions

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Hecke

i post again.


Do the bullet cases damage other planes by hitting them?

Why? Should they? Did they? What kind of damage? Do you have proof?

Other than possible take a chip out of a wood prop, I can only think of jammed cowl flaps, or maybe reduce cooling(because they block the radiator).




A *ping* sound when they hit your aircraft would be quite cool though.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Swiss, hitting a shell case at speeds above 300km/h can make more damage than just a ping If you drive a car at 80km/h and a small piece of rock hits your window or paint job there is usually some damage. And we talk about smaller pieces and less speed. So I would figure flying through a cloud of shell casings is not very desireable. But again modeling this..hmm..not adding anything to the sim.

but when a whole load of shell castings hits the prop i think that has a huge effect on it.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

Swiss, hitting a shell case at speeds above 300km/h can make more damage than just a ping If you drive a car at 80km/h and a small piece of rock hits your window or paint job there is usually some damage. And we talk about smaller pieces and less speed. So I would figure flying through a cloud of shell casings is not very desireable. But again modeling this..hmm..not adding anything to the sim.

If the cases are from your wingman, the have pretty much the same, if you hit your enemy's during a head on - well...

Don't know.
If they indeed caused damage there would be reports about it.
Are there?

but when a whole load of shell castings hits the prop i think that has a huge effect on it.

Stop thinking and bring proof, otherwise STFU.

BTW: "Castings" would really cause some bad ass damage, lol.

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

Swiss, hitting a shell case at speeds above 300km/h can make more damage than just a ping If you drive a car at 80km/h and a small piece of rock hits your window or paint job there is usually some damage. And we talk about smaller pieces and less speed. So I would figure flying through a cloud of shell casings is not very desireable. But again modeling this..hmm..not adding anything to the sim.

1. a piece of rock is solid, a case is not - it's deformable.
2. your windscreen is most likely not armored to withstand birdstrike or small arms fire.
3. Your windscreen is reinforced class that is designed to splinter on impact to not cause any large, sharp fragments. A canopy is designed to not splinter.
(If you lose your windscreen at 80km/h you just stop. If you lose it at 500km/h at 30,000ft you're in trouble.)

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

2. your windscreen is most likely not armored to withstand birdstrike or small arms fire.
3. Your windscreen is reinforced class that is designed to splinter on impact to not cause any large, sharp fragments. A canopy is designed to not splinter.
(If you lose your windscreen at 80km/h you just stop. If you lose it at 500km/h at 30,000ft you're in trouble.)

Now I'll do some research, I indeed think it was bullet proof glas, several inches thick.

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by swiss

Now I'll do some research, I indeed think it was bullet proof glas, several inches thick.

Of course it was!

Where did I say something else?

[swiss]

2. your windscreen is most likely not armored to withstand birdstrike or small arms fire.

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[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by swiss

?

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=103


You should also check out the posts other people reply to
(Isn't that the idea of quoting posts in your own reply?)



At least "your windscreen" should have given you a hint - well, I assume that neither you nor Flanker 35M drive armored cars?