Friday 2010-09-17 Dev. update and Discussions

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Daniël

Amazing!!! I have no words to describe that. It's just so different and much better than Il2.
A few questions:

1.Will droptanks explode violently if they are hit?

2.Will there be jamming stations in SoW, so the radiocantact can falter?

3.If planes are very much used in a campagne and the engine is almost broken and almost al the paint is gone, can the engine be changed and can the plane get a new coat of paint? Or will you get a new plane?

1.
A FULL tank is not going to explode(only in Hollywood), it could catch fire though.
For an explosion you would need a fine spray of fuel.
You may want to try that a home(outside, on an empty parking lot) Take a plastic bottle, fill it with fuel, leave 1inch to the top.
Have something to seal the bottleneck ready.
Light a match, throw it in and tell me what happened.

A: most likely the match will just extinguish in the fuel, just like in water.
B: The fuel catches fire, you got a tiny flame coming out of the bottleneck.
Seal the opening and your fine again.

Now if you try the same with only a few milliliters(DON'T!), resulting in a mix of lots of O2 and fuel fumes inside, the bottle most likely is going to blow up in your face.



3.
How long are you willing to wait fore the paint to dry? Honestly, I don't think they did some "ad hoc on the field" paint jobs.


BTT:
Again excellent pics, thanks.

[Daniël]

Originally Posted by swiss

1.
A FULL tank is not going to explode(only in Hollywood), it could catch fire though.
For an explosion you would need a fine spray of fuel.

I think a shell would do the work: The shell hits the droptank and the shell explodes, which causes a leak + heat. There is enough oxygen in the air so in theory that would cause a KABOOM!

[Romanator21]

Drop tanks catch fire in Il-2 as well. You just never see it happen because

A) online, no one takes drop-tanks

B) offline, the AI know where you are at all times and will drop the tanks by the time you're anywhere near them.

Go set up a mission in QMB with friendly planes that carry drop tanks and shoot at them. A nice fireball will result.

[Alien]

This is nearly impossible to have FULL droptank in the middle of dogfight, 'cause you must calculate fuel consumption and the fact, that every pilot uses droptanks first. And when droptank's fuel level is approaching 0, or, let's say, a half, then fumes might be enough to cause explosion, even with ordinary shell, or bullet. And don't forget about big hole, which is giving more and more oxygen to the burning fuel, so it's quite possible to blow a droptank, and is proven by some guncam vids of WWII period.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Alien

... and is proven by some guncam vids of WWII period.

The YT 190 vid? I alway wondered whether that was a tank or a bomb.