Friday 2010-09-24 Dev. update and Discussion

[BG-09]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BXo-...eature=related

Oleg, please, note how the antena cable of the Ki-43 fluctuates /at 6:48 sec. very clearly visible/ on the wind over the head of the Japanese fighter pilot. Also note that there is no huge flames, when the aircraft is hit, when small caliber machine guns are used...

~Cheers!

[philip.ed]

I posted an excellent late war guncam clip in colour and HG/Jumo supplied a better version. It really is worth a look if you missed it

[philip.ed]

The clouds look very nice here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUu4S...layer_embedded

[Jumo211]

BG-09 , I hope you're aware of the fact that video you posted is from a movie with mix of some
real flyby footage , some staged flying footage and almost all very closer cockpit footage is actually
not in air but staged on the ground edited with skies background , if you take a closer look you should
be able to see how pretty bad footage it is in some instances , there was no CGI back in time
A lot of footage was also staged just for the movie , almost useless video for any references

[BG-09]

Originally Posted by Jumo211

BG-09 , I hope you're aware of the fact that video you posted is from a movie with mix of some
real flyby footage , some staged flying footage and almost all very closer cockpit footage is actually
not in air but staged on the ground edited with skies background , if you take a closer look you should
be able to see how pretty bad footage it is in some instances , there was no CGI back in time
A lot of footage was also staged just for the movie , almost useless video for any references

Of course it is so!

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

BG-09 I don't think it is an antenna cable, if it were so to what would it be connected? Also at 6:49 there is a similar fluttering strand that appears to be connected to the front edge of the windshied going on an up angle. I suspect that both strands are hair or something similar caught in shutter mechanism of the camera.

Edit Both strands can seen in this screen shot, (arrows only added).

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

BG-09 I eat my words and apologise. I snatched this at 9:49 and it is very definately a long wire aerial and is connected to the insulator at the top of the fin, (and you can see it moving!). It is not at all clear where or to what it is connected at the forward end. In this view it appears to be well above the rear cockpit cover, but logic says that if it were connected thus getting in and out would be very awkward.


All a bit academic really, it certainly carries you point to Oleg well.
Again my apologies.

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

Mystery solved. I should have looked at the start of the videeo clip. The long wire antenna is connected between the fin and a radio mast forward of the cockpit and is centre fed to the radio bay by the wire on the starboard side.
I can go back to day dreaming now.