Altitude sickness and oxygen

[Tilt]

Question arose from a debate in the SO forum.

The suggestion is that oxygen would be modelled such that it represented the time that could be spent at altitude (above # feet) before on set of altitude sickness.

Altitude sickness would be represented by the pilot going into and out of black out on the pilot wounded model until fully blacking out and "coming to" as/if the plane descended below # feet or the pilot dieing after y seconds in full black out.


Oxygen would only be modelled on those planes that carried it.

You can all debate what altitude should begin to trigger its use and what the rate of use would be at various altitudes.

I can see very obvious benefits in events

What would it do to the MA?

[LLv34_Camouflage]

Originally posted by Tilt
I can see very obvious benefits in events

What would it do to the MA?

Good idea!

Regarding MA, it could be a host option, just like the precision bombsight & stall limiter.  It could be turned off in the MA if that is the general opinion.

Camo

[empty]

If it was already there, I'd probably be complaining about it...

I don't believe it would prove much in the MA.  I believe most (German, British and American) fighters and bombers had enough oxygen for "real-time" missions.  When was the last time you had your P51 above 16K for 5 or 6 hours ?  Kind of like drop tanks.

I have no idea about the Japanese aircraft.

[Kweassa]

At least we won't be seeing the 20k La7s

[Virage]

fa had (may still have) O2 modeled.

If I remember .. you had to hit a key to turn it on.

And it could be damaged, forcing you to get lower.

pilot would make a wheezing noise when he needed O2.

[empty]

Now that would be good...

Damage to the O2 system limiting altitude for the pilot.

Could also be interesting if this was something that would not be part of re-arming.

[Dowding]

At what altitude would you set the onset of altitude sickness? The typical 10,000 feet value was regularly exceeded in WW1, where pilots would regularly fly at 16,000 feet or more without oxygen.

[artik]

Originally posted by empty
Now that would be good...

Damage to the O2 system limiting altitude for the pilot.

Could also be interesting if this was something that would not be part of re-arming.

I think the dame of oxygen system just will make on HUGE explosure it is enough to hit the oxygen bottle to make good explosure.

[Halo]

Fighter Ace requires turning on oxygen, around 15k I think, and has heartbeat sounds for pulling g's.  

Both are mostly just annoying.

[Hap]

that would be a hoot.  perk O2, ya think?

[AmRaaM]

yeah, lets model ice in the o2 tube and lets model frozen urine bladders and tubes also.  

[LLv34_Camouflage]

Originally posted by AmRaaM
yeah, lets model ice in the o2 tube and lets model frozen urine bladders and tubes also.  

"With the Curtisses we used to go and taunt Kronstadt. Capt. Paavo Berg had been in the Winter War and he had an itch to go and taunt the Russkies. The Curtiss was equipped with a funnel for the pilot to relieve himself; as long as we were in our side of the front, Berg would command, out with the funnel. Everyone opened their trousers and then on the Russian side there was some yellow rain. It was "a revenge of some sort"."

http://www.virtualpilots.fi/hist/WW2History-KyostiKarhilaInterview.html

Camo