Author Topic: 109G10 - damage bug (Read 461 times)

Soda · « **on:** November 22, 2004, 12:01:19 PM »

Lost my vertical stabs, aircraft handled like they were gone, but when I looked back the left hand side one was still drawn as attached. I have a screenshot if you really want it.

-Soda

Kweassa · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2004, 02:47:49 PM »

You mean horizontal stabs?

Schutt · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2004, 03:52:26 PM »

Same with spitfire, loosing vertical stab or horizontal stabs doesnt show when i look back at my plane, it still looks as if it is ok.

Loosing elevator only shows though.

Soda · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:09:33 PM »

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Originally posted by Kweassa
You mean horizontal stabs?

Yes, sorry, horizontal...

-Soda

Octavius · « **Reply #4 on:** November 22, 2004, 05:54:33 PM »

Soda was that last night with my jug? (Was a lucky black out shot by the way).

On other occasions I've noticed one horizontal stab fly off of my target and a moment later the second stab flies off. Why is that? Does losing one H-stab create a huge force on the other side allowing it to snap off? I've seen pictures of aircraft landed with half or more of one H-stab shot off.

Kweassa · « **Reply #5 on:** November 23, 2004, 09:19:34 AM »

I've always wondered about this Oct.

I've asked the question on the boards, and apparently some people did testify that they in fact experienced the state of getting only one h-stab ripped off.

But curiously, I've never seen it happen to me. It's always two stabs at once. Same on both the receiving and inflicting end - I see some pings on the h-stab, and its either both instantly falls off, or one falls off and then the other.

I've experimented with the offline drones that knocking down only one of the h-stabs is possible... but I've yet to see it in the game.

Quite strange I must say..

Dux · « **Reply #6 on:** November 23, 2004, 09:40:32 AM »

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Originally posted by Kweassa
I've experimented with the offline drones that knocking down only one of the h-stabs is possible... but I've yet to see it in the game.

Offline drones don't react to missing parts, so they don't undergo the aerodynamic stresses of a sudden pitchup or whatever. I don't think I've ever seen just one pop off in the game either, and I suspect that's why.

Kweassa · « **Reply #7 on:** November 23, 2004, 02:50:33 PM »

I'm not an expert on internal aircraft structure, but like Oct says I've too seen many pics of battle damage and many of them with planes with only one h-stab left.

Quite curious, as it really seems none of the other parts look like they are receiving such "secondary impact" from aerodynamic stresses alone.

I find it hard to believe that the sudden increase in aerodynamic pressures would be so tense as to rip the opposite h-stab off. By that logic, wouldn't a plane also automatically lose its opposite wing when it loses one wing, in much simular manner where a control surface suddenly disappears and the burden of force increases two fold on the remaining surface?

WesDawg · « **Reply #8 on:** November 27, 2004, 10:49:43 AM »

A wing would be a different animal than a flight control surface as it is bolted/reinforced as opposed to being a hinged panel like most flight controls and flaps, if that makes any sense.

~Wes