Get rid of oil on windscreen

[Anchor]

Originally posted by cav58d
Anchor- - -.....What was the "official" failure when you were flying your oil covered 172....

A "main bearing" was the official cause. How that ruptured an oil line I don't know. The engine did not seize immediately, which is good because I was climbing out at the time.

The oil was on the windshield and passenger window. Rudder control kept the runway visible and it was really an uneventful landing...cept for the toilet paper later.

Ever since then, the slightest miss in an engine makes my arse eat the seats right off the seat frame.

Flying is a hobby for me now. I'm doing something less dangerous now...I'm a cop.

heh

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by SunTracker
Oil is just as likely to go down or to the sides as it is to go on the windscreen.  Oil leaks should effect engine performance, not visibility.  Plus, my virtual pilot carries a rag and oil remover, so he would have cleaned his windshield had oil gotten on his screen.

A picture is worth a thousand words.  Here are two thousand words worth of pictures to explain why complaining about the AH oil on the windscreen is silly.  If we had it like the real deal, you'd really be hurting.

Thankfully both these Jugs made it back ok.

Kinda doubt a rag  would have done much good

Dan

[Stang]

Hehe one step ahead of me Dan.  I was going to ask someone to post that pic again.

[Schutt]

Dont let the enemy shoot at you from front.

[Dipper]

Yes that the pic I remembered.

How in earth did he get that plane down lol

So HTC should put even MORE oil on the windscreen.

And in pilot wound I want a voice goin "uh oh auch, well good they did not hit me in the, aaaaaah (black out)"

[beet1e]

Originally posted by DamnedRen
Graphite oil wasn't availabile in our theatre of operations

Minor detail - you're speaking about realism. Guys like Morpheus and Dipstick don't give a fork about realism.

[Kweassa]

Yes that the pic I remembered.

How in earth did he get that plane down lol

So HTC should put even MORE oil on the windscreen.

And in pilot wound I want a voice goin "uh oh auch, well good they did not hit me in the, aaaaaah (black out)"

 Well, those birds could open their canopies during the landing phase.

 Since we can't do that in AH, the oil streaks are pretty much thin and semi-transparent. Enough nuisance to discourage combat, but not as menacing as to make landings totally impossible.

[Dipper]

So hot oil is spraying all over the airplane.

Opening the canopy sounds like a bright idea

Thk g this is only a simulator.

[DamnedRen]

Originally posted by beet1e
Minor detail - you're speaking about realism. Guys like Morpheus and Dipstick don't give a fork about realism.

You didn't happen to read the rest of my response to the thread. As you say realism is important. Why do you think that guy Ishmal ran off to sea with crazy Captain who was out for revenge on this guitar player named Dick iso facing the wrath of the pilots. I thnk the bands name was Moby. But, wadoino?



Ren

[victor]

maybe they should make it so we can open the canopy then raise up in the seat to get our heads above the screen to see, or maybe they could add choking from the smoke to the pilot .however i have noticed that i fight better when oil is on the screen ,hhmmm could be desperation.i would like to see rear view mirrors as next addition to the game to.maybe some 22 in. spintechs on my pony:D  naww just kidding but if you fly a 38 you gonna have to learn to fly with a pilot wound so i guess that everyone else gets the oil treatment to even things out a little.

VIC

[Samiam]

Current oil spray is good.

I suspect is the key complaint is really  that you can't continue to fight as if nothing is wrong - I like the fact that an oil hit essentially puts you on the defensive.

I don't see the issue with landing - visibility is easily enough for carrier landings.

[java45]

Originally posted by SunTracker
Oil is just as likely to go down or to the sides as it is to go on the windscreen.  Oil leaks should effect engine performance, not visibility.  Plus, my virtual pilot carries a rag and oil remover, so he would have cleaned his windshield had oil gotten on his screen.

I have NO issue with oil on windscreen but certainly DO have one with the blood that spatters there!!!!

IMO it's just not necessary to the outcome or the enhancement of AH. What it is, however, is a very realistic depiction of gore. Something our younger people ( namely those pre-teens and early teens that fly here ) can do very well without.

Have'nt we, as a society, already exposed them to enough of that?  Have'nt we made sure already that any feelings of humanity are negated by the desire to create a situation of blood and gore.......GET RID OF THE BLOOD htc before somegroup, interested in the welfae of children, files a lawsuit .

[beet1e]

Originally posted by java45
GET RID OF THE BLOOD htc before somegroup, interested in the welfae of children, files a lawsuit .

Ah - make AH politically correct! I agree, but the only change needed is to make the blood green instead of red. Then players can pretend to be Volcans in a game of Star Trek. Then just add a battery of photon torpedoes to the Spit V, and maybe the Romulan cloaking device to the LA7. Think of the FUN factor!

Oh, and enable the tractor beam on the C47, and possibly the M3 - at least when carrying troops. Or maybe enable a transporter so that troops can simply beam down to the surface. After all, those troop drops are so tedious.

[Karnak]

Originally posted by java45
RID OF THE BLOOD htc before somegroup, interested in the welfae of children, files a lawsuit .

I'm sorry, but that's just pathetic.  Further, I'd hardly call a bit of red pixels "realistic gore".  As to the quasi-threat of a lawsuit, that's laughable.

[hubsonfire]

Originally posted by java45
GET RID OF THE BLOOD htc before somegroup, interested in the welfae of children, files a lawsuit .

Just 2 quick points here, before I get deleted.
A) Notice this thread is about oil hits.
B) That ranks very highly in the list of STUPIDEST ***** WHINES I'VE EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO READ.