Request:drop tanks that burn!!

[Simaril]

And other pyrotechnics.

IRL, if an incendiary round touched a pressed paper drop tank, a convincing flying torch would result. Likewise, fuzed ordinance slung beneath or inside an aircraft should cause...um.... aluminum dispersal.....when hit by live rounds.

Right now, AH2 models the flight model effects of exptra weight but doesnt make it appropriately dangerous to hang on to ordinance in a fight. If I land wing pings on a loaded A20, it ought not be able to dive out and drop ordinance on GV's beneath!

[Heretic]

I dont think the bombs slung under the A20 are armed until the bombs are pickled off.    

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[moot]

DT molotovs for open-top GVs would be neat.

[Simaril]

Originally posted by SEgunner
I dont think the bombs slung under the A20 are armed until the bombs are pickled off.    

Correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm pretty sure the fuzes were attached by armoreres before takeoff;

but even if not, they are still filled gunpowder just itching to go bang!

[Schutt]

Bombs have a thik metal cover, i doubt a round can pinch that because its rounded and pretty strong.

The droptanks are another issue... also would include the diffrence between the paper and steel droptanks.

[nirvana]

Napalm for DT's that still have fuel maybe?  Then if you drop them on towns people start screaming.

[pellik]

Originally posted by nirvana
Napalm for DT's that still have fuel maybe?  Then if you drop them on towns people start screaming.

Then maybe when you land there will be magazines in the tower with pictures of burnt up little kids on the covers.

[Mobius0077]

I could see it with droptanks. Rule #5 in my book always drop DT when getting shot at. But bombs, I don't think that happened much. I mean there would have been alot more B-17 and B-24 blowing up in mid air.

[Simaril]

Originally posted by pellik
Then maybe when you land there will be magazines in the tower with pictures of burnt up little kids on the covers.

[Leayme]

Bombs had little propellers in the base or nose (IIRC) that would spin and arm the fuse (impact or timed) and would be fairly resistant to strikes by cannon or machine guns when attached to the wing and since military explosive is designed to be very stable and resistant to shocks, last thing you want to do is hit turbulence or flack or be catapult launched with an explosive that has a low impact threshold ( can we say BOOM) and would definitely cause a moral problem, not too mention thin out the pilot ranks.

Watch footage of bombs dropping out of B17's from the inside and you can see the wires attached to the safety pins as they are pulled out of the bomb.

More likely is the bomb would contribute to sructural failure after the damage caused by cannon and machinegun by stressing the airframe.

[MaddogWx]

um... I did have a few beers in me...ok quite a few....anyway fuel tanks do explode when they hit the ground don't they?  I even got a kill when I dropped the tank low-level. The guy behind me blew up, maybe the tank explosion...or a tree?

[Clifra Jones]

Originally posted by nirvana
Napalm for DT's that still have fuel maybe?  Then if you drop them on towns people start screaming.

Yeah! and when you bomb the town the little people start running out in panic. Some of them start fireing small arms up at your planes. You gotta locate the brave guys and kill em or they shoot at your troops.

[Simaril]

Originally posted by MaddogWx
um... I did have a few beers in me...ok quite a few....anyway fuel tanks do explode when they hit the ground don't they?  I even got a kill when I dropped the tank low-level. The guy behind me blew up, maybe the tank explosion...or a tree?

Nope. Need to have a fuze or spark to trigger the fire. Otherwise, you just have nervous nonsmokers on the ground.

Kills in AH woudl have to be from object collision. Napalm -- gasoline that's jellied, not straight up -- also needs a trigger.

[Overlag]

same could be said for the ammo storage areas on planes


im sure ive seen a video of a 190s wing cannon storage blowing up, and taking the wing with it......

however how annoying would that be......

[jetb123]

I was just thinking about this, but im sure it would hurt fps preety bad, and plus in the MA you cant really see where your DT is landing once you drop it.