Author Topic: Damn, these B26's are made of Kevlar (Read 680 times)

Bombardy · « **on:** July 24, 2006, 09:38:49 AM »

was sorting through a few films I have and I noticed one where I made a pass on a formation of B26's in a ME262

I hit all three bombers with 30mm rounds in one pass, but only popped the right drone. the left drone only shows 3-4 hit sprites but the lead bomber has 3 or 4 hit sprites on the nose, 1 sprite on the left wing, and 4 or 5 sprites on the fuselage starting behind the trailing edge of the wing back to the tail.

I captured the video, but can't seem to figure out how to capture it in slow motion, still.....it's clear the lead bomber takes alot of hits (minimum 8 maximum of 10) but the lead bomber shows no damage....

how many 30mm rounds does it take to down a B-26? aparantly alot

HERE'S THE VIDEO

mussie · « **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2006, 10:03:01 AM »

Man thats A hell of a lot of hits

1- You were using all four cannons right ?
2- You were in the MA right ? not in a HTH room with modified settings

If you were firing all four and you were in the MA then DAM I dont get it the second drone copped it from nose to tail

Lusche · « **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2006, 10:03:41 AM »

Its a bit difficult for me to see in your vid, so I dont know if it applies here but:

I have noticed in Film Viewer that the lead plane in buff formations shows hit sprites, even if I did hit only a drone. Of course only the drone goes down...

mussie · « **Reply #3 on:** July 24, 2006, 10:18:45 AM »

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Originally posted by Lusche
Its a bit difficult for me to see in your vid, so I dont know if it applies here but:

I have noticed in Film Viewer that the lead plane in buff formations shows hit sprites, even if I did hit only a drone. Of course only the drone goes down...

I rechecked the film and it looks like you are right

Check out the the tracer and notice that the first drone and the lead plane have the exact same hit sprites

Krusty · « **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2006, 10:30:33 AM »

Look for the fireballs. 30mm have small explosions when they hit. The hitsprites show on all bombers, but not the fireballs.

At least, I don't think they do.

mussie · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2006, 10:33:20 AM »

Baylor · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2006, 02:18:25 PM »

umm krusty...does the Me262 have anything in it other than 30mm? so...if a round(s) out of a 262 hit something, would it not be a 30mm hit regardless of what the flashes look like?

mussie · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2006, 02:31:35 PM »

Krusty was refering to the way the film viewer displays hit sprites on the lead buff when the drones are hit have a look at the pics I posted above....

mussie · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2006, 02:32:48 PM »

I think the second drone should have gone boom... but not the lead buff

Furball · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2006, 02:47:38 PM »

b26's are ridiculously hard to kill, have noticed this before.

tatertot · « **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2006, 03:09:17 PM »

its true the 26s are probaly the hardest to kill out of all the other buffs rediculuis i dont know i spend 3/4 of the month in them and have had many 262s hit me fast and kill all then others dont so maybe its a lag issue did you get the kills on all 3

ghi · « **Reply #11 on:** July 24, 2006, 03:21:18 PM »

cool typical blockbuster movie !

B26 is the hero, and has to win !
Me262 the nazi, bad guy.
If Nazi wins, no "Hollywood style" happy ending, and peoples can"t eat the popcorn and ask the money back and the end

Furball · « **Reply #12 on:** July 24, 2006, 03:24:18 PM »

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Originally posted by ghi
cool typical blockbuster movie !

B26 is the hero, and has to win !
Me262 the nazi, bad guy.
If Nazi wins, no "Hollywood style" happy ending, and peoples can"t eat the popcorn and ask the money back and the end

i thought the brit always played the bad guy?

i think americans think that anyone with a foreign accent automatically = evil

Simaril · « **Reply #13 on:** July 24, 2006, 04:58:09 PM »

If I remember right, HTC can open up the film and see exactly what hit where and exactly how much damage it did. Have you sent them the film and asked?

Whisky58 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 24, 2006, 05:22:31 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
i thought the brit always played the bad guy?

i think americans think that anyone with a foreign accent automatically = evil

You poor, simple Londoner - Americans are the ones with the foreign accent:)

BTW, B26s seem to take a lot of hits. I've noticed they don't ignite as easily as B24s, Lancs & B17s also.

Anyone got any data on relative survival figures between B26s & other bombers during WW2?