Author Topic: Downed by friendly puffy ack (Read 881 times)

Kuhn · « **on:** February 19, 2007, 01:09:32 PM »

I was over friendly troop base, just about to pull the trigger on the only con in the area and poof, towered.

DREDger · « **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:14:20 PM »

bummer...did you film it?

Just asking cause makes me wonder if

1. there was another enemy u didn't see that shot you down.
2. was a zone base captured and you didn't realize it when the troop factory changed.
3. maybe a ground gv got a lucky shot on u?

KINGcobra · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:16:35 PM »

that happened to me i was sitting on a cv with a C-hog rearming and a 37mm off the cruser gives me a PW

Kuhn · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:24:30 PM »

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Originally posted by DREDger
bummer...did you film it?

Just asking cause makes me wonder if

1. there was another enemy u didn't see that shot you down.
2. was a zone base captured and you didn't realize it when the troop factory changed.
3. maybe a ground gv got a lucky shot on u?

Wasn,t any of those. Only possible thing I may have done is shot a freindly. Wish I had film. Thing is the friendly was 800 ahead of me and the hurri 2 was 200 away. I was in a 109. Usualy cant hit a thing at 800.

Ball · « **Reply #4 on:** February 19, 2007, 01:26:43 PM »

I am sure HT keeps puffy ack as it is, just to smite me.

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=156370

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=124842

Oleg · « **Reply #5 on:** February 19, 2007, 02:07:49 PM »

AI acks can hit friendly. Manned acks can not.

ROC · « **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2007, 02:38:07 PM »

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Thing is the friendly was 800 ahead of me and the hurri 2 was 200 away. I was in a 109. Usualy cant hit a thing at 800.

Ahh HA, there is the problem, right there. Pure scientific fact.

When you fire a gun, you "Must", by the laws of physics, either hit something or miss something. Correct?

Ok, moving on, since you Usually Don't Hit anything at 800 this supposes that since tracked, it is something you Try to do. Try to hit an object at 800, and Miss.

Logic dictates that the opposite held true here. If you aim for something and miss, then it's inevitable that you will hit what you did not aim for.

Proof, the friendly 800 away from you

. Clearly, you did not aim for him, you aimed for the enemy 200 out.

So knowing this, your K/D should improve greatly if you start aiming for the air Around your target

I am available for book signings.

APDrone · « **Reply #7 on:** February 19, 2007, 02:44:25 PM »

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Originally posted by ROC

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I am available for book signings.

Will your sequal cover the theory of flight based on strapping cats with buttered bread ( buttered side outwards ) attached to their backs underneath the aircraft?

ROC · « **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2007, 03:06:35 PM »

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Will your sequal cover the theory of flight based on strapping cats with buttered bread ( buttered side outwards ) attached to their backs underneath the aircraft?

Yes, as a matter of fact, it will. And I will be adding your name to the credits as you performed this perfectly last FSO and the film came out flawless!

Kuhn · « **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:14:47 PM »

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Originally posted by ROC
Ahh HA, there is the problem, right there. Pure scientific fact.

When you fire a gun, you "Must", by the laws of physics, either hit something or miss something. Correct?

Ok, moving on, since you Usually Don't Hit anything at 800 this supposes that since tracked, it is something you Try to do. Try to hit an object at 800, and Miss.

Logic dictates that the opposite held true here. If you aim for something and miss, then it's inevitable that you will hit what you did not aim for.

Proof, the friendly 800 away from you . Clearly, you did not aim for him, you aimed for the enemy 200 out
So knowing this, your K/D should improve greatly if you start aiming for the air Around your target

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But I'm already quite proficient at hitting the air around the target when I aim the way you described. Even though your logic seems logical, when aiming for the air that is where the projectile goes.

VVV · « **Reply #10 on:** February 19, 2007, 06:47:08 PM »

I've been hit too by the CV ack. Lost 4 kills.

APDrone · « **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2007, 07:15:37 PM »

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Originally posted by ROC
Yes, as a matter of fact, it will. And I will be adding your name to the credits as you performed this perfectly last FSO and the film came out flawless!

Hey now... I thought we agreed that never happened..

I paid good carrots for that!! ( Hutch money )

ROC · « **Reply #12 on:** February 19, 2007, 08:02:34 PM »

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I paid good carrots for that!!

Carrots? *brrp* What Carrots??

715 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 19, 2007, 08:30:15 PM »

The sole time I ever saw friendly AI puffy ack from the CV hit anything whatsoever, it was me. (I was closely following an enemy target at the time. I guess the AI didn't want me to steal its kill.)

Widewing · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2007, 10:11:47 PM »

Flak does not respect friendly aircraft. It didn't in real life and it doesn't here. You have to keep that in mind whenever following an enemy into a flak unbrella, especially over carrier groups.

My regards,

Widewing