MK108 30mm hits to the engine

[moot]

It used to be that they would instantaneously kill the engine of any fighter, with one hit.  Now, planes fly around for a while before the engine dies.

Has it been changed so that a 30mm round can damage only the oil, in addition to the engine itself, or is it just lag, or something else?

Thanks.

[Noir]

Funny you bring this to the forum, I've shot the crap out a B25H with 30mm yesterday and its looked like it had no effect until an engine caught fire....

I think it really depends on the plane type, a single engined light fighter will go boom, a Ju88 wil loose the engine, and an american bomber will just fly away

[moot]

No.. That's the thing.  It used to be that a 30mm hit on a fighter would either:
Disable it: v or h-stab(s), whole tail, wing, or at least wingtip - except a few like the 38 or 110 who sometimes would just lose a part that's isolated, like either of the v-stabs.
Kill the pilot: "Boom!"
Or kill the engine, instantly.

Now I've been getting planes that fly off like they only broke an oil line; everything from spits to P51s to Yaks....

[Larry]

Its been like this for a while. About 80% of the time the engine cuts out right when hit. Other times its just an oil hit.

[hunter128]

Originally posted by moot
Now I've been getting planes that fly off like they only broke an oil line; everything from spits to P51s to Yaks....

that, or they just fly through the taters

[Sketch]

Originally posted by moot
It used to be that they would instantaneously kill the engine of any fighter, with one hit.  Now, planes fly around for a while before the engine dies.

Has it been changed so that a 30mm round can damage only the oil, in addition to the engine itself, or is it just lag, or something else?

Thanks.

Do changes happen in the game itself even if we don't get a patch?  Or is it HTC changing arena settings itself?

[moot]

Originally posted by hunter128
that, or they just fly through the taters

Sketch, I guess I missed the memo...

[DaddyAck]

Bwa ha ha ha! Moot, I just now noticed your whole avitar.....
Priceless, thats All I can say...
Funny stuff, I know because I have a cubeicle at work and have to always watch who is watching.


What, I don't look at bad stuff.....

[moot]

Glad someone can relate

[Xasthur]

I noticed the same thing with 30mm hits lately too.

Wing-rooted a spit 14... it flew on with no damage.

Same thing happened the other day.. Got at least two 30mm hits on a figher... called it out as being 'down' and looked back to see it still flying.

[BaldEagl]

I haven't noticed any change.  Of course, I rarely hit someones engine.  I'm usually behind them

But as an example, I haven't been flying my trusty A8 much the past two camps so I decided to take it for a couple of flights last night.   I took the wing off a 110 with one hit on a snapshot and later I totally exploded all 3 B-24's in a formation (no fires, no smoke, just poof... poof... poof).  Still seems pretty deadly to me.

[Motherland]

Took off a rudder (not the whole stabilizer, just one rudder)

[evenhaim]

moot same happend with that radar seeking 30mm in our 152 duels, 2 direct 30mms to engine and only caused an oil hit

[moot]

Yep.  I hadn't had a tater hit me with that effect myself before that

[CAP1]

Originally posted by Sketch
Do changes happen in the game itself even if we don't get a patch?  Or is it HTC changing arena settings itself?

i was kind of wondering this myself, as in a fight...spit9 v hurri2c..me in the spit, i fell into his fight and got slow.....but when the spit stalled finally, it kind of "mapleleafed" from 14k down to 3k......and this is the very first time i couldn't recover a stall in so long(and he had no hits on me at that point)

different night, in a me110g2, forget what i was fighting, same kind of stall, only i wasn't that slow..........later that same night i was in a pony fighting a 10g2, and watched him stall, and mapleleaf into the ground from about 5 or 6k.......makes me wonder if there are running changes....i know i was outclassed in the spit v hurri..by the plane and the pilot........i can't remember what or who i was fighting in the 110, or the pony, but i do feel those particular stalls shouldn't have happened.....and yes, i do know how to recover stalls, and or spins(this wasn't a spin though)

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