190D9 cannons mismatch

[Wingnutt]

Left Wing


Right Wing


the left has an additional cannon model that is a fat stubby cannon as seen on the A5

the right only has the 1 slender cannon.



supposed to be this way?

[FrodeMk3]

Go into the hangar, or offline, and spawn on the runway, then look at it with external view. You will see the two longer, slender MG 151 barrels, and the short stubby on the left wing, which is some kind of inlet.

[Blooz]

I think it's the gun camera lens you're looking at.

If you keep your view forward and use the left arrow key to slide your "head" left you'll see the left side cannon barrel from the cockpit is the same as the one on the right.

http://hsfeatures.com/images/fw190d9black1cw_18.jpg

[Wingnutt]

wow, so it was there in real life..

in that case disregard

 

[Stoney]

Somewhat unrelated, but I just noticed from that picture that the D9 has cowl flaps.  Can anyone expound on why they added cowl flaps to a liquid cooled engine?

[OOZ662]

I thought 190s used radial engines...

[moot]

The D and later 190s were inline... Why do you think the nose lengthened as much as it did? 

Stoney, I don't see what the contradiction is, with liquid cooled engines having gills. 

[MiloMorai]

Somewhat unrelated, but I just noticed from that picture that the D9 has cowl flaps.  Can anyone expound on why they added cowl flaps to a liquid cooled engine?

Because the radiator was mounted in the nose. The cooling air had to escape somehow.

[Xasthur]

Because the radiator was mounted in the nose. The cooling air had to escape somehow.

Bingo.

[VonMessa]

Because the radiator was mounted in the nose. The cooling air had to escape somehow.

What he said   

[Krusty]

One thing to keep in mind with SEVERAL planes in game, is that the default head position is lined up with the gunsight, NOT the center of the plane. Look at the canopy frames themselves. Shift your head left until it's centered, and I think you can see both cannon barrels (maybe, it's been a while since I tried!).

As mentioned, that other protrusion is the gun camera, but I don't think I've seen that real 190 pictures, so I dunno why it's in AH.

[Lusche]

[Xasthur]

These images both suggest it was there?

[Krusty]

Xas: Your first image is broken, but look at the second one. I've seen THAT a lot. That's just a hole in the leading edge though. There's no giant-bore shroud like you see in-game.

EDIT: Your first image works now. Same thing. A simple hole in the leading edge, none of this built up draggy-looking thing we see in-game.

[stodd]

(Image removed from quote.)

wtg rogent! oink!