30mm damage

[moot]

Another two.
1 behind the cockpit, and 1 in nose + 1 right behind the cockpit if not into the side of cockpit at the level of the pilot's feet (cant tell if it's a 20 or 30).
If it doesn't turn out to be a bug, at least we can figure out what we're supposed to expect.

[Cthulhu]

Hey Tec & m00t, I've got a question. Are you guys firing only the 30mm, so there's no doubt that the hits are tater hits? Just curious.

[Tec]

The 30mm has a very distinctive hit sprite.  Over a couple hundred yards you cant tell the difference but in the film viewer if you zoom in on the other aircraft you can tell what's hitting.

[moot]

I used to fire only the 30mm on fighters, but nowadays I fire both anytime they're both likely to hit. It's not worth the risk of being shot down because you gambled everything on a tater hit that turns out to be a dud.

[Scotch]

Didn't get the film but it happened again with a Spit8 tonight. Within 100yards, 30mm sprite on the top of his right wing. Fuel leak.

[Scotch]

http://www.freeroleentertainment.com/dudtaters.ahf

ki takes 2 taters from close range, only gets oil leak. About the 1:20 mark. His engine does die shortly after though.

[Scotch]

I'm encouraging more people to post their .ahf films of this happening so that if HTC does look at this they have the most information possible.

[moot]

30mm hit right on top of the back of a P51D's canopy.

[Jager]

Will make some films tonight <G>

[TheZohan]

Even worse, having a 40mm shell fired from a PT boat into the engine of an IL2. Watching it fly around with just an oil leak is funny.

shot from LVT-4  to the nose of IL-2 and still flying

[VonMessa]

film?

[Slate]

  It is a game. It is not supposed to "simulate" real aircraft. It is a Game. They are Just Game pieces not Aircraft. It is a Game. It is a Game. I got my head right Hitech, I got my Head right. 

[MaSonZ]

couldnt see the film, but i have run into spits and 109f's that take multiple 30mm shots. ofcourse, was when i played, but i remember a few times in a 262 id put 2 or 3 into a 109f's tail and no damage, and 1 or 2 into a spitfire and still, minimal damage. havnt played in a few months, but i do remember those.

[Scotch]

  It is a game. It is not supposed to "simulate" real aircraft. It is a Game. They are Just Game pieces not Aircraft. It is a Game. It is a Game. I got my head right Hitech, I got my Head right. 

We're just trying to figure out the rules of the game, and why they seem to change sometimes when we play it.

There will be an update before long, I'm hoping they either address this as an issue, or at least tell us what's going on and why it's nothing to worry about.

[Karnak]

30mm MK108 round should blow the wing off of a Spitfire if it hits anywhere other than the extreme tip.  I can't imagine that being a survivable hit.