I think a lot of people label what I view as Aces' High "special" reenactment of the medieval joust as a "HO".
Not going to bother watching the film, from the way it was described Anodizer had his lance couched as he was charging down the list, and Karaya decided he didn't want to joust.
Basically, Sir Anodizer, Karaya is saying that by couching that lance and coming straight in guns ablaze, you were committing to the "HO".
That is how I see it, anyway.
You didnt bother to watch the film, but bothered to post the situation 'as you see it'?
Now that Ive stopped laughing at the irony of that statement, lets address the issue at hand.
Being online aquaintances of both gents and finding them both to be good guys, I feel I can be a impartial judge. Im motivated by the urge to show the community that the definition of a HO is up to the perception of the individual at that split second, which may often turn out to be a misconception.
Im reminded of a training film I watched long ago in the Police Academy. It showed a teen of questionable merit, dressed in 'street' clothes, running out of a store with a womans pocketbook in hand. The instructor stopped the film and asked us what we would do. The answers varied from tackle the kid to shoot the kid in the leg to foil a robbery to get on the radio and initiate a pursuit. The instructor then turned the film back on to reveal the teen catching up to a lady as she got on a bus to hand her the purse she had left on the counter of the store.
The lesson? -things aint always what they seem, and dont let your prejudices cloud your judgement.
With that said, what each guy saw depends not only on his views & perception, but video hardware.
I actually watched the film. Here's what I come away with-these are full size screenshots cropped down to gunsight view, not reduced.
At 1k the merge begins. The fuselage and tail on the Spit are visible. Can you tell if the spit is giving the 38 his canopy or belly at this point? Is he coming in or going away? I cant, and I have a 1 gig video card running at 4320x900 res on a Matrox setup. If Im the 38 Im gonna push for a front deflection shot
At around 600 the 38 is indeed doing just that, as the spit driver pushes low on the merge. The spit should be looking at the 38 thru the top of the canopy, and the 38 driver is looking at a spit in full profile view. HO? I dont think so myself.
At 400 the 38 takes a shot while kicking rudder and ths spit appears to be rolling and pulling up to present a small silouette to his attacker while passing under the 38s nose.
So, I see a attempt to land a front quarter deflection shot while kicking rudder in a descent defeated by Karaya's high speed low merge.
All this just a few seconds.
By my definition HO literally stands for Head On. For there to be a Head on, both pilots must be coming at each other and staring at the front of each others nose. This is the so called and aptly described joust. If one of the knights leaves the guardrail during the charge, there is no joust at all, is there? The knights & their lances never meet HEAD ON if one rider bails out. Literally, to have a HO occur is to play a game of aerial 'chicken'. Hos may occur during multi bandit swirling knife fights on the deck, but we are talking here in particular about head on merges.
I dont see a head on here. I certrainly dont see
"couching that lance and coming straight in guns ablaze"Thanks for the excuse to play with Photoshop....anyone have a copy of the Zabruder film for me to analyze?
