"Still fly with more damage" setting?

[oakranger]

Is it possible to set some AC to take a huge beating of damage but still fly.  Looking at real pic of bombers nearly flyable make one think how they even got the bird home.

[gyrene81]

That's one of the best examples...  


Another one:

[Pongo]

I see planes landing with half a wing gone all the time.

[Simba]

It's my experience that the AH Spitfire flys and lands quite well with half a wing missing. That'll do me.

 

[WPmega]

not only that but most people in AH dont even know where to hit a bomber to kill it in the first place so the bomber takes a TON of damage.

[Strip]

I send more bombers to there graves without shooting a single part off.....fire is the name of the game!

[Ack-Ack]

Just because a few instances of planes that were able to make it home after such severe damage doesn't mean the plane was able to withstand such heavy damage.  A lot of times those that survived did so because it just wasn't their time to go.  For every plane that was shown with the damage like in the photos that were posted, dozens more were lost that received just as much or less damage.


ack-ack

[WPmega]

completely agree with Ack Ack


JB76

[Strip]

Like airplanes losing control from a few rounds severing control cables.

More than ten feet away and you might no even see damage....

If you want more damage you better be able to except less!

[ZZee]

well said ack-ack.

[ink]

if anything I think the P47 should be able to take more, that is one plane that was well known for taking damage and surviving.

[Strip]

For a single engine fighter it does....only the Il-2 will soak up more ammo.

I fly the P-47 a lot too, it takes a beating and gets home.

Strip

[Ack-Ack]

if anything I think the P47 should be able to take more, that is one plane that was well known for taking damage and surviving.

Quite a few US fighters were known for their rugged construction, like the Jug, Corsair, Wildcat, Hellcat and Lightning.


ack-ack

[Enker]

if anything I think the P47 should be able to take more, that is one plane that was well known for taking damage and surviving.

Like in Robert Johnson's autobiography, when he was pursued by a 190 pilot? The 190 only had its 7.7mm guns left, and poured round after round into the rear of the P-47, yet it kept flying. Thank goodness for pilot armor.

I dunno, I think the P-47 already soaks up plenty of damage.

[oakranger]

Like in Robert Johnson's autobiography, when he was pursued by a 190 pilot? The 190 only had its 7.7mm guns left, and poured round after round into the rear of the P-47, yet it kept flying. Thank goodness for pilot armor.

I dunno, I think the P-47 already soaks up plenty of damage.

Yea, i notice that it dose too.  But bomber, personally, should take more of a beating.