How HTC decides the hit points of each plane?

[Noir]

I must have missed the nerf on the hispano 

[Karnak]

This had to be before they took the Nerfbat to the Hispano...I'd like to see this repeated now.

I expect it would be the same seeing as the "nerfbat" has never been taken to the Hispano.

[nrshida]

Why is a Ki84 much more resistant than a spitfire?

I get an awful lot more oil hits and especially pilot wounds in the Ki-84, more than in any other plane. There is a reason for the wings being less fragile, they are one piece including the whole central section of the fuselage (wig tips aside).

Having said that I'm not convinced the Spitfire wings should be so fragile to battle damage.

[Noir]

I get an awful lot more oil hits and especially pilot wounds in the Ki-84, more than in any other plane. There is a reason for the wings being less fragile, they are one piece including the whole central section of the fuselage (wig tips aside).

I didn't know that, thanks!

Also under certain high G conditions, the spifire wings can separate from the fuselage.

[nrshida]

I have a picture somewhere...

[nrshida]

Here you go:-



Picture credited to Januszewski.


Two spars, one main and one auxiliary. Main spar also formed frame (bulkhead) number 2 and auxiliary spar: frame number 5.

[Noir]

nice, mus have been a logistic nightmare to assemble the plane

[nrshida]

Easier, I should have thought. Start at the centre and work outwards 

Now the Spitfire wing's internal construction was a work of art!

[Karnak]

nice, mus have been a logistic nightmare to assemble the plane

The Ki-84 was apparently a vast improvement over the Ki-43 in ease of assembly.

[Butcher]

Spitfires arn't exactly weak - they have much fatter wings which soak more bullets then say a Fw-190, in a turn fight a spitfire exposes those fat wings.

Ki-84 has a pretty rugged airframe, I would put it on par with a P-47 in gamewise, I've seen little as 20-25 50 cal rounds take down both aircrafts and i've seen multiple snapshots in order to bring them down.

Prime example: Shot down a P-47M with less then 25 rounds in a 109k4 (no 30mm) I was lucky he tried to run and i just managed to get a quick burst off.

TWCAngel was in a Ki-84 last night, I dove down and put literally 20x 20mm rounds into him, I took my snapshot and flew off all the rounds hit the rudder area and I expected him to lose a tail or be shot down - I climbed away after the burst and was amazed he was still flying on with only an aileron and rudder missing.

Damage modeling can be tricky, I've been lucky to take a few 20mms in the wings of a spitfire and not lose a wing, I have lost all guns on one side though.

[Noir]

lol butcher that's the story of my encounters with ki84...the thing won't blow up!

[nrshida]

The Ki-84 was apparently a vast improvement over the Ki-43 in ease of assembly.

Yes a lot fewer parts than the Ki-43 believe it or not. 84 is basically an overgrown 43 with more motor and more logical construction. More cup holders too & electric windows.

[RedBull1]

The two flat out toughest planes in the game/planes that eat the most ammo IMO are the A-20 and Lancs! I can just sit on them and put a 3 second burst into them and watch them fly away with a elevator and flap missing!

[nrshida]

I find the Yaks to be damage sponges, need about 3 times more hits it seems 

[Noir]

Lancs: Old 3D model it won't catch fire

A20's imo should be just a tad bit more resistant than a 110, but it's like 5 times more resistant

Yaks are an old 3D model, and a small target....

Anyone has info on why this planes are so resistant?