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Offline Chalenge

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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2013, 01:45:53 PM »
There is no mystery to shooting any of the 'tough' airplanes down. Concentrated fire is better than bullets spread all over the aircraft.
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Offline DREDIOCK

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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2013, 01:54:37 PM »
Quote from: Chalenge on January 01, 2013, 01:45:53 PM
There is no mystery to shooting any of the 'tough' airplanes down. Concentrated fire is better than bullets spread all over the aircraft.

Yanno. Its funny. after writing my last post about targeting an area of an aircraft I remember someone posting something similar when I was only here a year or so and thinking to myself. "Target the wing root? Hell Im happy if I can just hit the plane."

Funny how the game slows down for ya
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Offline Scotch

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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2013, 02:44:14 PM »
Quote from: lulu on January 01, 2013, 09:28:57 AM
109, seem to be indestructible.

109 gets a radiator hit or Pilot wound  just by looking at it
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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2013, 03:26:18 PM »
Quote from: DREDIOCK on January 01, 2013, 01:43:29 PM
Ever actually touched and inspected the skin of a WWII bird?

Its about as thick as the metal in a Cambels soup can. and not nearly as stiff


He flies them. fyi  ;)
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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2013, 03:58:47 PM »
Quote from: skorpx1 on January 01, 2013, 11:02:27 AM
The KI-84 seems to soak up a lot of damage. I shot 4 taters into a KI-84's wing today and nothing but a missing aileron and a flap no longer working. Makes me wonder what crazy stuff the Japanese put in that plane.

The wing structure was very strong on the Ki-84 as it was a single structural piece incorporating a section of the fuselage, but I doubt in game it would weather 4 30-mm. Perhaps you were seeing MG pings.

What it makes up in structure it loses in pilot wounds, trust me  :frown:


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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #20 on: January 01, 2013, 04:01:44 PM »
Quote from: nrshida on January 01, 2013, 03:58:47 PM
The wing structure was very strong on the Ki-84 as it was a single structural piece incorporating a section of the fuselage, but I doubt in game it would weather 4 30-mm. Perhaps you were seeing MG pings.

What it makes up in structure it loses in pilot wounds, trust me  :frown:




I saw the 4 explosions of the taters. Both 20mm's were out. It was the first time I had seen a plane take more than 2 taters. Don't think it'd be the last time though.
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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2013, 04:10:59 PM »
Quote from: skorpx1 on January 01, 2013, 04:01:44 PM
I saw the 4 explosions of the taters. Both 20mm's were out. It was the first time I had seen a plane take more than 2 taters. Don't think it'd be the last time though.

Strange. I have a few hours in the Ki-84 and I've always lost a wing if I take an accurate 30-mm hit there.

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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2013, 04:44:05 PM »
Quote from: nrshida on January 01, 2013, 04:10:59 PM
Strange. I have a few hours in the Ki-84 and I've always lost a wing if I take an accurate 30-mm hit there.



Like I said, it was the first time iv'e ever seen any plane take more than 2 taters to the wing. I'm guessing lag had a good role in it but I still don't understand how it happened.
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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2013, 12:01:56 AM »
the 84 is by far one of the toughest fighters in the hanger.....by that I mean how much it can take, many times I have been surprised at how many rounds I took and was still flying.....but a couple taters and its done.....but 50's and20's if they are not hitting at convergence......

I so wish I had the film of me fighting 3 brews a yak and a spit.....after that I got a rage VOX pm about cheating.....killed them all except the Yak got away with a smoking engine.(I was shooting good that day :t)...

I was Pilot wounded...... missing an Aileron..gear was out...... gun was destroyed......and every piece of the plane that could take a bullet hole....had 2 in it.........yet I still flew away all enemy dead or wounded.....eventually running out of fuel and ditching.


not even the 47 can take that much.....I was turning extremely hard Lo on fuel....so I chalk it up to they mostly were not hitting at convergence.....


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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #24 on: January 02, 2013, 12:26:18 AM »
Quote from: DREDIOCK on January 01, 2013, 01:43:29 PM
Ever actually touched and inspected the skin of a WWII bird?

Its about as thick as the metal in a Cambels soup can. and not nearly as stiff

I've got just over 600 hours flying the B-17 and B-24.  Spent two years working on both of them...so yeah, I've touched a WWII airplane....probably more than you have. :D

FYI, the skin on my Cessna was thicker than a soup can.
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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #25 on: January 02, 2013, 01:53:13 AM »
Quote from: ink on January 02, 2013, 12:01:56 AM
the 84 is by far one of the toughest fighters in the hanger.....

To be fair Ink you don't look after yours either. Look at the state of it. Have you considered a respray?  :old:
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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #26 on: January 02, 2013, 05:04:15 AM »
With hair like his? He'd lose a lot  of street cred, man.
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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #27 on: January 02, 2013, 05:37:04 AM »
The A20 has to be the toughest plane in the game. The F6F too IMO. Always thought the 47s around here should take a little more damage then they do also.
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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #28 on: January 02, 2013, 11:12:27 AM »
Quote from: nrshida on January 02, 2013, 01:53:13 AM
To be fair Ink you don't look after yours either. Look at the state of it. Have you considered a respray?  :old:

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Re: Some planes seems indestructible
« Reply #29 on: January 02, 2013, 11:44:06 AM »
maybe its time for the P47C to come along  :noid
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