P-47D-11 Pilot wound

[Nefarious]

Seems like the P-47D-11 is really susceptible to 1 ping pilot wound damage. The 412th had 5 or 6 it seemed like last Friday night in FSO.

Other aircraft seem to have damage quirks like radiators and gun damage, does the D-11 have a PW problem? Seems like the aircraft that had a reputation for being tough and able to take massive damage and keep flying sure has a problem with easy pilot wounds in AH.

[horble]

The Dora is a flying radiator and will leak coolant if you sneeze at it.

[bozon]

Try the mosquito and then tell me what you think about PW rates...

It is possible that the Jug durability is the cause of preceived high rate of PW. Another plane may have disintegrated under you, while the jug hold together for you to suffer the PW. The way that the use of helmets increase the rate of reported head injuries.

[Slade]

Been flying a lot of the P-47 d11 lately.  I have not noticed above average pilot wounds.

[USCH]

Fly a p38 the pilot is 4 ft larger than the cockpit.

[Vulcan]

P-47's were built big to accommodate the growing amerikan backside (notice Yaks have toight cockpits for those fit, lean russian pilots)... big pilot = big target hence more pilot wounds in jugs





 

[LilMak]

The problem with Jugs was corrected long ago. They suffered main fuel tank leaks if a bullet came within 3 feet of the airframe. Hit on the elevator- fuel leak. Hit on the aileron- fuel leak. Shoot enemy aircraft- fuel leak. Look at enemy ack from 15k- fuel leak. Note enemy CV location 2 sectors away- fuel leak. Sneeze- fuel leak. It was so bad that you loaded up with fuel and drained the main tank first because you'd still have the aux tank when the main went dry in case an enemy pilot farted and blew a hole in the main tank.

I haven't noted any problem with PWs in the D-11. Though I've wondered how most PWs come from direct six shots where the armor should be stronger.

[Vulcan]

typical Jug pilot...

[Petey]

So Mak... you are saying that when  I farted during FSO I shot myself down? and it had nothing to do with the 5 190's and 109 on my 6 at 28k? 

ok..... I feel better knowing that. thanks for the clairification.

[Volron]

The Dora is a flying radiator and will leak coolant if you sneeze at it.

But if someone ups within the same sector as your 190F, you get a PW.

[popeye]

Been flying the La-5FN lately -- lots of pilot wounds.

[Mongoose]

  Every once in a while, pilot wounds suddenly seem to be more common.  They aren't, really. It's just some variation of Murphy's law rearing it's ugly head again.

[Mister Fork]

  Every once in a while, pilot wounds suddenly seem to be more common.  They aren't, really. It's just some variation of Murphy's law rearing it's ugly head again.

+1 Mongoose.

 I find that turning my cockpit I notice this mostly in early war fighters where it's a whole lotta 'spray-n-pray' vs cannon's from LW birds. That (a late-war hit) usually results me reappearing back in the tower.

[Wiley]

I seem to catch a ton of pilot wounds and guns, but my theory is a lot of people aim for the topline of the airframe.  I lose a lot of pilots, I lose a lot of Vstabs.

Wiley.

[LilMak]

The only thing that confounds me is how I seem to lose tail pieces in head to head collisions.

That plane just flew through 7 tons of figher and 2800 and somehow I lost my elevators/rudder but nothing else.