we got engines cutting out on spit & hurri 1s in neg Gs, now how about

[BenDover]

randam engine cut outs, fires, bits of plane dropping off the n1k?

[Sikboy]

Ya hooked one!

Because the NegG cutout problem was a desing fault.

-Sikboy

[BenDover]

i'm sure they designed the n1k to fall to bits:p

[HFMudd]

And how about engine flameouts in the 262 if you advanced (or retarded, can't remember which) the throttle too fast?

[funkedup]

How about random engine explosions in the Me 262 every 10 hours of flying.

[BenDover]

even though you two are proberly being sarcastic, yes add it!


I love seeing hair driers go boom

[HFMudd]

I'm serious about the 262 throttle and flameouts.  I really think that this would be a bit of historic flavor that would add to the game.  This was not a design flaw or poor workmanship issue, it was part of the personality of the aircraft and an operational issue that the pilots dealt with each flight.  I would liken it visibility from the cockpit, Spit 1 carburators or even stall characteristics of a given plane.

As to mechanical failures of aircraft...  I would enjoy a system in which things did go wrong with the aircraft from time to time.  Perhaps we would have the option of two versions of each aircraft, one would have a pseudo historic chance of mechanical failure, the other would have a modest perk cost and be free of the problem?  This would, at a simple level, reflect the top pilots getting improved equipment.

Pardon for a moment while I put on my sunglasses to protect myself from the glare of the flames that are about to be directed at me.  

[Kweassa]

Random engine cutouts and malfunctions might not do much to add to the game.. but the 262 engines being stressed with sudden throttle application might work.

[Pongo]

Not modeling the float carbs on the Early Merlins would be more like not modeling the lack of a two stage turbo on a 190a5.
Most Spit Vbs had it as well....

[FDutchmn]

Originally posted by BenDover
randam engine cut outs, fires, bits of plane dropping off the n1k?

NO Way

[BenDover]

i guess you fly n1ks, well it happened, who has the figures on the % of n1ks that fell to bits in the sky

and to show i'm not biased, how about modeling the p51's tendancy to suck spent shell casings into its radiator?

[FDutchmn]

Originally posted by BenDover
i guess you fly n1ks, well it happened, who has the figures on the % of n1ks that fell to bits in the sky

so what? it happened with any plane.  

Come up with hard and reliable data first for all planes modelled, then we can talk about modelling it on AH or not.

[snafu]

Although not as graphically pleasing I guess the "Host connection lost" message mid flight covers random engine blowouts etc.

TTFN
snafu

[BenDover]

unfortunatly, i don't have the figures, but i know someone has them, wish i could remember the thread, but i don't.

But what i do remember is that about half of n1k2j's destroyed fell out of the sky due to mechanical problems.

262s engines flamed out when riding the throttle too much

p51s had a tendancy to suck spent shell casings into its radiator, btw, was this a prob on yaks and hurris?

[AcId]

In the case of the shell casings for the p51, there was a simple field mod designed by my wife's grandfather (he was ground crew for B's, later became cc) that prevented this and also kept the shaft clean from debri from grass/dirt fields that would cause them to back-up and jam the gun.

I've got some cool B-pony pics, and pics of his mod but I havent scanned in the mod pics yet.