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Title: has Mk108s been decreased in power?
Post by: titanic3 on September 02, 2007, 06:20:19 PM
ever since the B-25 came out, when i fly the 109s, the 30mm cannon seem to have less effect than before. before the patch, a single 30mm in a P-51D would blow it apart when it impact in the cockpit.
after the patch, i did again and all the pony got was a oil leak, i was like :huh :eek: . i compared the 2 impacts in the film viewer and the bullet shell hit the EXACT same place.

unfortunately, i lostthe film in a er..... accident... while deleting.....stuff...:o :D
Title: has Mk108s been decreased in power?
Post by: moot on September 02, 2007, 06:42:06 PM
Have landed a 30mm hit on an F6 (from a 262, might be an off chance for more than a round hitting), but don't have film either.  The F6 flew along, and I had to hit it a second time to kill it.
The F6F was already damaged (oil, fuel, and an aileron IIRC) before first hitting it.
Title: has Mk108s been decreased in power?
Post by: Geary420 on September 03, 2007, 03:20:58 AM
Where did you hit him Moot?  I have seen F6's take a tater to the bell and keep flying.
Title: has Mk108s been decreased in power?
Post by: moot on September 03, 2007, 08:50:45 AM
It was as dark as AH gets and the hits happened at the corner of the screen, so I didn't see where they were.
I think I've had F6Fs survive single 108s before, a few times I think, but never when they were already peppered as this one was.
Title: has Mk108s been decreased in power?
Post by: Xasthur on September 03, 2007, 09:26:53 AM
I have also noticed a decrease in the lethality of the Mk 108.

30mm test film (link) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZGaEEi8Ek)

I have noticed that Lancs seem remarkably able to withstand hits at close range on control surfaces.

I would suspect that multiple hits along the outer tail section should render more damage than merely removing a rudder.
Title: has Mk108s been decreased in power?
Post by: DaddyAck on September 04, 2007, 02:21:17 AM
I upped a 109K-4 with the tater tosser, and I noticed that lancs do not fold at the wings as nicely as they used to.  Any onle else notice this?