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Title: Flaps
Post by: Allen Rune on February 14, 2009, 08:26:33 PM
Been mentioned before, but AFAIK they've never been delt with.

It's been a while but from what I remember if your flap is shot off it isn't really shot off, it just shot off visualy and is physicaly jammed in the position it was in when it whas hit. They should either not fly off visualy when this happens or disapear completely. Also, apparantly they are prone only to jamming and never anything els, beause you can fly 600 mph and they will never break off. They should either break off or have auto-retract done away with completely.

As I said it's been a while, and I don't actualy remember if flaps can be shot off visualy and physicaly, but I do know (if this hasen't been delt with yet) that no amount of speed can damage them the way they are now.
Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: Motherland on February 14, 2009, 08:28:13 PM
New plane models, starting with the B25 I think, show the flaps jammed.
Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: Serenity on February 15, 2009, 12:19:15 AM
Why can't we have them just come off?
Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: AWwrgwy on February 15, 2009, 03:57:34 AM
Why can't we have them just come off?

Because they don't actually get shot off, they merely are damaged to the point of inoperability.


wrongway
Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 15, 2009, 04:26:57 AM
I've always wished that we'd get a realistic flap model in this game that would take in account over speeding and battle damage and get rid of the auto-retracting BS we have now.


ack-ack
Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: Tec on February 15, 2009, 05:44:25 AM
Because they don't actually get shot off, they merely are damaged to the point of inoperability.

The problem is they actually do get shot off[/] from what you can see, but they act as if they are still there and jammed in position.  It would be nice to see an update to the damage model where sometimes they get shot all the way off and are displayed as such, and sometimes they get jammed but the graphical representation of the flap stays there. 

I also agree with the idea of doing away with auto-retract for planes that are not so equipped, which if memory serves is just about everything but the N1K.
Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: RedTeck on February 15, 2009, 09:11:48 AM
From what I understand, a lot of the USN/USMC birds had blow-back flaps like the F4F/F6F. It would be somewhat interesting to see, since I've heard that in real life pilots would set a notch or 2 of flaps when they were going fast enough that they wouldn't deploy at the time. If they slowed down to fight, auto-flaps. At least, thats what I read on here
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24787&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=d294bd64e365e678ca171492e61679ee
Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: FYB on February 17, 2009, 12:35:37 AM
From what I understand, a lot of the USN/USMC birds had blow-back flaps like the F4F/F6F. It would be somewhat interesting to see, since I've heard that in real life pilots would set a notch or 2 of flaps when they were going fast enough that they wouldn't deploy at the time. If they slowed down to fight, auto-flaps. At least, thats what I read on here
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24787&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=d294bd64e365e678ca171492e61679ee

Interesting... A blank page; highly informational. I like your thinking!  :D

-FYB
Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: 1pLUs44 on February 17, 2009, 12:36:32 AM
I've always wished that we'd get a realistic flap model in this game that would take in account over speeding and battle damage and get rid of the auto-retracting BS we have now.


ack-ack

didn't we used to have that?
Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 17, 2009, 01:58:30 AM
didn't we used to have that?

Nope, not in Aces High.  There was in Air Warrior, damaged my flaps a couple of times over speeding. 


ack-ack
Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: 1pLUs44 on February 17, 2009, 02:22:43 AM
Nope, not in Aces High.  There was in Air Warrior, damaged my flaps a couple of times over speeding. 


ack-ack

Huh, I can remember taking off, getting into a fight, pressing a button, and something breaking off... It was gear :lol

Title: Re: Flaps
Post by: RedTeck on February 17, 2009, 09:11:12 AM
It worked for me

How about this
http://books.google.com/books?id=tC22hsLZs9IC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=f4u+flap+down+position+speed&source=web&ots=U4qIbxBY86&sig=1F7IaT_WbqRbAyVCY5-ulo570wk&hl=en&ei=cdKaSbaQA-PetgfdypibCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA14,M1

its on page 14, left column, wing flap control section b