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Title: observations on the damage model
Post by: caldera on January 08, 2010, 04:01:54 PM: Some planes seem to have a tendency to take specific damage. Is it only my imagination or if not, is this based in reality? Not whining, just curious.

For instance:

C-202 seems to get the engine block seized in a single burst

109 E-4 wing cannon damage

P-40E frequent flap damage

F6F oil hits

Ki-84 pilot wounds

Mossy pilot wounds

P-47 main fuel hits/fires

Why don't certain aircraft catch fire? Spits wings break off like stale crackers but never a spark (except one I downed with a SpitI).
Lancs don't seem to catch fire, even when wings get blown off. And did B-24s really light up that easily or is it just in game?
Also, the wirble seems more resistant to bomb splash damage than the Panzer.
:noid
Title: Re: observations on the damage model
Post by: Ack-Ack on January 08, 2010, 04:33:52 PM: Yes, B-24s were known for their tendency to catch fire.

ack-ack
Title: Re: observations on the damage model
Post by: CountD90 on January 08, 2010, 05:05:15 PM: Is it me or do B-38s never come back with both engines in working order :D
Title: Re: observations on the damage model
Post by: CAP1 on January 08, 2010, 11:43:21 PM: Quote from: CountD90 on January 08, 2010, 05:05:15 PM
Is it me or do B-38s never come back with both engines in working order :D

and bunches of red stuff on the canopy.
Title: Re: observations on the damage model
Post by: OOZ662 on January 09, 2010, 12:55:09 AM: Quote from: caldera on January 08, 2010, 04:01:54 PM
F6F oil hits

If you ever worked with a radial engine, you'd know they pretty much start that way anyway. :D
Title: Re: observations on the damage model
Post by: Stoney on January 09, 2010, 01:13:18 AM: Given the location of the main fuel tank in the P-47, I don't understand why they always get hit there.
Title: Re: observations on the damage model
Post by: horble on January 09, 2010, 05:43:44 AM: 190D - Radiator.

Every time.
Title: Re: observations on the damage model
Post by: stealth on January 09, 2010, 06:12:39 AM: yah i think so in the p40E because everytime i up in it i always loose flaps first and then my plane can fly level p38 gotta a large unprotected canopy to so they get pilot wounds easly even with a pistol
Title: Re: observations on the damage model
Post by: PFactorDave on January 09, 2010, 08:18:07 AM: Quote from: caldera on January 08, 2010, 04:01:54 PM
Some planes seem to have a tendency to take specific damage. Is it only my imagination or if not, is this based in reality? Not whining, just curious.

Ki-84 pilot wounds

Hmmm... I fly the Ki84 as my primary fighter... I don't feel like I get pilot wounded more then any other plane. In fact, I rarely get pilot wounded. But, when in a fight, if I know the other guy is about to get a full silhouette shot on me I will often roll 90 degrees to present him with a smaller target. Maybe that's why I don't PW'd very often.
Title: Re: observations on the damage model
Post by: RTHolmes on January 09, 2010, 08:31:22 AM: yup, main fuel hit in the jug every time. thats why I take 100% fuel - just so I can keep enough in the aux tank to get home.

lancs do flame up quite nicely if you pour .50 into the fuselage :)
Title: Re: observations on the damage model
Post by: KG45 on January 09, 2010, 09:17:26 AM: Quote from: CountD90 on January 08, 2010, 05:05:15 PM
Is it me or do B-38s never come back with both engines in working order :D

that's why they have two.