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Title: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: kvuo75 on March 18, 2010, 03:52:55 PM
NOt sure if it's a bug, but I haven't seen it till today... and sorry didnt save the film..

Spit 9 attacking my ostwind from about 10 degrees above horizon.. instant death to tower from 2 hispanos and 2 303's?  :huh

he was attacking from about 4oclock position of my hull.. WTF? is there a sweet spot Ive never found? just a lucky shot?





Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: lulu on March 22, 2010, 09:01:01 AM
Driving a spit, i got a kill like this.  This worked also with pt boat and lvt.

 :salute

Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: CountD90 on March 22, 2010, 12:12:23 PM
PT boats and LVTs dont have the armor a osti has, it shouldn't happen in my opinion.
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: Chilli on March 22, 2010, 01:55:43 PM
Come up next to me and tickle me in a Tiger and I fall over dead.  I have serious issues with there somehow being a double standard in armor  :headscratch:

When I am in it, it is the worst possible armor made in some cheap shop out of old tin cans.  When someone else has armor, they forged it out future Star Wars galactic metal.

Kvuo,  I am sorry that you seem to have gotten one of my Ostwinds that I must have miraculously brought home safely.  :huh
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: guncrasher on March 24, 2010, 02:47:30 AM
I find it easy to kill osties in a spit.  I only fire the cannon for more accuracy. and shoot from above at an angle but not too steep.

semp
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: kvuo75 on March 24, 2010, 08:37:51 AM
I find it easy to kill osties in a spit.  I only fire the cannon for more accuracy. and shoot from above at an angle but not too steep.

semp


well that was the first time i've ever seen it happen, in almost 4 years... getting turret shot out, yes, easily.. but never sent to tower as if hit by a tank round or bomb..
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: Nwbie on March 24, 2010, 09:01:19 AM
Doesn't an osti have an open gunner turret?
I thought this was discussed a long time ago, if you - the gunner - get hit by ammo from a plane - you die..

 :headscratch:

Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: Tec on March 24, 2010, 02:32:33 PM
Doesn't an osti have an open gunner turret?
I thought this was discussed a long time ago, if you - the gunner - get hit by ammo from a plane - you die..

 :headscratch:



No, that just turrets you.  And semp I'd love to see some films of these "easy" flak kills with a dweebfire.
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: jay on March 24, 2010, 03:43:57 PM
dive on a wirble or osti at the right angle and you can kill them
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: coola4me on March 24, 2010, 03:59:36 PM
Name the place and time and i will be there with an osti or wirble! I will not shoot, just to see if this can happen or just a bug!
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: Bruv119 on March 27, 2010, 02:10:05 AM
tucks luck,  

when he got captured he did the same thing,  put a 20mm round down the barrel of a flak and peeled it back.  If the Germans hadn't thought this was so hilarious they would have probably killed him because he had just strafed and killed several of their buddies.

Are you sure there wasn't an enemy GV or another plane around?  

Only time I've ever killed a GV with gun fire only (20mm or less) was a panzer.  We had captured a field from CV and he was making the base flash afterwards.  I was C-Hog.

Found him in some woods  and did 2x top down all four 20mm guns blazing.  I really didn't expect him to pop but he went BOOM with no-one else around either.   :noid

of course the PM accusations of cheating followed but you have to remember the force is strong in this one  :D

Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: stealth on March 27, 2010, 02:51:24 AM
well a spit has 4 303s,and yes you can get killed like that just aim right in the turret. Also how so would your wirbel get killed anyway,your a wirb man. Lastly what guy would be strafing a tank on fighter mode.
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: Tec on March 27, 2010, 11:21:31 AM
Well, that settles it then.  Thanks for enlightening us all. :salute
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: ariansworld on March 28, 2010, 07:04:10 PM
Those hizookas will tear a panzer up.
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: Ruler2 on March 28, 2010, 08:30:25 PM
of course the PM accusations of cheating followed but you have to remember the force is strong in this one  :D



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uytYDVfnyGc  :D  I got quite a few flamers for this one, they just wouldn't believe it. I dont see how a Hispano could rip up an Ostie in just a few rounds though... thats a little overkill IMO/.
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: Lepape2 on March 30, 2010, 03:28:34 PM
50cals owning a panzer... now i've seen it all  :rofl
Never noticed the difference in registered hits and effective hits  :confused:
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: OOZ662 on March 30, 2010, 04:28:31 PM
Any vehicle/aircraft/boat/ect in Aces High dies when its "pilot" is killed. Makes sense in planes, but can get a little wonky in GVs. A vehicle's "pilot" is in the driver's seat, so if you can get your lead stream down through the open turret and have a round hit the driver's head, the tank explodes. This is why Jeeps can kill Tigers; drive inside the Tiger, pour a few .50 rounds into the control panel (driver), Tiger explodes.
Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: Rodent57 on March 30, 2010, 07:32:32 PM
Noticed the same problem on Sunday in both Ostis and Weebles...

Spits, 110s and a P-51 ALL morted me on first passes with short bursts.

Dont know what's happened to the models, but something sure seems to have.

Title: Re: Ostie instant-deathed by hispanos?
Post by: wgmount on March 31, 2010, 12:46:53 AM
For those of you who don't think a .50 cal can go through 0.4 inches of armor pretty quick you are sadly mistaken. From World War II through the Vietnam War, the big Browning was used with standard ball, armor-piercing (AP), armor-piercing incendiary (API), and armor-piercing incendiary tracer (APIT) rounds. All .50 ammunition designated "armor-piercing" was required to completely perforate 0.875" (22.2 mm) of hardened steel armor plate at a distance of 100 yards (91 m), and 0.75" (19 mm) at 547 yards (500 m). All WW2 .50 cal equipped aircraft used API or APIT ammo.

Source: http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_ostwindI.html

http://www.historyofwar.org/weaponsframe.html