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Title: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: 4Prop on December 07, 2011, 12:48:48 PM
this happend to me 3 times yesterday. I've noticed its happening alot, not just that I'm getting more pilot wounds, but that theres no damage to the canopy. Could it just be that the game isnt showing the holes?
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: curry1 on December 07, 2011, 12:49:32 PM
this happend to me 3 times yesterday. I've noticed its happening alot, not just that I'm getting more pilot wounds, but that theres no damage to the canopy. Could it just be that the game isnt showing the holes?

Could be shot through the airframe.  The game doesn't show those holes.
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: 4Prop on December 07, 2011, 12:52:10 PM
Could be shot through the airframe.  The game doesn't show those holes.

from what I remember I was being shot from my 6 when It happend. no holes anywhere. and the P-47 has armour in the back.


http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=15634
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: Bizman on December 07, 2011, 12:53:31 PM
Did you look at the seat? Or under the instrument panel? All pilots don't get wounded between the eyes, the bullet may as well have landed between his "cheeks"...
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: 4Prop on December 07, 2011, 12:55:40 PM
Did you look at the seat? Or under the instrument panel? All pilots don't get wounded between the eyes, the bullet may as well have landed between his "cheeks"...

the seat is armored..or at least it should be. and no. if there would be holes in the seat then there would be holes in the glass behind it
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: Wiley on December 07, 2011, 12:57:55 PM
the seat is armored..or at least it should be. and no. if there would be holes in the seat then there would be holes in the glass behind it

Armored != Impenetrable.

Wiley.
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: The Fugitive on December 07, 2011, 12:58:12 PM
If you have the graphics turned down your not going to see all the holes either.

The holes that do show are just eye candy. They are not true representations of where the bullet truly went.
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: 4Prop on December 07, 2011, 01:01:26 PM
Armored != Impenetrable.

Wiley.

not nesisarily saying that. but when a .50 is shot from d800 behind me it should be.
If you have the graphics turned down your not going to see all the holes either.

The holes that do show are just eye candy. They are not true representations of where the bullet truly went.

seems like 3/4 times i get PW'd it doesnt show the holes. somtimes it does somtimes it doesnt
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: Bizman on December 07, 2011, 02:00:20 PM
the seat is armored..or at least it should be. and no. if there would be holes in the seat then there would be holes in the glass behind it
I've seen the Brewster modeled into this game. The cast iron back rest of the seat was split in two by a bullet coming almost straight from the six. The seat didn't have armor, though, so a bullet from underneath could have penetrated the pilots buttock, and, depending on the angle, continued either to the windshield or the instrument panel, or, in a frontal attack, come from between the pedals penetrating the pilot's chest and flattening against the armored back rest. Remember, a pilot wound can be lethal even without damaging the innards. A 30mm cartridge breaking a leg, bursting the bone and arteria, would lead to shock and bleeding to death quite fast. Adding to that there's no room in the cockpit to bend down to make a tourniquet.
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: Krusty on December 07, 2011, 02:07:30 PM
Armor is really for lesser rounds, 7mm, 30cal, etc. It's far less effective against 12.7mm or .50cals. It wouldn't stop 20mm much, let alone higher calibers.
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: Babalonian on December 07, 2011, 02:53:36 PM
the seat is armored..or at least it should be. and no. if there would be holes in the seat then there would be holes in the glass behind it

How much armor?  What caliber and at what distance were you shot at with in the rear?
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: JUGgler on December 07, 2011, 03:18:36 PM
this happend to me 3 times yesterday. I've noticed its happening alot, not just that I'm getting more pilot wounds, but that theres no damage to the canopy. Could it just be that the game isnt showing the holes?

Did you check your rectum for foreign objects?

 :uhoh


JUGgler
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: M0nkey_Man on December 07, 2011, 04:11:58 PM
Did you check your rectum for foreign objects?

 :uhoh


JUGgler
:rofl
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: Shuffler on December 07, 2011, 04:32:27 PM
Sounds like your graphics card is glitching.
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: guncrasher on December 07, 2011, 05:09:39 PM
this happend to me 3 times yesterday. I've noticed its happening alot, not just that I'm getting more pilot wounds, but that theres no damage to the canopy. Could it just be that the game isnt showing the holes?

I noticed that too, but most likely a shot from the side fuselage.  besides it's like when your right wing takes the bullet hit and the left one falls out.



semp
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: Jayhawk on December 07, 2011, 05:19:37 PM
I've always considered the bullets holes, as Fugi said, eye candy.  I never thought these represented actual damage done to a specific area, though maybe a general area.
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: Rino on December 07, 2011, 05:25:07 PM
not nesisarily saying that. but when a .50 is shot from d800 behind me it should be.
seems like 3/4 times i get PW'd it doesnt show the holes. somtimes it does somtimes it doesnt

     I think an API 50 round still has plenty of energy at 800 yards.
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: Ardy123 on December 07, 2011, 05:27:20 PM
Machfly and I did some testing and discovered that the 'hit box' area was larger than the pilot.
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: DREDIOCK on December 07, 2011, 08:00:19 PM
Did you check your rectum for foreign objects?

 :uhoh


JUGgler

I was thinking the exact same thing only was going to respond with

"thats cause you were shot in the arse"
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: morfiend on December 07, 2011, 08:16:34 PM
     I think an API 50 round still has plenty of energy at 800 yards.



    :rofl :rofl   Ya wouldnt want to put on a ball glove and try and catch it thats for sure!




    :salute
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: 4Prop on December 07, 2011, 10:06:47 PM
Did you check your rectum for foreign objects?

 :uhoh


JUGgler

just did. found an allen wrench, an empty cat food tin, and a paperclip..hmm
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: guncrasher on December 08, 2011, 01:21:20 AM
Did you check your rectum for foreign objects?

 :uhoh


JUGgler

juggler give him a break not all young kids are as experience with foreign objects  as you are  :D.


semp
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: STEELE on December 08, 2011, 03:54:52 PM
Machfly and I did some testing and discovered that the 'hit box' area was larger than the pilot.

The Guiness Book of World Records' World's Fattest Man is the model for the 109 g2 pilot "hit box"   :uhoh
Title: Re: pilot wound with no holes in canopy?
Post by: Ardy123 on December 08, 2011, 03:57:24 PM
The Guiness Book of World Records' World's Fattest Man is the model for the 109 g2 pilot "hit box"   :uhoh

once your 20s pass you by, you just can't eat that much wurst without everyone knowing about it....