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Title: Drop Tanks?
Post by: RedBull1 on August 14, 2012, 02:41:12 AM: I was just on a escort run over 1sum41 and Dapacman, and dropped my DT's, this got me and 1sum thinking, it would be quite cool if HiTech could model Drop Tanks that catch fire if shot, and if you don't drop them in say.... 2 seconds it blows your wing off?

Thoughts? :D
And just in case...
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Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: 1sum41 on August 14, 2012, 03:14:40 AM: :aok
Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: Chalenge on August 14, 2012, 03:37:25 AM: I dont think you can use the law of physics to support the idea of an explosion from drop tanks that would damage a wing.
Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: Fud on August 14, 2012, 04:37:42 AM: .....and when you drop the flaming tank...it stays lit all the way to the ground :rock
Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: Tracerfi on August 14, 2012, 06:54:13 AM: Quote from: Fud on August 14, 2012, 04:37:42 AM
.....and when you drop the flaming tank...it stays lit all the way to the ground :rock
fire bomb
Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: Eric19 on August 14, 2012, 02:29:51 PM: NAPLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :x plz I want my DTs to be able to set tanks on fire :devil
Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: Ack-Ack on August 14, 2012, 05:00:09 PM: In Bud Anderson's book, he tells of a story of the time he and Chuck Yeager pickled their drop tanks and then tried to strafe them to blow up the drop tanks on the ground.

ack-ack
Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: BERN1 on August 14, 2012, 05:29:21 PM: Chuck Yeager also tells that story the two of them went off by themselves on their last mission together. saw nothing and dropped their tanks spent all their ammo tryin to make them catchfire.
meanwhile there had been a giant furball not far away and they missed tha action. when they got home their ground crew seeing the scorched wings from all the gunfire excitedly asked them how many the two of them had scored......
they had to sheepishly admit,that they had missed all the action...not exact words but as good as I can recall from the last time I read the story.
damage to the drop tanks would be cool but a fire???? highly unlikely....and please dont refer to the poor soul in the corsair that lost both tanks on landing and was burned to death
Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: Zodiac on August 14, 2012, 09:06:28 PM: About 5 seconds in you can see the a/c has a drop tank attached which is hit and erupts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcr3CVVRUuM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcr3CVVRUuM)
Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: MrKrabs on August 14, 2012, 11:30:40 PM: Well - if Drops Tanks became part of the damage model - why not make the bomb in a bomber's bomb bay part of the damage model too...

Imagine popping a few rounds into a Lancasters cookie? BOOM GOES THE BOMBERS...
Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: titanic3 on August 15, 2012, 12:00:11 AM: Quote from: MrKrabs on August 14, 2012, 11:30:40 PM
Well - if Drops Tanks became part of the damage model - why not make the bomb in a bomber's bomb bay part of the damage model too...

Imagine popping a few rounds into a Lancasters cookie? BOOM GOES THE BOMBERS...

I'd be worried about my puny little fighter around 42x 1000lb bombs exploding at the same time within ranges of under 800 yards. Or 36x 500lb bombs or imagine if you hit a set of B29s... :huh
Title: Re: Drop Tanks?
Post by: icepac on August 15, 2012, 09:09:18 AM: Yeager and Anderson dropped thier tanks and spent thier entire ammo belts trying to light them on fire.