Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: -jagr- on July 30, 1999, 01:43:00 PM

Title: G Effects on Weapons Performance?
Post by: -jagr- on July 30, 1999, 01:43:00 PM

Pyro,
     Will there be weapon Jamming?  Will there be a higher liklihood to jam for non electrically fired weapons and for weapons under a G load?

     It would be interesting if you couldn't just lock the trigger down and enter a 7G yank like you see a lot in the WB arena's without risking jamming those guns...

Title: G Effects on Weapons Performance?
Post by: fats on July 30, 1999, 02:35:00 PM

"During the last year of the war aircraft of the 2nd Tactical Air Force alone fired 13500000 rounds of 20 mm ammunition at a stoppage rate of one per 1500 rounds fired, mostly due to badly-made-up belts."

Spitfire with 240 rounds per flight you'd get stoppage every...


&fats

Title: G Effects on Weapons Performance?
Post by: Pyro on July 31, 1999, 11:27:00 AM

In the last alpha build, my guns would sometimes stop firing and I would have to smack my keyboard a couple of times to get them back.  Other testers reported their guns would not stop firing.  Does that count as modeling jams and cook-off?  Should we move that from the bug list to the feature list? (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)




------------------
Doug "Pyro" Balmos
HiTech Creations

Title: G Effects on Weapons Performance?
Post by: -jagr- on August 01, 1999, 03:21:00 PM

Fats,

         That would be one every 6 flights..and that a BIG deal if you on hop number 6 and your guns stop working  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)  My comment wa smore geared towards the times the liklihood of jamming would go up IF you fired..like high G load situations.  The US specs for a 20mm to replace the Hispano used the MG151 for an example since it was specifically electrically fired and not recoil or gas operated..  So if people knew that yanking into a high G turn and hosing someone would cause frewuent jamming maybe there'd be more ACM and less jousting.. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

Title: G Effects on Weapons Performance?
Post by: Hat Trick on August 01, 1999, 05:02:00 PM

gee...can we model the rust on the rivets too.....


I dont want to Pay $2 an hour for GUNJAMS...Ill shoot Gun Jams down...but dont want to have to fly with them.

<SMIRK> I actually think it would be kewl....I just couldnt resist the obvious oppurtunity to play on words..

hehe Smooches GJ!

------------------
Hat Trick
-htrk-
War Birds Beta Tester
Confirmed Kill Beta Tester
Air Warrior one month and hated it!
Aces Hi Wannabe Tester
HiTech Devotee