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Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Preon1 on January 13, 2003, 12:31:14 PM: I'm a big fan of the F4U-D and just recently flew a sortie where I was fortunate enough to have both flaps blown off with no other damage. Top speed, acceleration, climb rate, turning radius, and roll rate all improved by a HUGE amount. Almost makes me want to ask my flight engineer to take the dang things off before my next sortie.

Has this happened to anybody else?
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: gofaster on January 13, 2003, 02:13:55 PM: Last tour I shot the flaps off of a Corsair while flying a Spit IX and he's kept on going. I was then killed by an LA-7. Now I fly the Corsair.
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: AKIron on January 13, 2003, 02:33:31 PM: I rarely fly the dhog but have discovered the joys of the F4U-4 this tour. What a fun plane.
Title: Re: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Kanth on January 13, 2003, 02:52:36 PM: Not yet, but I'm sure it will soon. :)

Quote
Originally posted by Preon1

Has this happened to anybody else?
Title: Not a Hog but...
Post by: MadBirdCZ on January 13, 2003, 02:56:54 PM: I don't know if it counts... but I made it home and landed safely... :D
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Puke on January 13, 2003, 03:11:37 PM: I must fly the wrong Corsair. I never lose just a flap but the whole wing!
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Ripsnort on January 13, 2003, 03:13:31 PM: If you like the -1D, you'll love the -1A even better (although not as much for ATG)
Title: Re: Not a Hog but...
Post by: Preon1 on January 13, 2003, 03:27:12 PM: Quote
Originally posted by MadBirdCZ
I don't know if it counts... but I made it home and landed safely... :D

Wow Mad... that's just... cool
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: gofaster on January 13, 2003, 03:41:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort
If you like the -1D, you'll love the -1A even better (although not as much for ATG)

The -1A makes a great bomber buster, particularly above 15k. I use it when doing fleet defense work. For offensive operations, the -1D is the better choice of the non-perk Corsairs. I've only flown the C model once and was impressed, but I tend to make too many one-way trips and don't wanna lose my precious 10 perk points.
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: slimm50 on January 13, 2003, 03:56:52 PM: Quote
Originally posted by gofaster
...I tend to make too many one-way trips and don't wanna lose my precious 10 perk points.

HAHAHAHAHAHA...10 points!?! Don't make me laugh! As activa a participant as you are you prolly got, like, a gazillion and can fly anything ya dang well please. I'm th one with 10 perk pts, and they weren't easy to get! Shows what a dweeb I am.:o
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: GPreddy on January 13, 2003, 04:30:50 PM: I had all but my rudder shot off by a n1k and managed to ditch it by careful use of power and rudder and by NOT dropping my gear.
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Innominate on January 13, 2003, 04:33:36 PM: I once ditched a c47 when I had my vert. stab shot off.
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Reschke on January 13, 2003, 04:53:26 PM: Yesterday I had my vert stabilizer shot out while trying to land on a vulched strip. The plane flipped completely around and and hit landing gear down and destroyed the gear but I landed on the tarmac so it was all good.
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Red Tail 444 on January 13, 2003, 06:21:30 PM: The -1A is a monster and few realize it's faster than all hogs save the F4U-4. I can't afford the perked rides for a while, but they're worth the cash!

Drain the LW first and watch that baby roll!
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: F4UDOA on January 13, 2003, 06:26:16 PM: Preon,

Don't think I ever had both shot off.

What kind of speed are you talking about?
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: JB73 on January 13, 2003, 06:31:55 PM: quite a while back before our squad made the switch to all LW ....i landed this:
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: JB42 on January 13, 2003, 07:16:52 PM: Ha, I have you all beat :D
Title: Goon stories anyone?
Post by: Meatwad on January 13, 2003, 07:29:44 PM: On the AK map, was in a goon heading to enemy base. One got throug the CAP and wasted my entire tail section before he was wasted by another rook. I was still able to fly straight and level for a few minutes without no tail, but I had to be a tard and see if I could maneuver it. I went down faster then an airplane made out of concrete. I have never been able to do that again, but it was really impressive to see flying (no screenshots though, D-OH :( )
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Preon1 on January 13, 2003, 07:53:35 PM: Quote
Originally posted by F4UDOA
Preon,

Don't think I ever had both shot off.

What kind of speed are you talking about?

350+ straight and level at about 5k no wep (I think)
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: DrDea/Kvorkian on January 13, 2003, 08:01:32 PM: I managed to get this down as a ditched.
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Sleight on January 13, 2003, 09:02:24 PM: I think I win, actually. I bounced off the cliff twice before coming to a stop.
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: wetrat on January 13, 2003, 10:36:21 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Innominate
I once ditched a c47 when I had my vert. stab shot off.

This tour I landed my c47 without a vertical stab at a vbase and got the capture :)
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Preon1 on January 14, 2003, 07:12:05 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Sleight
I think I win, actually. I bounced off the cliff twice before coming to a stop.

I don't believe you

but actually, I remember bouncing off the runway so hard in a B26 that both wings fell off... it's a tough plane
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: gofaster on January 14, 2003, 08:19:19 AM: Quote
Originally posted by slimm50
HAHAHAHAHAHA...10 points!?! Don't make me laugh! As activa a participant as you are you prolly got, like, a gazillion and can fly anything ya dang well please. I'm th one with 10 perk pts, and they weren't easy to get! Shows what a dweeb I am.:o

Yeah, actually I think I'm up to 1,500 perks in a fighter or something like that, maybe more. I quite counting because, you're right, I'll probably never be able to blow that many in a single tour anyway. :)

Getting 2 or more perks per flight, even when getting shot down, is one of the benefits of flying the "second string" planes in the MA. The FW190A8 rings up perkies like a pinball machine rings up scores! :)
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: AtmkRstr on January 14, 2003, 08:55:49 AM: I was flying a 262 with no wing tips. I was able to cruise 75mph faster than the charts and was able to landed safely after making a couple high speed passes at a bomber formation.

This is evidence that the flight model is perfect.
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Red Tail 444 on January 14, 2003, 11:33:03 AM: Can we talk about the corsair performance post damage? it's cool to see how great all of you (think you) are, but this IS about the corsair, yes? :D
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Sleight on January 14, 2003, 03:27:20 PM: Quote

Thread title:
(or other stories of cool plane damage)

:D
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: GrimCO on January 14, 2003, 04:08:15 PM: I once crashed a perfectly good typhoon with absolutely no damage whatsoever. In fact, I pull this impossible feat off quite regularly by lawndarting like a moron on a pretty regular basis. I think I have you all beat!
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: X2Lee on January 14, 2003, 08:25:03 PM: Quote
Originally posted by DrDea/Kvorkian
I managed to get this down as a ditched.

yeah right :D
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: Frost on January 14, 2003, 08:49:29 PM: I fly the Hog a fair bit and never had any performance increase with damage. In fact it is usually a noticable decrease in performance even losing one flap or alieron.
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: SirLoin on January 14, 2003, 09:45:56 PM: There is nothing cooler than a P47 all shot up and RTB.

...:)
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: swoopy on January 15, 2003, 12:57:28 AM: I too have ahd increased performance from missing flaps but it was a long time ago.

Here a pic of my boston fron a TOD with no elevators, engine or left aileron. I lost the right one soon after as well as rudder and it still flew, only u couldnt point it any where. The only thing that took me out of the sky was a zeke:)

Ps u can see bombs dropping on a field and i actually took out radar:D
Title: The magic D-hog (or other stories of cool plane damage)
Post by: MadBirdCZ on January 15, 2003, 01:53:59 AM: in past I have seen screenshots in other forum of a Corsair making safe RTB with both wingtips gone... But it was a loooong time ago... :)

And with that A20 picture posted in my post above....

i lost the rudder and both stabs during recovering from divebombing attack when I missjudged my altitude and speed.... Anyway i dropped the load and flew over 2 sectors to friendly base and landed the crippled A20, gear down and on the runway... :)