chrisman01 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/dSHQU I had half my tail ripped off from a very lucky AA strike. Lo and behold, I was able to make it back to base with very little effort; the plane would roll a little, but it was like it had damaged wings from going too fast, not like it was missing an entire stabilizer. Then I came in too fast and destroyed the nose gear. That was pilot error, however. :joystick: Are there cases of Sabres being able to do this, or is this a bug? I know F-15s could fly with damaged tails and wings, but they have much bigger surface areas and modern flight systems. I've never heard of a Sabre being this damaged and flying this well. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koekemoeroetoe Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Are you sure AA hit you? The elevator looks so perfectly nice and clean ripped off that you'd almost thinks its a visual error... Intel i9 10850k | Noctua NH-U12A | Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Elite AC | Patriot Viper Steel 64gb @3600MT/s | Gigabyte RTX 2070 Windforce | Samsung 970 EVO 1TB NVMe | HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Sounds about right to me. With your right stabilator missing the plane should roll a bit to the left when you pull back on the stick. Other than that the biggest thing you should notice is it being harder to increase pitch, especially at higher speeds. From the shadows of war's past a demon of the air rises from the grave. "Onward to the land of kings—via the sky of aces!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisman01 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Mar: The craft pitched like it had both elevators Koek: They definitely hit me, I saw the tracer and heard the hit. I don't think they've modeled the visual damage yet; there isn't even an indication there *was* a stabilizer there, it's like it was just deleted from the model [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Mar: The craft pitched like it had both elevators Cool, maybe I should have my crew chief hack off one of my stabilators. Less drag. :) I'm sure that this will be corrected. From the shadows of war's past a demon of the air rises from the grave. "Onward to the land of kings—via the sky of aces!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSix2 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 It's a bug, but to what extent is it? I mean, we all know of the F-15 that came back with one wing. The A-10C that the pilot didn't even notice her engine was missing. Just because you lose something off the aircraft doesn't mean it's bound to crash. It's very likely, yes, but not always. I had both of my elevators gone but was able to belly land her. Here's an old thing to remember. If you have your choice to lose everything but one control on the aircraft(Rudder, Ailerons, Elevator) which would you keep? The answer is the rudder. Power controls pitch, rudder controls YAW and roll. Think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 You lost both stabilators? As in, they were completely gone? You should have been flipping around like a feather in the wind. From the shadows of war's past a demon of the air rises from the grave. "Onward to the land of kings—via the sky of aces!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHard Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 In SP, top of the mission list selection, I had the left horizontal tail stabilizer come off by AAA flying too low and not evasive enough. I was strafing ground targets at the enemy airfield. I flew OK back to Batumi until I slowed down, full flaps for landing and pitched too high deploying flaps and stalled it, spinning left and unrecoverable, I ejected. Looks to be a modeled possible damage occurrence under the right conditions. I got it, you got it. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanK Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/dSHQU I had half my tail ripped off from a very lucky AA strike. Lo and behold, I was able to make it back to base with very little effort; the plane would roll a little, but it was like it had damaged wings from going too fast, not like it was missing an entire stabilizer. Then I came in too fast and destroyed the nose gear. That was pilot error, however. :joystick: Are there cases of Sabres being able to do this, or is this a bug? I know F-15s could fly with damaged tails and wings, but they have much bigger surface areas and modern flight systems. I've never heard of a Sabre being this damaged and flying this well. Here is a documented case: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaelu Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 priceless :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I5 4670k, 32GB, GTX 1070, Thrustmaster TFRP, G940 Throttle extremely modded with Bodnar 0836X and Bu0836A, Warthog Joystick with F-18 grip, Oculus Rift S - Almost all is made from gifts from friends, the most expensive parts at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHard Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) (re: Message 9) 124 flight hours were on the airframe. It is possible to have micro-cracks not visible by visual inspection that can cause a catastrophic failure, given the right (or wrong) conditions. Aluminum alloys were in their infancy, then. I worked in a machine shop producing automatic control valves for various applications using various materials; a lot of stainless steels and exotics. Some contracts mandated x-ray inspection of weld joints or repair. That was in the 1970's. Wonder what QC techniques were being used in the 1940's and 50's? Edited August 2, 2014 by DieHard [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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