Vikhr launchers stay lowered after firing?

[gulredrel]

Hello,

 

just a thing to clarify.

I noticed that the vikhr launcher stay tilted down after all of them have been fired and I selected cannon or S8 pods afterwards. All weapons were fired in auto mode using shkval to aim at targets.

Do I need to do something while deselecting vikhrs? Resetting weapon system with backspace key does not change anything.

 

Thanks

Jens

[Volk.]

You didn't do anything wrong - once they're spent the launchers tip down. No need to deselect them or such specifically. Once you re-arm the launchers will point forwards again until the Shkval points it at another angle.

[gulredrel]

Okay, thanks. So it's just the way it is.

[Fri13]

It is odd, based to aerodynamic drag that those empty launcher tubes generates and the lift that comes to, that tubes are left to point downward....

[Volk.]

2 hours ago, Fri13 said:

It is odd, based to aerodynamic drag that those empty launcher tubes generates and the lift that comes to, that tubes are left to point downward....

It was specifically designed to give enemies a false sense of hope, seeing the launchers pointing down so they'd assume the Shark is toothless and then lull them into coming out of cover so that the flanking Raptor wingman can take them out ;-)

 

Whether it should point down after going winchester IRL I think is one of those really obscure facts one just won't get the answer to.

[Fri13]

11 minutes ago, Volk. said:

Whether it should point down after going winchester IRL I think is one of those really obscure facts one just won't get the answer to.

 

Does the launchers return to level when aircraft lands (weight in wheels)?

 

 

[Volk.]

I don't fully recall, and I don't think I have footage of that from an external view saved. I think weight on wheels it did stay down, but when it re-arms it levels off again (or at least angles as per uncaged shkval angle).