no bug 30mm even worse?

[Hobel]

Am 9.2.2024 um 00:13 schrieb Mr_sukebe:

watched video this week on YouTube where they showed RAF testing of one of the 30mm 108s.  A single hit on the rear of a Spitfire didn't actually take the tail off, but that's because it was on the ground.  In flight and with additional forces on it, chances are that the tail would have fallen off.

 

They also had stats for a comparison against a B17.  Apparently the average was x4 30mm hits to "on average" take down a B17, or x20 20mm cannon founds from say a 190 to take down a B17

I know which pictures you are talking about, there are also some wing tests and it is not about whether the wing breaks off, because this is not necessarily the case if the main spar has hardly been damaged.   The question is rather what effect do these huge "flesh wounds" have on the aerodynamic behavior?    If 1-2 30mm hit a wing how much lift should the wing lose on a p47/p51 and so on.

[NineLine]

8 hours ago, Hobel said:

I know which pictures you are talking about, there are also some wing tests and it is not about whether the wing breaks off, because this is not necessarily the case if the main spar has hardly been damaged.   The question is rather what effect do these huge "flesh wounds" have on the aerodynamic behavior?    If 1-2 30mm hit a wing how much lift should the wing lose on a p47/p51 and so on.

Which is already requested to improve, or rather make more appropriate feedback to heavy damage in flight.