Su-25T Damage Model - can sustain unrealistic amount of damage

[arteedecco]

Sidenote:

I would like to say that the damage model LOOKS amazing for the Su-25T! So many different parts and pieces can be blown off the thing, it is really neat to see! Kudos on that! However, my issue is with how much punishment the aircraft can sustain without going down.

 

Issue:

It appears that the damage model for the Su-25T (operated by AI, not human) can sustain an unrealistic amount of damage.

 

Repro:

Air-to-air: Human (DCS A-10C), AI (Su-25T), guns only.

 

After several different engagements, hitting the Su-25T with many directed GAU-8 bursts, the Su-25T just continues to fly-on without any evident trouble other than cosmetic. On the contrary, if I hit another A-10C or many other aircraft with even one good burst of GAU-8 they go down. It seems that the Su-25T has an extraordinary capacity to absorb damage.

 

I thought maybe someone could look into it and corroborate my experience, or tell me what I'm missing???

 

My gallery pics:

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I've attached a mission file you can use to fight the Su-25T. Start the mission and fly as an A-10C. Fly to the waypoint "Air-To-Air" and when you get close the Su-25Ts will spawn (2 of them). Try shooting them down with the GAU-8! It can be done, but it sure doesn't seem right to me!

 

Thanks! Cheers! Love the SIM!

refuel_this.miz

[Tasmanian]

Don't know about FC3 but in FC2 managed to fly, land and repair SU-25T and SU-27 with both wings half-cut XD

[Weta43]

I've always thought that the removal of that entire part of the nose was an unfortunate bit of damage modelling (though that is what they look like if you remove that fairing), but with respect to the damage an Su-25 can soak up and keep flying, pictures of Su-25's damaged by MANPADS and then flown home...

 

Don't know about FC3 but in FC2 managed to fly, land and repair SU-25T and SU-27 with both wings half-cut XD

Which s good - 'cause people have done this in real life, so it would be a shame if you couldn't do it in the sim...

[159th_Viper]

 

I thought maybe someone could look into it and corroborate my experience, or tell me what I'm missing???

 

Accuracy is paramount - I can only imagine that with the recoil of the GAU-8 the further you are the more you're gonna spread the rounds like a shotgun. Lesson: Get Close!

 

Also, try and shoot the T-Toad from the side: Not 90 degrees, but try an oblique angle, taking the engines and strafing the side at the same time.

 

All the above in mind, it only takes 130 rounds to take it apart to the point where a rivet-gun and duct tape will not be able to put it back together again:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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