Do you some days I feel like your plane was made by the BIC LIGHTER COMPANY?
You know what I mean 1 strike and it lights up every time.
I'd Love to hear your thoughts And feelings on this matter.
Don't be shy it's good to know you're not alone. Calvin

The plane ignites:

-Caught in the blast radius or hit directly by a bomb or tank shell

-2 shots from a plane

-2 shots from a parachute soldier

-Somewhere around 5 shots from a walking soldier

The planes seem pretty fragile. I can see it being taken down by the .50 from the planes, but a soldier with a M1903? Unless it directly hits the fuel tank with every shot, that's pretty remarkable.

Not to mention the plane combusts when you fly through a parachute, yet the soldier remains unscathed.

the parachute ones my biggest pet peeve most of the time for me, ill shoot someone down, theyll jump out of their plane, and the parachute will appear right in front of me.
ill never learn.

Luna6 wrote: The plane ignites:

-Caught in the blast radius or hit directly by a bomb or tank shell

-2 shots from a plane

-2 shots from a parachute soldier

-Somewhere around 5 shots from a walking soldier

The planes seem pretty fragile. I can see it being taken down by the .50 from the planes, but a soldier with a M1903? Unless it directly hits the fuel tank with every shot, that's pretty remarkable.

Not to mention the plane combusts when you fly through a parachute, yet the soldier remains unscathed.

Or when the plane decides to give up on all...

Luna6 wrote: The plane ignites:

-Caught in the blast radius or hit directly by a bomb or tank shell

-2 shots from a plane

-2 shots from a parachute soldier

-Somewhere around 5 shots from a walking soldier

The planes seem pretty fragile. I can see it being taken down by the .50 from the planes, but a soldier with a M1903? Unless it directly hits the fuel tank with every shot, that's pretty remarkable.

Not to mention the plane combusts when you fly through a parachute, yet the soldier remains unscathed.

With the new update it actually takes several shots to kill planes depending on were you hit them.

2 shots to the wings makes you smoke a 3rd shot will kill you.

2 shots will kill if as long as one of the shots hits the body of the plane and not both shots hit the wings.

Spad and red fokker triplane are the most common plane to just smoke when you hit it in the wing twice. Other planes it is a 50% chance.

How did you get the code-specifics, Cal?

EDIT: Oops. I meant Sky. "How did you get the code specifics, Sky?" I guess my mind was somewhere else while typing.

I was just wondering, since you know the EXACT variables and probabilities. Was it just through experimentation?

What? I haven't posted on this thread until now.

By the way, Dave, I go down about as often as helium balloon, whereas you fall like a burning elephant.

Luna6 wrote: The planes seem pretty fragile. I can see it being taken down by the .50 from the planes, but a soldier with a M1903? Unless it directly hits the fuel tank with every shot, that's pretty remarkable.

WWI era planes were highly flammable due to the cotton fabric and nitrocellulose dope used in the covering process. Read more here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_dope

Modern fabric covered aircraft use nylon fabric and butyrate dope. Read even more here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_fabric_covering

I learned a little bit about this in A&P classes, but since then I have done some aircraft coverings myself. I know dent works on jets but he may know about this also. Idk

Thanks for noticing Calvin, that got you a little karma, by the way please tell karmas sister hello for me,

Interesting

Hey Sputnik you fly a BIC to don't you?

Luna6 wrote: How did you get the code-specifics, Cal?

EDIT: Oops. I meant Sky. "How did you get the code specifics, Sky?" I guess my mind was somewhere else while typing.

I was just wondering, since you know the EXACT variables and probabilities. Was it just through experimentation?

How i got the specifics was lots and lots of experimentation or killing call it which ever one you want to call it. I have just noticed that the red triplane and spad almost all the time will not go down with 2 shots to the wings and other aircraft there is a 50% chance it will go down or it wont go down. So to let you all know you are safer in a spad and red Fokker triplane in a head on than you are in any other plane now in a turn i cant tell you if your safer in those to planes because I tend to out turn them in seconds. Now if you know how to turn them you are safer in them.

Thank you for telling us this Sky.For now on i will fly the Fokker and Spad much more than i usually do.But what Fokker is the safest?The Red Baron plane or the Werner Voss planes?

I never got an update for my pod hummmmm. But hay less hits makes it harder i like it!!!!

Oh oh oh Allied the Red one please, always fly the red one

The striker16 wrote: I never got an update for my pod hummmmm. But hay less hits makes it harder i like it!!!!

Red one. The werner vos one explodes with 2 shots to the wing ever time and its slow.

I feel like all my enemys fly indestructible planes. Cant kill them no matter how many times i shoot. Usually it takes 3 shots but some times its like 5-6

bomer1 wrote: I feel like all my enemys fly indestructible planes. Cant kill them no matter how many times i shoot. Usually it takes 3 shots but some times its like 5-6

That's why I try and put 20 in em every time! the more lead the better!!

jimboslice27 wrote:

bomer1 wrote: I feel like all my enemys fly indestructible planes. Cant kill them no matter how many times i shoot. Usually it takes 3 shots but some times its like 5-6

That's why I try and put 20 in em every time! the more lead the better!!

Das right!!!!
Make em choke on lead and watch them writher in fear as they kneel down with there lead filled mouths begging for mercy!!!

[e]Sputnik wrote:

jimboslice27 wrote:

bomer1 wrote: I feel like all my enemys fly indestructible planes. Cant kill them no matter how many times i shoot. Usually it takes 3 shots but some times its like 5-6

That's why I try and put 20 in em every time! the more lead the better!!

Das right!!!!
Make em choke on lead and watch them writher in fear as they kneel down with there lead filled mouths begging for mercy!!!

Hahaha

SPUTNIK!!!!!! Wow I didn't know u had a mean canabilistic side!!!!! Gota be more careful from now on or the next thing I know I will be dead!!!!

Oh he's okay hey just get the little wound up now and then. Spuds Is really just a
Big O huggable putty kat.

Dr Dave wrote: Do you some days I feel like your plane was made by the BIC LIGHTER COMPANY?
You know what I mean 1 strike and it lights up every time.
I'd Love to hear your thoughts And feelings on this matter.
Don't be shy it's good to know you're not alone. Calvin

. Let's recap shell we? Anybody here OTHER than me flying a BIC FIGHTER?

Me

Mine seems to go down with one bull it hole in its screen

Dr Dave wrote: Do you some days I feel like your plane was made by the BIC LIGHTER COMPANY?
You know what I mean 1 strike and it lights up every time.
I'd Love to hear your thoughts And feelings on this matter.
Don't be shy it's good to know you're not alone. Calvin

Sorry, DOC, after 2 months of research.....this is all I discovered.

Lol

Thanks Paul, that's the plane I was in last night