Like, you cut an aircraft in half, it’s going into a spin, and burning. Imagine it would still be able to shoot at missile at you.
Imagine how ridiculous it would be.
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Seems pretty realistic to me… the targeting computer doesn’t just kick the bucket once you chop the tail off
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How I see it. The line between dead-dead and dead-but-can-limp-back-home is WAY too small and varies greatly from aircraft to aircraft. It would be very very annoying to be booted out of, or prevented from trying to land a badly damaged aircraft just to prevent what is a rather rare occurance.
That being said. Aircraft are in need of a major damage model overhaul and that could include electronics internal modules that when damaged could prevent the use of weapons or something.
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I always thought that a 30-second repair was not a repair, but simply a transfer of the crew to another plane stored in the airfield hangar.
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Yeah, thats a good way of thinking about it.
bro done turned his spitfire into a clipped wing version
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Late to the topic. But yes it does, you think a fire in the engine won’t cause a short circuit and kill your computer? In best case the plane goes into limp mode and you have control, but no weapon systems or anything.
That would require the fire to get to the computer. An engine fire can burn down your plane if not extinguished, but it’s not like a fire in the back of your plane instantly incinerates electronics in the front.
Well, they could at least implement systems running out of power a while after the engines are turned off/disabled, like with ground vehicles.
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