View Full Version : SHot down an aircraft and it hit my conning tower!
KrazyKarl
08-12-08, 05:13 PM
it started flaming a few hundred feet out, crashed into the conning tower, then did a backflip into the sea. no damage was done to the sub. I wish I had been able to record it because it was so funny to watch.
Sailor Steve
08-12-08, 06:26 PM
Well that's weird. Most people report major damage or even sinking when hit by large ex-flying machines.
It must have been a Manitowoc boat :hmm:.
Mush Martin
08-12-08, 06:50 PM
It must have been a Manitowoc boat :hmm:.
:up::rotfl:
buddha95
08-12-08, 08:03 PM
fully 1/3 of all the planes i kill kamakazi into me after making a lap and sink me!
1/3
yup!
SteamWake
08-12-08, 08:19 PM
Firing on closing aircraft can be leathal...
Im also supprised you dident erupt into a ball of flames. :rock:
Just another reason to avoid them... aircraft that is..
Oh and welcome to Sub Sim Karl hope you enjoy your stay.
Orion2012
08-13-08, 02:31 AM
The few times I've actually had to fight it out with an aircraft and survived long enough to bring it down, and then had it strike me...finished me.
Can't win against those crazy Kami's!!
Anyone know if maybe the AI directs them towards us :hmm:
Seminole
08-13-08, 08:31 AM
Never happened to me. Then again I only let the crew take a pot shot at birds once or twice every career.
Take personal note: this is a good thing to know...probably a good idea in future to save before engaging enemy AC. :yep:
SteamWake
08-13-08, 10:39 AM
The few times I've actually had to fight it out with an aircraft and survived long enough to bring it down, and then had it strike me...finished me.
Can't win against those crazy Kami's!!
Anyone know if maybe the AI directs them towards us :hmm:
Their behaviour would certainly make one think so.
Shoot them all down problem solved......No wait hang on thats just plane daft. :doh: :rotfl:
Plain daft. :damn:
LeeVanSpliff
08-14-08, 05:21 AM
This guy didn't do any damage. I initially thought it was because there was no logic for U-Boat/aircraft collision (let's face it ... it's not something that should be happening all the time). One gotta admire his spirit though!
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SteamWake
08-14-08, 09:49 AM
This guy didn't do any damage. I initially thought it was because there was no logic for U-Boat/aircraft collision (let's face it ... it's not something that should be happening all the time). One gotta admire his spirit though!
Oh trust me its modeled, you just got lucky and it missed the 'hit box' ;)
LeeVanSpliff
08-14-08, 10:53 AM
Oh trust me its modeled, you just got lucky and it missed the 'hit box' ;)
That explains the disappointed look on the pilot's face when I was sailing happily past him and his stupid red smoke.
SteamWake
08-14-08, 11:00 AM
That explains the disappointed look on the pilot's face when I was sailing happily past him and his stupid red smoke.
Thats what we call on my boat target practice :rotfl:
LeeVanSpliff
08-14-08, 11:06 AM
Thats what we call on my boat target practice :rotfl:
I actually tried to pick the guy up to ... you know ... beat him and make him swap the deck during storm. :D
Orion2012
08-14-08, 11:46 AM
Their behaviour would certainly make one think so.
I agree. It seems as if they always try and hit you on their decent. I've been thinking maybe the AI directs them towards us to attack (DUH!) and even when their destroyed the AI continues to direct them to strafe the boat resulting in collisions.
And, yes it IS modeled to do damage, you just got lucky as steamwake stated.
opp31337
08-15-08, 11:14 AM
That's weird stuff, I always let my crew take out planes and not 1 has ever hit me. Ive got 10 planes shot down on my patrol right now!
SteamWake
08-15-08, 11:20 AM
That's weird stuff, I always let my crew take out planes and not 1 has ever hit me. Ive got 10 planes shot down on my patrol right now!
As the song says "Your time will come".
The trick seems to be to 'kill' the plane as it is leaving. A kill on an approaching aircraft greatly increases the chance of a collision.
Webster
08-15-08, 03:26 PM
it started flaming a few hundred feet out, crashed into the conning tower, then did a backflip into the sea. no damage was done to the sub. I wish I had been able to record it because it was so funny to watch.
the same thing happened to me a while back, but i did get a small amount of damage.
it was the funniest thing i ever saw.
read about it here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=136974
spike12
08-15-08, 03:36 PM
Hmmm I was wondering ,To those submariners who had enemy planes smash into your subs after shooting them down I have one question:where you turning your subs?
Webster
08-15-08, 03:59 PM
Hmmm I was wondering ,To those submariners who had enemy planes smash into your subs after shooting them down I have one question:where you turning your subs?
i happen to be fairly good at shooting down planes so for a single contact im in no hurry to dive, actually i find often you dont always get enough warning to submerge safely and get more damage from not fighting it out. if i miss on the first pass i crash dive and will be under before he can circle back for another pass.
anyway as for my case i was at full speed and it was pretty much a square on broadside from the right side and at about a 45 degree down angle
SteamWake
08-16-08, 07:54 PM
Oh.... just great !
Yall jinxed me.
Sailing out of Pearl headed for java there was a radar contact. So I decided to put it to the test.
Man the AA gun fire at will, well they did. Good shot ! Uth oh... next thing I know theres an AM6 barreling down right at me WAMMO right into the hull.
Crap ! damage report ! Hull damage 20 and the kicker ! BOTH scopes damaged beyond repair.
Well nothing to do but turn around and head home :damn:
Orion2012
08-17-08, 02:03 PM
Oh.... just great !
Yall jinxed me.
Sailing out of Pearl headed for java there was a radar contact. So I decided to put it to the test.
Man the AA gun fire at will, well they did. Good shot ! Uth oh... next thing I know theres an AM6 barreling down right at me WAMMO right into the hull.
Crap ! damage report ! Hull damage 20 and the kicker ! BOTH scopes damaged beyond repair.
Well nothing to do but turn around and head home :damn:
You could always use your UZO and fire from the surface at night.
Hey don't feel bad, I just got sunk off the carolina coast because I ran aground avoiding aircraft.
SteamWake
08-17-08, 06:09 PM
Oh.... just great !
Yall jinxed me.
Sailing out of Pearl headed for java there was a radar contact. So I decided to put it to the test.
Man the AA gun fire at will, well they did. Good shot ! Uth oh... next thing I know theres an AM6 barreling down right at me WAMMO right into the hull.
Crap ! damage report ! Hull damage 20 and the kicker ! BOTH scopes damaged beyond repair.
Well nothing to do but turn around and head home :damn:
You could always use your UZO and fire from the surface at night.
Hey don't feel bad, I just got sunk off the carolina coast because I ran aground avoiding aircraft.
Oops :oops: :rotfl:
I did try using the 'uzo' but problem is average torpedo range 4,000 average ship spotting range around 3,000. Need to be at least 2,000 for a good shot.
So theres that issue, as well as the fact I was deep in enemy occupied territory with little deck gun ammo left.
This skipper dident make it through 3 patrols so far by being a risk taker :|\\
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