11.12.2007, 05:31
Well,
I read a lot of arguments pro and con.
If this feature is NOT moddable it remains academic.
In case that it IS moddable I did a simple test over water (to have true altitude for measurement)
flying the russki UV biplane bailing out at 100 kmh HORIZONTAL speed (wich is lenient compared to a hi-speed exit from Transall or Hercules aircraft, ask any paratrooper.
My own para experience is limited to CH-53 and Chinook exits from 1100 feet, about 350 m.)
As I suspected, you still die if bailing as low as 150m or so with a good chute and the luxury of a few secs of hanging.
The argument that the chute cannot bring the vertical speed down in game is not convincing.
Harrowing as it may be, many accounts are recorded in which "the canopy opened, and during the first dangle I hit the water" kinda experience was possible.
Cheers, Zol.
I read a lot of arguments pro and con.
If this feature is NOT moddable it remains academic.
In case that it IS moddable I did a simple test over water (to have true altitude for measurement)
flying the russki UV biplane bailing out at 100 kmh HORIZONTAL speed (wich is lenient compared to a hi-speed exit from Transall or Hercules aircraft, ask any paratrooper.
My own para experience is limited to CH-53 and Chinook exits from 1100 feet, about 350 m.)
As I suspected, you still die if bailing as low as 150m or so with a good chute and the luxury of a few secs of hanging.
The argument that the chute cannot bring the vertical speed down in game is not convincing.
Harrowing as it may be, many accounts are recorded in which "the canopy opened, and during the first dangle I hit the water" kinda experience was possible.
Cheers, Zol.