30.01.2008, 04:48
Being able to open more (or even all) canopies would be really cool, expecially for more realistic take-off and landing.
As Suicider suggests, 109, 262 and other sideways opening canopies should get damaged and even get ripped from the plane if opened at a too high speed but maybe 100kph is a bit too soon. More like 200 for not being able to close it again and 250 or something like that for actually fall off.
Anyways, that's secondary and probably very difficult to do.
Back-sliding canopies are more important IMO because many ww2 pilots flying planes with that kind of canopy used to open them for take off and landing, while pilots flying planes with sideways-opening canopies (obviously enough) did not.
Also, I support the suggestions about modified fighters converted from enclosed to open cockpits. Those were fairly common, there should be some of them for us too.
As Suicider suggests, 109, 262 and other sideways opening canopies should get damaged and even get ripped from the plane if opened at a too high speed but maybe 100kph is a bit too soon. More like 200 for not being able to close it again and 250 or something like that for actually fall off.
Anyways, that's secondary and probably very difficult to do.
Back-sliding canopies are more important IMO because many ww2 pilots flying planes with that kind of canopy used to open them for take off and landing, while pilots flying planes with sideways-opening canopies (obviously enough) did not.
Also, I support the suggestions about modified fighters converted from enclosed to open cockpits. Those were fairly common, there should be some of them for us too.