Dead Men in Chutes and Breathing

[BornToBattle]

Just out of curiosity, or perhaps I’m reading this situation wrong, but has anyone else noticed after a crew member/pilot has bailed out at times they are already hanging dead in their chute (slightly hunched, arms hanging at their sides)? This is not during multiplayer (as in chute killing) but I’ve seen it a few times during quick combat. Is it modeled that being alive while jumping from the plane only to find that the AI crewmember smacked the tail after the bailout or somesuch thing, causing his demise? Yesterday had a JU-52 catch quite a load .50 calibers from my Jug and saw three chutes deploy (yeah, I know.that was a REAL setup for failure). After doing a close flyby two of them appeared to be dead. Replay confirmed this. Wow...so is this sort of mishap modeled also? Or is it modeled that the crewmember is simply expressing himself that he is so feeling so glum and dejected having to bail out of his plane? I wouldn’t doubt it cuz...

 

I say this because last night while flying that neat P-U2 and sight seeing at sunset I looked behind me at my biplane roomie only to notice the guy was apparently having chest heaves...OMG, they’ve modeled breathing in this as well? Geez, wonders never cease. Talk about attention to detail! Next we’ll have simulated vomit for pulling too many hard negative g’s after just visiting the chow hall for fettuccini. You know, the box in the menu that says “Check here if food consumed within 2 hours of flight”.

 

Ever think of going public Jason? I’d jump on the chance for an IPO!

Edited February 24, 2019 by BornToBattle

[Voidhunger]

pilot can be killed once the bail out animation starts or on chute, but I have seen many alive pilots on chutes, but once they reach the ground they were dead.

Also even if they deploy successfully their chutes above the ground and slowly falling, they sometimes die.

[BornToBattle]

Oh don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen far more pilots alive than having dead in their chutes. I’m just wondering when far above the ground and the chute has fully deployed what happened to cause them to die from the time of bailout to seconds later? They are dead long before the ever hit the ground. I’ve never caught it on video replay - yet.

Edited February 24, 2019 by BornToBattle

[Voidhunger]

before the last updates if the pilot was killed (or killed in the bailout animation) when he started to bailout, he was then dead hanging in his chute.

But now it seems to me that (dead)pilot is alive in chute and dead after he reach the ground. Maybe its recent bug, I dont know for sure

Edited February 24, 2019 by Voidhunger

[BornToBattle]

42 minutes ago, Voidhunger said:

before the last updates if the pilot was killed (or killed in the bailout animation) when he started to bailout, he was then dead hanging in his chute.

But now it seems to me that (dead)pilot is alive in chute and dead after he reach the ground. Maybe its recent bug, I dont know for sure

Hmmm...interesting...

[migmadmarine]

Slightly off topic, but when did they add the ability to bail out of the WWI allied aircraft? Noticed this with the camel the other day. 

[Voidhunger]

1 hour ago, thenorm said:

Slightly off topic, but when did they add the ability to bail out of the WWI allied aircraft? Noticed this with the camel the other day. 

There is an option to bail out for allied pilots?

[SCG_Faerber]

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Edited February 24, 2019 by SCG_Faerber
wrong thread

[migmadmarine]

52 minutes ago, Voidhunger said:

There is an option to bail out for allied pilots?

As of when I tried it day before yesterday, yea. 

[DD_Arthur]

1 hour ago, Voidhunger said:

There is an option to bail out for allied pilots?

 

58 minutes ago, thenorm said:

As of when I tried it day before yesterday, yea. 

 

Mmmm.....might be better to say there is an option for the allied pilot to 'exit' his aircraft

[Voidhunger]

2 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

 

 

Mmmm.....might be better to say there is an option for the allied pilot to 'exit' his aircraft

need to try this tomorrow , do the have chutes or no?

Edited February 24, 2019 by Voidhunger

[DD_Arthur]

 

[migmadmarine]

Beats shooting yourself four times between the legs I suppose. 

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

2 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

 

Wow I haven’t seen this yet!?? Creepy. But heck. Aim for the bushes, am I right?

[PatrickAWlson]

In Red baron 3D they gave you a tiny chance to survive a jump.  

[-TBC-AeroAce]

I'm not sure that I have seen what the OP is reporting but I have noticed some bugs with the bail out animation. Such as the pilot hanging from the straps in a seated possition....

[BornToBattle]

1 hour ago, AeroAce said:

I'm not sure that I have seen what the OP is reporting but I have noticed some bugs with the bail out animation. Such as the pilot hanging from the straps in a seated possition....

Lol...now that I’ve never seen yet. But yeah,  more than once I’ve seen a crewmember after bailout with chute fully deployed with head down and arms at side.

 

Oh for sure Allies can “bail out” of their WW1 aircraft, or more appropriately, “exit”. Ironically I did so yesterday when accidentally hitting my joystick key assigned to my stick for “Eject”  while flying a Camel in VR mode. He simply crawled out, then did a spread eagle 1,000 meters all the way into the ground and evaporated on impact. Same as posted video, though Inwas not inverted.

 

Thinking a bit off base here, but seeing the time frame we are covering shouldn’t the “Eject” key assignment in the game menu be “Bail Out” instead?  (Perhaps it is, I’m posting from memory here, but I think it’s listed as “Eject”).

 

“The design was perfected during World War II. Prior to this, the only means of escape from an incapacitated aircraft was to jump clear ("bail out"), and in many cases this was difficult due to injury, the difficulty of egress from a confined space, g forces, the airflow past the aircraft, and other factors.

 

The first ejection seats were developed independently during World War II by Heinkel and SAAB. Early models were powered by compressed air and the first aircraft to be fitted with such a system was the Heinkel He 280prototype jet-engined fighter in 1940. One of the He 280 test pilots, Helmut Schenk, became the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft with an ejection seat on 13 January 1942 after his control surfaces iced up and became inoperative.”

Edited February 25, 2019 by BornToBattle

[Voidhunger]

1 hour ago, AeroAce said:

I'm not sure that I have seen what the OP is reporting but I have noticed some bugs with the bail out animation. Such as the pilot hanging from the straps in a seated possition....

sometimes they are hanging in the air without a chute?

 

16 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

 

Thats cool, finally they added it ?

[Cpt_Cool]

There is a video out there of a bomber going down and as the crew was bailing, a piece of the plane which had detached hits the parachute. The parachute closes and the guy falls to his demise. There is also a chance that if you land in the woods, if you land on a tall tree, it closes your chute too high and you die from the fall.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

On 2/26/2019 at 3:13 PM, Cpt_Cool said:

There is a video out there of a bomber going down and as the crew was bailing, a piece of the plane which had detached hits the parachute. The parachute closes and the guy falls to his demise. There is also a chance that if you land in the woods, if you land on a tall tree, it closes your chute too high and you die from the fall.

 

RE hitting trees. I believe it is impossible in game which is a bit of a shame.

[Cpt_Cool]

4 hours ago, AeroAce said:

RE hitting trees. I believe it is impossible in game which is a bit of a shame.

 

I have a dead Iron Man career ace who begs to differ

[Soilworker]

On 2/28/2019 at 4:29 PM, Cpt_Cool said:

 

I have a dead Iron Man career ace who begs to differ

 

Happened to me yesterday. ?