Bail out procedure

[taffy2jeffmorgan]

Hi All, I know that in the sim there is no real procedure for bailing out of any aircraft, " Hit the right button and out you go " but in real life it was a different matter. Sometimes there was no real thought on the part of the designers to getting out a stricken plane as quickly as possible, one thinks of the early variant of the Hawker Typhoon with it's forward opening heavy car type door. I do remember seeing an animated war time training film by Lockheed on how to bail out of a P38 but in ideal conditions.

I have just competed " Fire and Ice " a scripted campaign for the Bf-110 which apart from a few bugs is excellent, although I did not have to bail out during the campaign I did wonder how you would get out of a 110 , would you have to unlock the top canopy and hope that it would blow away ? or could the whole cockpit be ejected as in the 109's .  I would appreciate your thoughts.     Cheers 

Edited February 9 by taffy2jeffmorgan

[Dragon1-1]

I think it has an emergency release, tech notes mention one. Most German aircraft seems to have had that feature, you can jettison the canopy and then get out. Their canopy design tended to be bad for in-flight opening, so that does come in handy if you have to bail.

Edited February 11 by Dragon1-1

[LF_Mark_Krieger]

I would like that at least in Korea there were different buttons to activate ejection of the canopy and bailing out, depending on the plane.

[LuftManu]

 

Hi! There are different animations depending on your position in Great Battles. For example, if you're upside down, you can jump out immediately, simulating that you're unbuckling the harness to fall faster (And it's easier for the pilot to get out).

 

On the other hand, if you want to bail out from a level flight, the pilot will have to stand up and jump out on his own (if he's able and not injured).

I seem to remember that some planes have different animations, like the P-38, but I'm not sure right now.

 

I would also love to see more details about this in Korea. In the early versions of Great Battles, you could also see yourself bailing out in first person. I’d be really excited if that came back with Korea.

 

This would also be interesting since some aircraft models have modifications with ejection seats. I know the Sabre F had one, but I’m not sure if there was a retrofit for the A models we're going to have.

 

Kind regards!

 

[taffy2jeffmorgan]

I did the right thing and flew both versions of the Me110,  took off and got some altitude and ejected, rear gunner get rid of his canopy and out he goes, pilot then must pull the locking leaver for the top of his cockpit and it flies off , and then out he goes over the side and seems to slide off the port wing.

[Ace_Pilto]

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[kraut1]

Yes we have only the 1 bailout button, to open / jettison the canopy and to jump out.

I am flying with Great Battles since 2015, but what I have learned very late during the last months is, that pressing "Ctrl E" does not mean always, that the automatic "bail out" animation takes over and you have just to watch and pray to survive.

-if the canopy is open but the pilot not able to get out you can sometimes (if the controls are still working and no wings, rudder... are lost)  continue to control the plane.

-I was injured 1 time and because of that not able to leave the plane, so I flew "a half roll" and fell out of the plane.

-I have observed 2 times that in a burning plane that the fire stopped to burn and was able to crash land and survived.

-1 time in a FW190 I was hit by he shells, wounded and close to unconsciousness. The canopy was  away but I was to weak to jump out. The view was already very blurred and restricted by the closing unconsciousness. But despite of this I was able to control the plane and to make (with much luck) a belly landing.

 

 

[Dragon1-1]

Rolling inverted to bail out was a commonly used bailout technique from WWII. If you retain enough control to do this, it's safer as you're much less likely to be hit by the tail fin. Not only will gravity pull you out, the ship will tend to pitch down in inverted flight, rotating the tail away from you.

[Aapje]

13 hours ago, kraut1 said:

-I have observed 2 times that in a burning plane that the fire stopped to burn and was able to crash land and survived.

 

The fire often goes out if you side-slip a lot (max rudder).

[FuriousMeow]

Its been a while, but I used to open the canopy, roll inverted, push forward stick then hit the bail out button. You can do the 2 button method with most planes.