Posted on 11/05/2014 6:09:32 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
/johnny
Having EVERY weapons system fail would suck out loud!
I remember an old PC game I used to play “US Navy Fighters ‘98” but their version of the F-8 left a lot to be desired.
ADM James Stockdale was flying one of those when he was shot down over North Vietnam.
"one of the four AIM-9s carried by the F-8 had already experienced a failure before take off."
"Schaffert shot another missile which failed to explode."
"all the four 20 mm cannons…choked! The problem was caused by a common defect of Crusader cannons: the pneumatic ammunition feed system disconnected after high-Gs maneuvers."
Sounds like a problem with the equipment or their design/manufacture.
Or the armorers.
I recall reading somewhere that early versions of the sidewinder had high failure rates, but that’s just ridiculous. I’m sure he had a few choice words for the armorers when he got back.
CC
The weapons sound about as reliable as the US torpedoes in early WWII.
Agree! excellent representations and explanations of the tactics. Thanks for the link.
Snort. The Navy/Marine attempt at a high rate of fire gunpod, the Mk4, was a POS because the pnuematic feed tray/system woucl cause jams 9/10 times. Very few of the damn things would work reliably, and the tech reps had no idea why that was.
aren’t we supposed to shoot at em at some point. who made the armaments.
That first picture of an F8 in this thread was one of “mine”!
I was an Aviation Ordnanceman on the USS Hancock, CVA19 (NP on the tail).
108 was a VF211 bird. Gives me a bit of tear in the eye.
I loved that game. Loved setting up my own battle scenarios, even with the enemy and friendly ground forces that would attack each other. lol
I had this one scenario on the Vietnam map, but I made versions where I was in an A-6, F-4 (carrier launch or not), A-2, F-8 and even a MiG. Mine had the A-10 and Harriers too.
I remember the cheats let me fly copters and planes that weren’t supposed to be part of the game, and a giant moth or something.
There were a LOT more than 6 aircraft available to fly
Nice! had one called Jetfighter lll that was fun, it was called the last of the great DOS sims, but I can’t find a download. Yet... gotta love that abandonware!
Yep. I have no idea who owns the rights to the game I cited these days.
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