Zombie Planes (Curious aren't you?)

[Aero825]

Hi everyone!

I've come up with another house rule and I need you guy's take on it (again). When a plane gets shot down, the "body" doesn't suddenly dissapear. That in mind, I thought that once a plane runs out of health, it begins to auto-fall. The plane is no longer being controled by anyone. The mini (if being used) is replaced with it's card, so to not interfere with pacement. The plane loses either 1 altitude or 1 climb counter (opinion time!) every round. The rules governing collisions apply to the "body" and a plane that it hits. Yes, C damage deck. If the plane performed anything but a stall, short straight (L Deck), climb, or stall turn (L Deck again!) when it's shot down, the "body" goes forward with a straight, like a bomb. If the plane was performing a stall, climb, short straight, or stall turn, it goes forward with a stall. (like a bomb!)
Any opinions such as altitude losing, damage, or direction will be happily accepted.

Thanks!
Hunter

[Charlie3]

Hi everyone!

I've come up with another house rule and I need you guy's take on it (again). When a plane gets shot down, the "body" doesn't suddenly dissapear. That in mind, I thought that once a plane runs out of health, it begins to auto-fall. The plane is no longer being controled by anyone. The mini (if being used) is replaced with it's card, so to not interfere with pacement. The plane loses either 1 altitude or 1 climb counter (opinion time!) every round. The rules governing collisions apply to the "body" and a plane that it hits. Yes, C damage deck. If the plane performed anything but a stall, short straight (L Deck), climb, or stall turn (L Deck again!) when it's shot down, the "body" goes forward with a straight, like a bomb. If the plane was performing a stall, climb, short straight, or stall turn, it goes forward with a stall. (like a bomb!)
Any opinions such as altitude losing, damage, or direction will be happily accepted.

Thanks!
Hunter

Good ideas...since most discriptions of aircraft going down talk about them either going into a straight down dive, or a spin, you could also play the dive card on the first maneuver and stall cards for each additional maneuver after that and lose 1 alt level per card to simulate the death dive, or use the rules posted in this thread for augering in. http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...highlight=spin Let us know what works out for you.

[csadn]

"I have *had it* with these [CENSORED] Zombie [CENSORED] Planes!"

[Diamondback]

Any chance of adding a "Bailout" mechanic? I know some pilots wore chutes, so that might also add a new dimension... (especially with a "pilot fall" mechanic and some of the "downed pilot" mini's I've seen for other games) and a new mission for two-seaters, having to land and recover downed flyers and return them to the airfield to get them into the game again.

[Aero825]

Maybe, but not all pilots wore chutes, just the few lucky ones.

[Justin3.14]

Zombie Pilot: "More Planes"

[AlgyLacey]

And the gliding thread http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...hlight=gliding

Good thinking Hunter!

[Justin3.14]

We don't specify why the kites are knocked out of the sky, its just that the airframe has failed ..
So, draw a card at random and thats how it goes down. The card, in effect, shows how brutal the failure was, a
A straight =glide/ snapped cables,
A stall would be total airframe failure, plummet straight down,
A tight turn =tight spin, snapped wing...etc
Altitude loss varies, from Overdive to a glide.
The more manueverable the airframes is then the less stable they are, so thats why their nastier results are available.

For multi engine a/c draw one card for each engine, and take the nastier result (a bit of a game mechanic, more than a real reason)

[Diamondback]

Good point, Hunter, and small enough chutes for plane use weren't available until '18--I was thinking in part to add a wrinkle for multiplayer. (Of course, if the damage card is a kB! or "Pilot Kill", it doesn't apply... though if I were GIB'ing on a two-seater and my pilot ate a killshot, you'd better believe I'd try to switch seats, if possible moving the stiff into the rear or if necessary (with some regret) dropping over the side.