Shouldn't Sara's "gun" actually be recoilless since it's not only based partially based on recoilless anti-tank rifles, but is also a flight deck that planes take off of, an act that doesn't cause recoil to the ship?
Shouldn't Sara's "gun" actually be recoilless since it's not only based partially based on recoilless anti-tank rifles, but is also a flight deck that planes take off of, an act that doesn't cause recoil to the ship?
last I checked tommy guns weren't recoilless anti-tank rifles
Shouldn't Sara's "gun" actually be recoilless since it's not only based partially based on recoilless anti-tank rifles, but is also a flight deck that planes take off of, an act that doesn't cause recoil to the ship?
Actually, taking off may cause an extremely slight recoil as the force of the plane's engines is transferred to the flight deck. A slightly stronger (but still slight) recoil would apply if a catapult were being used. (A quick check of Wikipedia suggests Sara was fitted with hydraulic catapults partway through the war, for use with heavier airplanes.)
In either case, of course, the "recoil" would be much lower, proportionally, to what bullets cause to a firearm.
last I checked tommy guns weren't recoilless anti-tank rifles
There's some obvious leaning toward the classic Bazooka in the design of the flight deck, even if the Thompson was the main influence especially regarding the magazines and such. The size and over the shoulder firing style are not traits of the Thompson though.
Mithiwithi said:
Actually, taking off may cause an extremely slight recoil as the force of the plane's engines is transferred to the flight deck. A slightly stronger (but still slight) recoil would apply if a catapult were being used. (A quick check of Wikipedia suggests Sara was fitted with hydraulic catapults partway through the war, for use with heavier airplanes.)
In either case, of course, the "recoil" would be much lower, proportionally, to what bullets cause to a firearm.
Mostly what I was getting at there really. The majority of the forces involved wouldn't be effecting the wielder. There's still some forces imparted on the user of a recoilless rifle as well.
I suppose it would come down to exactly how the flight-deck-gun works and obviously that's not really something we'd ever have an answer for. The planes are clearly stored in magazines so firing them like a rifle could hypothetically be how it works, but then what is the deck for other than aesthetics? The magazines could represent the elevator system in the carrier and the planes then take off normally whether under their own power or via catapult, but there's still some question of exactly how that would work and how much force is imparted on Sara herself. (Also why put a trigger on a device that can have planes that take off on their own?)
There's some obvious leaning toward the classic Bazooka in the design of the flight deck, even if the Thompson was the main influence especially regarding the magazines and such. The size and over the shoulder firing style are not traits of the Thompson though.
Mostly what I was getting at there really. The majority of the forces involved wouldn't be effecting the wielder. There's still some forces imparted on the user of a recoilless rifle as well.
I suppose it would come down to exactly how the flight-deck-gun works and obviously that's not really something we'd ever have an answer for. The planes are clearly stored in magazines so firing them like a rifle could hypothetically be how it works, but then what is the deck for other than aesthetics? The magazines could represent the elevator system in the carrier and the planes then take off normally whether under their own power or via catapult, but there's still some question of exactly how that would work and how much force is imparted on Sara herself. (Also why put a trigger on a device that can have planes that take off on their own?)
With the example of every other standard CV(B) in the game launching planes as projectiles, I’m pretty sure its safe to say the planes are launched through the trigger and as a gun.
It's probably best to imagine Sara's flight-deck-gun as symbolically launching planes by firing bullets that manifest as planes, just as the kyudo-based Japanese carriers launch planes by firing arrows and the onmyouji-based carriers summon them as shikigami. The actual physics of ballistic rifles need not analogize directly with the physics of even catapult-assisted carrier takeoff.
Nonono, the recoil just makes her look awesome. It doesn't affect her performance in any way because a) The amount of recoil shown here is MUCH lower than that for an actual tommygun and b) She doesn't need to aim, just point the "gun" upwind.
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