Programe and Armor protection(steel-aluminum)

[regula50 47]

I have a question about the armor by the aircrafts.

 

If I have:

 

[AftCockpitFuelCell]

SystemType=FUEL_TANK

FuelTankID=1

MaxFuelAmount=1500.00

SelfHealing=TRUE

FireSuppression=TRUE

MinExtentPosition=-0.27,0.78,-0.04

MaxExtentPosition= 0.27,2.18, 1.03

HasArmor=TRUE

ArmorMaterial=Aluminum

Armor[REAR].Thickness=8

Armor

.Thickness=7

Armor

.Thickness=7

Armor[TOP].Thickness=7

Armor[bOTTOM].Thickness=7

 

or 

 

[AftCockpitFuelCell]

SystemType=FUEL_TANK

FuelTankID=1

MaxFuelAmount=1500.00

SelfHealing=TRUE

FireSuppression=TRUE

MinExtentPosition=-0.27,0.78,-0.04

MaxExtentPosition= 0.27,2.18, 1.03

HasArmor=TRUE

ArmorMaterial=STEEL

Armor[REAR].Thickness=8

Armor

.Thickness=7

Armor

.Thickness=7

Armor[TOP].Thickness=7

Armor[bOTTOM].Thickness=7

 

With same values, the programe make the difference about this two materials, resistance, weight, etc or the word is only a cosmetic convention?

Of course, is clear that one piece of steel is a lot much more heavy that a equivalent in aluminum.  

Edited February 21, 2016 by regula50

[Wrench 9,728]

you're also missing the FRONT statements. Fuel tanks reside in a armored "box", in essence (my bet would be DAT data ini; they ALWAYS forget that)

 

weight has never been a concern, with armor. In other words, it simply "exists".

 

iirc, the "standard" is (based on what TK mentioned 12 years ago...):

 

5 mm glass =

1 mm aluminium 

 

5 mm aluminium =

1 mm steel

 

(and this one is a guess)

 

5 mm steel=

1 mm titanium

[KJakker 884]

FYI, the armor material options listed in the DLL files are ALUMINUM, STEEL, TITANIUM, GLASS, FIBERGLASS, WOOD, and NONE.

[regula50 47]

Super. Very good info.

Thanks.

[Do335 382]

@wrench: times 4 :D

 

http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4585&p=27300&hilit=Aluminum+glass+steel#p27300

[Do335 382]

Most interesting thing about tk's armor in my tests: it only stops kinetic energy, but not explosive energy. 100mm of steel armor doesnt mean shit if it's being shot by cannon rounds as those are primarily explosive warheads. So best defense in damage modelling against cannon rounds is just, a lot of health (so volumestructurepoint or structuralfactor or hitbox size)

Edited February 22, 2016 by Do335

[KJakker 884]

@wrench: times 4 :D

 

http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4585&p=27300&hilit=Aluminum+glass+steel#p27300

 

Just found this over at the TW Forum as well.

 

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