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rod367th · « **on:** August 26, 2004, 03:01:00 AM »

Guys I'm not talking about those damaged planes slowing down to ditch. Seen many planes ditch on water and land in real life footage., I'm talking about planes missing entire wing or wings. Or cut in half getting ditches. cobra True planes landing can take big hits but your talking about planes slowing down to land under control.Take one wing off any bird its not going to land. /or have a nice ending.

Arlo · « **Reply #1 on:** August 26, 2004, 03:33:45 AM »

Actually ... it's like something is backwards. If I bother slowing down for a wheels up landing, it's seldom I make it, it seems. If I just plop it on the deck at 350, it works nine times outa ten.

killnu · « **Reply #2 on:** August 26, 2004, 04:08:18 AM »

i shot the crap out of a niki other night, just over tree tops, he goes down, wings damaged, smoking, on fire. he lands on tree tops, upside down and exits to tower!! he gets ditch, i end up with ammo wasted.

Adogg · « **Reply #3 on:** August 26, 2004, 07:01:27 AM »

I would just chalk it up to luck.

I'm sure it's possible for half a plane to bring the pilot to earth unscathed (a la niki) in real life - but its rare. 99 times out of 100 you're going to get the kill. Just make sure you send out on channel 200 a "you lucky F*C*ER " comment. Because lets face it he/she was.

Same thing for landing - hey wheels up are always iffy bets.

Ghosth · « **Reply #4 on:** August 26, 2004, 07:47:18 AM »

They are working on it rod, patience bro.

68DevilM · « **Reply #5 on:** August 26, 2004, 09:50:49 AM »

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=128414

i posted this the other day

Howitzer · « **Reply #6 on:** August 26, 2004, 02:27:06 PM »

Funny thing you mention this.. So last night I was going in to vulch this Tiffie with my seafire (I never usually do this mind you LOL), and I was a little too fast, and on the way by I clipped his wing. So it rips off half of my seafire wing, and believe it or not that little plane flies just as well with half of a right wing. Got a film of me landing with it.

The underlying aspect here is that I screwed up an easy vulch and ran into the guy on accident to top it off, but the silver lining to this gray cloud is that I landed with half a wing, so I'm only a partial dweeb... 5 out of 10 on the dweeb scale

humble · « **Reply #7 on:** August 26, 2004, 03:13:41 PM »

My stinking dog woke me up at 3am thids morning to go out...of course he comes in and goes to right back to sleep...ARGHH....me...I go wind up AH. Now with only 70 or so souls onboard any red bar is a good thing so I go to where we're getting pounded and up a 205...as I start down the runway I get "passed" by a zeke (or at least the cockpit portion of a zeke) on final...I mean no wings no tail no nothing...he skids to astop as I accelerate on by and the message "soso" lands 2 kills in a...appears.

No clue if he got bounced right as he landed or not...6-7 enemy right around base but I got off OK...

Morpheus · « **Reply #8 on:** August 26, 2004, 04:29:13 PM »

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Originally posted by humble
My stinking dog woke me up at 3am thids morning to go out...of course he comes in and goes to right back to sleep...ARGHH....me...I go wind up AH. Now with only 70 or so souls onboard any red bar is a good thing so I go to where we're getting pounded and up a 205...as I start down the runway I get "passed" by a zeke (or at least the cockpit portion of a zeke) on final...I mean no wings no tail no nothing...he skids to astop as I accelerate on by and the message "soso" lands 2 kills in a...appears.

No clue if he got bounced right as he landed or not...6-7 enemy right around base but I got off OK...

ROFLMFAO!

68DevilM · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2004, 03:36:20 PM »

went after a set of b26's today, first pass i sprayed rounds into his midsection and wings, passed over top of him really close and he nailed my in the rear.

shot me eng out, succesfully landed it at a gv base i was near.

thats fair. ditching in the waters surrounding vh? would, or at least should be a ditch and a kill awarded to the bomber pilot.

Cobra412 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2004, 04:11:31 PM »

Rod I beg to differ on your take a wing off and a plane won't land. Granted this is from newer technology but there is a real life story of a fighter losing a complete wing and landing it. Call it whatever you want, sheer luck or not it made it home.

An Israeli F-15 landing home safely without a complete wing. Actually without a wing at all.

This aircraft was struck by a A-4 Skyhawk during a combat training mission. With having intimate knowledge of this airframe I can tell you that where it seperated was almost right at the wing mount bolts. It only had about 2 feet or so from the actual spot inwhich it's mounted.

Hyrax81st · « **Reply #11 on:** August 27, 2004, 04:26:19 PM »

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Originally posted by Cobra412
This aircraft was struck by a A-4 Skyhawk during a combat training mission.

Nahhhhh.....

That's a training pic for tanker refuelers describing what happens when you don't have clearance to drive under the wing of the aircraft.

(LOL !).

Cobra412 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2004, 04:28:31 PM »

If you say so Hyrax. I've seen our birds hit by vehicles and by heavy maintenance stands and never has one done anything like this. I've got photos of an E model too that crashed on landing. I had to help clean up the wreck.

humble · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2004, 04:52:40 PM »

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Originally posted by Cobra412
Rod I beg to differ on your take a wing off and a plane won't land. Granted this is from newer technology but there is a real life story of a fighter losing a complete wing and landing it. Call it whatever you want, sheer luck or not it made it home.

An Israeli F-15 landing home safely without a complete wing. Actually without a wing at all.

This aircraft was struck by a A-4 Skyhawk during a combat training mission. With having intimate knowledge of this airframe I can tell you that where it seperated was almost right at the wing mount bolts. It only had about 2 feet or so from the actual spot inwhich it's mounted.

I want to know who got stuck cleaning out the cockpit...poor guy must of S$%^ a brick whilst bringing that bird in...anyone with common sense would of just punched out...

TequilaChaser · « **Reply #14 on:** August 27, 2004, 05:05:55 PM »

If I remember reading that article correctly the pilot didn't actually know how much of the wing was missing ( the isreali F-15) he didn't even believe his wingman when it was described to him.........if this is the same jet?