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Offline Angus

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« Reply #15 on: September 17, 2006, 03:27:03 AM »
It's a generator AFAIK.
So, a windmill ;)
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Offline Reynolds

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« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2006, 03:35:20 AM »
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It's a generator AFAIK.
So, a windmill ;)



LOL!!! If only it recharged our fuel... :(
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Offline Geary420

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« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2006, 04:55:59 AM »
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LOL!!! If only it recharged our fuel... :(


Learn how to manage it and you wont need a recharge.  You can take a 163 almost a full sector on a 1/4 tank of fuel, and have 1/2 a tank to kill with, and the last 1/4 to get you home again.
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Offline justfreds

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« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2006, 05:11:34 AM »
163's CAN get across a map, but you will have to keep your gear and keep your throttle back so you can save gas to make it to the next base and re arm.
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« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2006, 12:57:12 PM »
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163's CAN get across a map, but you will have to keep your gear and keep your throttle back so you can save gas to make it to the next base and re arm.


Oh yeah, Ive done that. Its just real boreing, and since im a horrible fighter pilot, its pointless, because it would take hours to get to the fight, and then id die in about 5 minutes!
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Offline Mace2004

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« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2006, 03:12:54 AM »
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163's CAN get across a map, but you will have to keep your gear and keep your throttle back so you can save gas to make it to the next base and re arm.


Uhhhhhhh...and how exactly would you keep your gear since they drop away automatically?  Take it out of auto climb as soon as you lift off?
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« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2006, 03:27:19 AM »
I'll answer my own question.  I just tried it and sure enough, you can keep your gear if you do a manual takeoff or override autoTO as soon as you're airborne....I can see it now...163's roaming the length of the front line chasing down LaLas, Ponys, Tempests, etc.  Cool.

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« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2006, 03:29:19 AM »
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I'll answer my own question.  I just tried it and sure enough, you can keep your gear if you do a manual takeoff or override autoTO as soon as you're airborne....I can see it now...163's roaming the length of the front line chasing down LaLas, Ponys, Tempests, etc.  Cool.

Mace


Yeah, I went to the TA to learn to do it a while ago, I just forget WHY I did it...
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Offline Geary420

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« Reply #23 on: September 18, 2006, 03:58:19 AM »
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I can see it now...163's roaming the length of the front line chasing down LaLas, Ponys, Tempests, etc.  Cool.

Mace


Personally, nothing puts a smile on my face quicker than anyone stupid enough to bring a 262 within icon range of my Komet :)
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Offline Raga

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« Reply #24 on: August 16, 2012, 03:02:51 AM »
too bad the gear have no breaks if you keep them  :cry
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« Reply #25 on: August 16, 2012, 10:08:47 AM »
I lose most all of my fighter perks when I come up a few feet short of the rearm pad trying to ferry one to the front lines.

Once there, it causes much gnashing of teeth much like the A6M3 did when it first came out.



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Offline Raga

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« Reply #26 on: August 16, 2012, 12:17:11 PM »
Hey icepak how you get that baby up to 95k the best ive been able to get is 70k
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Offline VonMessa

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« Reply #27 on: August 16, 2012, 12:20:12 PM »
Quote from: Raga on August 16, 2012, 12:17:11 PM
Hey icepak how you get that baby up to 95k the best ive been able to get is 70k

Seeing Morph in the text buffer, I'd wager that he was in the TA.
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Offline Ruah

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« Reply #28 on: August 16, 2012, 01:26:43 PM »
best fighter in the game hands down. . .it is a good thing they are only from back bases.
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« Reply #29 on: August 16, 2012, 03:38:05 PM »
Quote from: Raga on August 16, 2012, 12:17:11 PM
Hey icepak how you get that baby up to 95k the best ive been able to get is 70k

Training arena but I took off from a sea level base.

The fuel burn setting of an arena does not affect the 163 burn rate.

I'm sure I can get over 100,000 in the main arena if I take off from a 5k base.
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