Me163 problem or feature?

[Alpo]

Flew the 163 for the first time in a long time last night as set of buffs was busy porking the nearby factory.  Upon killing the second bomber, I heard the of a piece of debris hitting me and the engine dies.  Well, I figured "Ok... they modeled some sort of damage to the rocket.  Cool."

As I'm gliding back to base, I bring up the damage list... nothing in red.  On a whim, I hit E to kick start the rocket again and it fired up just fine.  Zoom back to kill the final buff, sure enough I do the same thing (clip debris, engine dies).  Of course, I don't film anything.  Landed without further incident.

I've always wondered about the ability to shut off the engine and restart on a Komet anyway

[Lusche]

Debris never causes damage to any plany, it does just a sound effect.
You engine did not die because of the debris, but because of neagtive Gs. Similar to Hurri I & Spit one, but your rocket engine does not sputter, it just shuts down.

[Alpo]

Interesting and it makes sense.  I was ducking under the exploding buff both times.  I guess I've never pushed negative before in a 163    Thanks for the heads up!

[DOUG]

Lusche, ive been killed DOZENZ o times by bomber debris(my own stupid fault by gettin2 close=)   ) wings and parts do nuthin, but fueselages DO!=)
            akELFY

[Lusche]

Originally posted by DOUG
Lusche, ive been killed DOZENZ o times by bomber debris(my own stupid fault by gettin2 close=)   ) wings and parts do nuthin, but fueselages DO!=)
            akELFY

Fuselage is no debris. Debris are the small parts flying around. You just collided with the plane itself (=the part that still has an icon).

[BaldEagl]

Yep, shuts down under negative G.  Just need to re-start it.  

BTW, you can shut down and re-start anytime in a 163.  Takes a few seconds to re-gain momentum when you re-fire though.

[mussie]

2 years here and I did not know that

[OOZ662]

Three and I didn't.