need some clarification

[kilz]

all of you got it wrong. you can land on any pavement.

with the hurri heres what happen. you and him where dogfighting he prolly got you low and slow and he slides on the ground BUT however yall where fighting inside his radar ring or in his country zone, he gets a ditch, because he is inside his own country zone or radar ring.

now when you went up against the bombers whos factory was it? if its yours you can land there succesfully. you do however have to have all three wheels on concret. not an easy task but it can be done and you will land.

my take on the bomber part you where in NME territory and got your arse handed to you by some bombers and you tried landing at their strat base. not knowing you cant land at any NME base, strat zone, ext ext. you goto land and what would have been a ditch turned into a kill because the bomber pilot hit you with some of his guns turned into a kill.

first off never try to land in NME territory BAD IDEA. next time try to fly home.

[BaldEagl]

In a town you only need your two main wheels on concrete for a successful landing.  I've done it often in a goon.  I suppose the other safe landing areas work the same.

[Urthona]

Also, in a GV it seems you can land just about anywhere as long as there aren't any enemy cons in the area.  I successfully landed the other day while tracked next to a field gun in an enemy town.

[kilz]

to land a GV you have to be at lest 6k from any nme con.

[kilz]

Originally posted by BaldEagl
In a town you only need your two main wheels on concrete for a successful landing.  I've done it often in a goon.  I suppose the other safe landing areas work the same.

this could be true about the town. i have always gotten a ditch in strats with only the two main.

[BaldEagl]

Originally posted by kilz
this could be true about the town. i have always gotten a ditch in strats with only the two main.

Strats aren't safe landing areas no matter what unless you're in a GV.

[Getback]

I have been shot down at low alt, somehow landed safely on the ground and just waited until the enemy has landed. If you don't get an immediate kill you need to plug him some more.

I was in an F4u4 once and being b&z'd to death by three P51s. I lasted a good while but they finally got me. I hit the water with no wings and somehow survived. I just sat there in the water watching them fly off. Probably giving wtgs. Went made myself something to eat, came back and ditched. No one got the kill.

[Lusche]

Originally posted by Getback

I was in an F4u4 once and being b&z'd to death by three P51s. I lasted a good while but they finally got me. I hit the water with no wings and somehow survived. I just sat there in the water watching them fly off. Probably giving wtgs. Went made myself something to eat, came back and ditched. No one got the kill.

If you got a "ditch" result and not a "captured" one, you wouldn't have needed to wait. You were in friendly territory, you could have towered out immediately without anyone getting a kill on you.

[Yeager]

I shot the tails off three IL2s a few nights back.  On each occasion a 37mm cannon round fired from a Yak9 took the aft fuselage off the IL2.  

These three IL2 were pruned in 200-300 foot altitude range, and all three "floated" down to a soft landing and a ditch.  

Quite obviously 3-4000 pounds of IL2 wreckage dropping from 200-300 feet altitude (already moving at 200+ mph) and impacting the terrain shouldn't (under the best of circumstances) be considered a ditch....

but hey, its just a game.

[Noir]

this is going nowhere....except pavement