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Offline Hitman20

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What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« on: April 28, 2008, 11:27:52 AM »
I think mine was when I rammed the water tower shrotly after take off.... :eek:
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Offline PFactorDave

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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2008, 11:31:38 AM »
My shortest flights generally involve an Aircraft Carrier that starts turning right after I start my take off roll.  That particular aspect of the flight/physics model seems very counter intuitive to me.
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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2008, 11:54:23 AM »
Rolling out in my 38 on a capped field and trying to use the field gunners mound as a ramp to get airborne quicker...... doesn't work   :D
« Last Edit: April 28, 2008, 11:56:02 AM by Shuffler »
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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2008, 12:14:13 PM »
Quote from: Shuffler on April 28, 2008, 11:54:23 AM
Rolling out in my 38 on a capped field and trying to use the field gunners mound as a ramp to get airborne quicker...... doesn't work   :D


sounds like someone was watching harrier videos..thewy use a ramp on the end of their carriers.....

but VERY inventive!! :aok

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Offline whiteman

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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2008, 12:19:10 PM »
out the hanger and straight into the barracks.
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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2008, 12:31:52 PM »
Quote from: CAP1 on April 28, 2008, 12:14:13 PM

sounds like someone was watching harrier videos..thewy use a ramp on the end of their carriers.....

but VERY inventive!! :aok

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Yes the Brits have small CVs and the loaded harriers use the ramp.... jumpjets. I was not thinking about them.... just thinking... don't get vulched over and over  :aok
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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2008, 12:50:11 PM »
Quote from: Shuffler on April 28, 2008, 11:54:23 AM
Rolling out in my 38 on a capped field and trying to use the field gunners mound as a ramp to get airborne quicker...... doesn't work   :D

Choose something other than a 'bomber' to get you off the ground more quickly ...  ;)
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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2008, 12:54:00 PM »
My shortest lasted as long as it took to start the engine, give it full throttle and watch my prop disapear.....oops i left the brakes on :D
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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2008, 01:06:05 PM »
Base captured by Bish while on rollout. :furious Ack made short work out of me....
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Offline Blooz

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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2008, 02:28:09 PM »
Back before you could lock the tailwheel the F4U liked to swap ends on the takeoff roll. It happened to me a couple of times especially when loaded for bear.
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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2008, 04:58:15 PM »
I found  that on the Map with the dirt fields(can't remember the name) in the AvA, if you take of from the hanger and go straight you hit the other hanger....I did it a couple times.
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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2008, 05:01:23 PM »
Rolled a B-26 in a snapshot and didn't need ordnance.

Got my gear up and dropped 3 1k bombs a little too high.

Tower.    :D

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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2008, 05:59:37 PM »
Radar tower for me,  turned right into it :rofl
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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2008, 06:05:31 PM »
Rolled out a 38G on a semi capped field, saw F6F rolling in for the kill, so I jerked up on the runway, knocked my tails, rudders, elevators, etc off. Then it put me airborne, in which I hit the radar tower, slammed into the ground, flipped, and ended up landing upside down inside the offset fighter hanger.
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Re: What has been your shortest un-volched flight?
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2008, 06:06:01 PM »
Upped on the runway, gave full throttle, boom, back in the tower...got run over by a re-supply barge :furious
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