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Offline thrila

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Spit14 is cured
« on: July 29, 2009, 06:45:22 AM »
Wooowooo!

I just took it for a spin offline and it's nasty stall characteristics are gone.  The correction of the fuel tanks has dnoe the trick. :)

I'm going to be flying the spit14 as my main ride from now on, it is much more of a beast of a plane than it used to be.
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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2009, 06:47:49 AM »
Quote from: thrila on July 29, 2009, 06:45:22 AM
Wooowooo!

I just took it for a spin offline and it's nasty stall characteristics are gone.  The correction of the fuel tanks has dnoe the trick. :)

I'm going to be flying the spit14 as my main ride from now on.


So would I but ive already spanked (no u to avoid obscenity) all my perkies on it and now it can fly straight and true I cant afford it :cry
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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2009, 07:22:48 AM »
outstanding!  :x

probably my fav ride in the game (certainly most effective) but with a few handling quirks which didnt seem consistent with the other spits, cant wait to try it out (was going to fly spits next tour anyway.)


big, big thanks to Krusty for spotting and diagnosing the bug :aok
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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2009, 10:21:39 AM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on July 29, 2009, 07:22:48 AM
big, big thanks to Krusty for spotting and diagnosing the bug :aok

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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2009, 10:28:37 AM »
 spits are for kids  :aok
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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2009, 10:30:48 AM »
<< fortysomething kid :D
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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2009, 10:30:58 AM »
Quote from: Anaxogoras on July 29, 2009, 10:21:39 AM
A man fires an automatic rifle into the sky at a flock of birds.  After about a thousand rounds he finally hits one and it falls dead.  "Success!" he says.

And I say, "Good job."

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Offline Karnak

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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2009, 10:57:24 AM »
Quote from: shreck on July 29, 2009, 10:28:37 AM
spits are for kids  :aok
Kinda slow, aren't you?  Try reading some history.
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Offline DaveJ

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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2009, 12:19:39 PM »
All is right with the world. The Spit 14 is fixed.
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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2009, 05:17:53 PM »
Quote from: Karnak on July 29, 2009, 10:57:24 AM
Kinda slow, aren't you?  Try reading some history.

Actually, what made the Spitfire such an amazing plane was that it was aerodynamically stable enough for KIDS to fly them in defense of their country... so, Spitfires really WERE for kids, as were most American planes...
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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2009, 05:23:14 PM »
Quote from: Serenity on July 29, 2009, 05:17:53 PM
Actually, what made the Spitfire such an amazing plane was that it was aerodynamically stable enough for KIDS to fly them in defense of their country... so, Spitfires really WERE for kids, as were most American planes...

wasn't the raf putting 18 year old kids in them with less than 40 hours training?
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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2009, 05:25:59 PM »
Quote from: Serenity on July 29, 2009, 05:17:53 PM
Actually, what made the Spitfire such an amazing plane was that it was aerodynamically stable enough for KIDS to fly them in defense of their country... so, Spitfires really WERE for kids, as were most American planes...

Right, hence the appellation "ensign eliminator."  Moreover, from what I've read, the P-51 had a nasty tendency to stall without warning until you accrued some time in it.
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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2009, 05:26:39 PM »

1940s 18yo = 2009 40 yo
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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2009, 05:31:19 PM »
Quote from: CAP1 on July 29, 2009, 05:23:14 PM
wasn't the raf putting 18 year old kids in them with less than 40 hours training?


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Re: Spit14 is cured
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2009, 05:40:26 PM »
Quote from: CAP1 on July 29, 2009, 05:23:14 PM
wasn't the raf putting 18 year old kids in them with less than 40 hours training?


Exactly! It was a kid's plane! lol.
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