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Offline Tec

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ME163 gear...
« on: August 05, 2009, 05:26:25 AM »
Not sure if this was intentional or not but if you keep the dolly on after takeoff the aircraft will not exceed aprox 295mph.
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Offline OOZ662

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Re: ME163 gear...
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2009, 08:40:54 AM »
It is a rather massive piece of drag on a smooth airframe...
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Offline VonMessa

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Re: ME163 gear...
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2009, 08:44:47 AM »
Dolly is supposed to be dropped at a certain alt anyway.

Otherwise it would tend to (not in game however), bounce back up into the Komet and cause.....er..  "problems"   :devil

I haven't flown one for about a week, so I didn't notice this.

Also, the skid needed to be "decompressed" before landing so it was more spongy.  More than one Komet pilot has received a broken back for neglecting this small issue because the landing was too hard.  I wish this was modeled somehow..
« Last Edit: August 05, 2009, 08:47:25 AM by VonMessa »
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Offline BaldEagl

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Re: ME163 gear...
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2009, 08:48:57 AM »
Does this mean you can fly from base to base refueling now?
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Offline VonMessa

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Re: ME163 gear...
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2009, 08:52:28 AM »
Does this mean you can fly from base to base refueling now?

You always could.

Just had to keep the speed under the critical mph to keep the dolly on.

A PITA, but possible, nonetheless.   :)
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Offline Strip

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Re: ME163 gear...
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2009, 09:21:59 AM »
I remember when about 20 people flew Me-163s about four sectors and rearmed them along the way. The whines were epic when they hit fighter town,"You haxxors!"

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