Author Topic: B24 Bail Bug  (Read 425 times)

Offline blyind420

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B24 Bail Bug
« on: September 17, 2009, 10:53:02 AM »
OK i will describe this the best as i can for you...
what happened was me and my friend were in a b24 he was the gunner i was the pilot, we were bombing an airfield and we lost 2 drones, we were on our last plane and the fuel tanks got hit.
once the fuel ran out i glided it down to about maybe 2 or 3k from the ground over town and then i bailed out...it all appeared normal to me but, my friend who was in the b24 turrets reported that somehow not only was he not still fallling from the sky but he was infact climbing at over 4,000 feet per minute, yes 4,000 that's not a typo. not only is this impossible but the plane was out of fuel!
he said it kept going up and up and up to around 90K alt when it promply began to fall rapidly from the sky...unfortunately he didn't get a video of him going up but he did record himself going back down.also he said that his speeds while going up AND down were in excess of 500 MPH and his wings never ripped off.
i don't have the video to post right now as its on my friends PC but i will post it later today once he sends me it if you want to see it or if it would help you to uncover what made this happen.

also id like to point out that while he said he was climbing and such i could not see him on my screen or my radar.

Offline Lacerate

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Re: B24 Bail Bug
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2009, 05:23:20 PM »
 
 Wow, how much do you weigh? :eek:

Offline DarkHawk

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Re: B24 Bail Bug
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2009, 09:31:24 PM »
temporary solution, the gunner must bail before the pilot, this problem has been around for a long time.

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