Something WEIRDER than Jigster's test.........

[eddiek]

Ok, here goes:

Offline, go to A1, select Yak, 100% fuel, set wind to 0,0, 127, takeoff to SW............
After several tries (the dang thing made all kinds of noises when I tried to spawn), I found the YAk soaring upwards with the climb indicator pegged at 4K+..........and the engine was off!
I started the engine and let it idle......climb indicator never came off the peg at 4K+..  
Anyways, I watched the manifold pressure drop as the alt piled on, decided to see how high the program would let me go.......would you believe 50K?  I went WOT then, set the wind to 0, and just flew......TAS was right at 500(???).
Okay, now I am really bored (just like most of you reading this), so I nose her over and let her fall, seeing where the great Russian bird compressed..........pegged the airspeed indicator at 700.........still able to elev. trim her and keep control..........weirder and weirder...............
Why did I do this?  I wanted to see what the various planes would do, using tests similiar to Jigster's............
Now, my question for HT or Pyro:
Do the planes not obey "regular" or "online" physics in the offline mode?  I did this out of curiousity, just to see what kind of things would happen.  Was unable to log into the arena, and being a severe AH addict, I had to get my daily fix.
Why does changing the wind settings affect the aircraft performance so drastically?

Flame away guys........this is not a gripe about the YAK or any other plane.......I was just goofing around and this is what happened.


PS--I stopped at 50K just as a random choice........have numerous screenshots of the instrument panel and started filming at I believe 40K.........

[This message has been edited by eddiek (edited 12-13-2000).]

[eddiek]

Guys, I apologize.........I should have sent this to Pyro or HT.
It NEVER should have been posted here.
Am gonna ask Pyro to delete it.
After reading it, I realized that it looks like a slam on AH...........it was not meant to be one.  AH is the best in the business IMHO, and I do not want anyone thinking I am stirring up trouble.
Sorry for the trouble I may have caused.

[danish]

I dont see any slamming in your post - and obviously none intended ;=)
Good observation really

Err.. could have been posted in bugs forum though hehe.

danish

[Jigster]

I've found that after 40k or so the physics of the flight model get all weird. I've used wind to get to 100k before, where anything over say, 50k you can fly around just as if you were at sea level.

I'm not sure if there is a different wind layer up there or what, but it's kinda screwy  

Luckily, the true air speeds at that alt prevent buffs from crossing the transistion layer.

Going supersonic in prop planes IS kinda fun tho  

[TheWobble]

I got the p-38 to 96k in h2h arena with that powerful wind, and i have the screen shot of it too.