Landing on fields

[THRASH99]

if you land with both wheels on the runway or the entire plane on the runway, its a successful landing. but if you land in the dirt, yeah you live, but its not a sucessful landing. its just an OK landing.

is the 737 that lands in the dirt a successful landing at logan airport? or is it one they can walk away from? its definitely not a successful landing. look at it that way!

Ok..lets say this then. Your just flying in the sky, all of a sudden your plane's engine fails, most important rule I heard is to find an empty field or somewhere where you can land it. So you land it in an empty field, why would that not count as a landing, it's better than crashing and blowing up isnt it...?

[Lusche]

So basically what your saying, is you could be across the entire map opposite from you in enemy territory and still land successfully??  How? It doesn't make sense

How long doe it take for a plane to fly home from the enemy base? How long would it take for a tank to drive back? Still makes no sense GV and planes have different rules?

[Blooz]

Some days you're going to have to make a decision. On the one hand, if you can keep it on the runway, you'll get a successful landing but on the other, if you don't, you'll just get a ditch. It's up to you to decide.

Here.
Take a cookie.

[Lusche]

Ok..lets say this then. Your just flying in the sky, all of a sudden your plane's engine fails, most important rule I heard is to find an empty field or somewhere where you can land it. So you land it in an empty field, why would that not count as a landing, it's better than crashing and blowing up isnt it...?

A ditch IS better than crashing and blowing up

[Dichotomy]

Ditches are BORING

I'd rather die in a new and spectacular fashion  

although there have been times I found myself off the runway and just taxied back onto it.  Not many.  I think I did it in 2007 once or twice.

[THRASH99]

A ditch IS better than crashing and blowing up

Yea, the thing is, what's so much different from a ditch and a landing? You're in your plane, on the field, why can't they be the same? It's not like your a mile from base, then I can understand..

[Melvin]

Yea, the thing is, what's so much different from a ditch and a landing? Your in your plane, on the field, why can't they be the same? It's not like your a mile from base, then I can understand..

Looks like we got a broken record housed by a brick wall. 

[Dichotomy]

But you run the risk of stepping in a gopher hole or a sheep print and breaking your ankle taking you off flight status for at least two weeks.  Isn't that a bad thing when we need all the cartoon pilots we can muster to fight off the evil axis of animated countries?

[THRASH99]

But you run the risk of stepping in a gopher hole or a sheep print and breaking your ankle taking you off flight status for at least two weeks.  Isn't that a bad thing when we need all the cartoon pilots we can muster to fight off the evil axis of animated countries?

LOL , all you do is get shot down and up a new plane/character and fight, I'm trying to get the landing sorted out between landing and on ditching on the field, doesn't really change if you're in your plane, on the field and get different messages. Like I said, it's better landing on the field than blowing up and dying, it shouldn't be different.

[lyric1]

it shouldn't be different.

It is though & that is the end of it. Sorry all your going to get is a beating a dead horse logo on this one.

[Dichotomy]

glad you saw the humor in that

Well, as has been posted before, it's bee addressed in the past and it's been determined that you have to be on the concrete in an aircraft to count as a landing.  Everything else is a ditch and it's not likely to change in the near or far future.  I suppose you could send htc an email asking about it but I'm pretty sure you've got your answer already.

Now about those foo fighters.. we really need to mount a campaign for those.

[The Fugitive]

Because it's the rule! Why does 3 of a kind beat a pair? Because it's a rule!

In Aces High the RULE is you must land and stop on the runway to get a successful landing.

[Zoney]

Thrash, <S> Sir.

It is simple, stop on the pavement and it is a landing, stop on the dirt and it is a ditch.  Those are the rules sir.  It is more difficult to stay on the pavement, so you have a bigger reward for doing so.

As you can see by the replies, everyone seems to understand this and so far no one is supporting your opinion.  Pushing your point of view which disagrees with the rules and the opinions expressed by others may invite a vitrolic reply and my alienate you from the rest of the players.

[BiPoLaR]

In some situations, it's not that easy to land perfectly, especially if you have half a wing, even no ailerons and only control of rudder.

You dont like challenges I can see.

[AWwrgwy]

Where's my B.S. flag?

Just an inch, eh?

I can post the screen shot of my succesful, one wing "landing" more than an inch off the runway if you like.



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