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Offline AN

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« on: December 31, 2001, 07:24:00 PM »
Earlier tonight, I was bored--numbers in the CT were nearly 4 to 1 and the MA was night, so I took up a Goony in the MA and thought I'd climb to 30k and fly over someone's base until I got shot down.

Well, I was nearing 30k, barely climbing, so I turned towards a base.  During the turn, I started speeding up while climbing, and when I straightened out I was doing over 200 mph with a rate of climb over 1.5K.

I continued rocketing up, even doing slow 180 degree turns, until I reached just over 50K--still doing over 200 mph and climbing at 1.5k.  Then my wings fell off, and I went spiraling into the ground.

Is this a known 'feature', or was something very weird going on?

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Offline K West

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« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2001, 07:37:00 PM »
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Offline Kieran

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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2001, 07:49:00 PM »
LOL! Next thing you know he will be whispering tales of alien abduction...  :D
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Offline Dago

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« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2001, 08:58:00 PM »
LOL  I kinda doubt this happened, I think he is setting up some guys who will just have to try it.   Imagine, a bunch of the curious with high altitude goonies.  He's probably gonna be up there in a 190 or jug shooting them down and laughing like hell, while mumbling "suckers".   :)

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« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2001, 09:18:00 PM »
some time ago I said on shannel 1 that some guys can have my perk points. I told them to type <perk transfer_ammo>  I seen a few bites :)
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Offline FDutchmn

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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2001, 10:11:00 PM »
LOL!! Just 50K??  Try 120K!! (titled:So... how high am I?) There is a link to my film to prove it  :D
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Offline FDutchmn

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« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2001, 10:24:00 PM »
ahhhh, soooo, your wings did fall off... must be a feature  :D
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Offline SirLoin

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« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2001, 10:33:00 PM »
Only 50k?I thought the Goony bug was higher and would also transform you into a F4 Falcon with sidewinders for a quickly killed base at safe range and then drunk drop..Eww...I need another brew...  :cool:
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Offline vmfRazor

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« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2001, 11:02:00 PM »
LOL that must really be weird if it transforms you into an F4 Falcon   :) LOL can we say phantom   :)

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Offline oboe

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« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2002, 08:10:00 AM »
It sounds like you've discovered the "Icarus" contingency.
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Offline Durr

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« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2002, 10:16:00 PM »
Maybe HTC actually models thunderstorms and he just got caught up in a powerful updraft!
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Offline MadBirdCZ

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« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2002, 01:07:00 PM »
Noo musta have been one of those "Scotty, beam me Up!" thingies...

By the way, why didn't you drop some troops at 50k? They would be hanging on the chutes even now  :)

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Offline Eagler

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« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2002, 01:19:00 PM »
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Originally posted by MadBirdCZ:
Noo musta have been one of those "Scotty, beam me Up!" thingies...

By the way, why didn't you drop some troops at 50k? They would be hanging on the chutes even now   :)

[ 01-02-2002: Message edited by: MadBirdCZ ]

.halo 800  :)
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Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2002, 02:20:00 PM »
hmmmm... this gives me an idea for an FDB mission....
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Offline Wanker

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« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2002, 02:44:00 PM »
Hate to burst your collective bubbles, but it sounds suspiciously like he got caught up in a strong wind layer that can be set in the arena tools.

The CM's don't have any privs in the CT, so it was either HTC or one of those CT boys who probably set it.

Or maybe it was aliens.  ;)
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