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Innominate · « **Reply #15 on:** December 26, 2002, 07:31:10 AM »

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Originally posted by BenDover
I'm sure that happened to me the other day

either that or it was cos i was on the edge of space:rolleyes:

Most likely you took the plane over 12 G's and killed the pilot.

I don't know about real life, but in AH 163s do NOT explode randomly.

2stony · « **Reply #16 on:** December 26, 2002, 10:39:26 AM »

The other day I was gliding in a 163 on final to the field and was doing about 300 knots at about 3-4k. There were no enemies around. In an instant, I was back in the tower and it said I had been killed. No "by so and so" text appeared.

Anyone have any ideas why this happened?

~~Stony~~

Innominate · « **Reply #17 on:** December 26, 2002, 11:20:53 AM »

2stony, was it in 1.11 patch 0 or 1.11 patch 1?

Patch 1 fixed a pretty serious problem in the 163 elevators which made breaking the 12g limit easy to do with even small stick movements.

BenDover · « **Reply #18 on:** December 27, 2002, 02:36:38 PM »

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Originally posted by 2stony
The other day I was gliding in a 163 on final to the field and was doing about 300 knots at about 3-4k. There were no enemies around. In an instant, I was back in the tower and it said I had been killed. No "by so and so" text appeared.

Anyone have any ideas why this happened?

~~Stony~~

You crashed into the ground

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Most likely you took the plane over 12 G's and killed the pilot.

I don't know about real life, but in AH 163s do NOT explode randomly.

read it again, i didn't say i died, i said my engine shut off, although i did manage to restart my engine, and i lived up to the point until I decided to try and break the sound barrier, think i got it to about 666mph before hitting the ground barrier.

2stony · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2002, 03:28:35 PM »

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You crashed into the ground

Notice I said that I was at 3-4k when this happened, so I didn't crash.

~~Stony~~

BenDover · « **Reply #20 on:** December 27, 2002, 06:14:45 PM »

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Originally posted by 2stony
Notice I said that I was at 3-4k when this happened, so I didn't crash.

~~Stony~~

~~altimeter malfunction:rolleyes:~~

Kevin14 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 28, 2002, 09:13:12 AM »

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Originally posted by BenDover
altimeter malfunction:rolleyes:

Lol, does anyone know if the 162 (I think) Salamander was any safer than the 163?

salem · « **Reply #22 on:** December 30, 2002, 10:23:50 AM »

Well, the He-162 was a jet, and as such obviously didn't suffer from the issues of the rocket engine. IIRC however, the 162's flight characteristics were not regarded as being terribly good, and it was felt to be unsuited to novice pilots, it's design intent notwithstanding.

regards,
aircav

EDIT: Just re-read Eric Browns test flight reports in the 162, and he says the take-off and landing were rather tricky, but in flight it was a decent aircraft and stable gun platform. The fin and rudder assembly was rather fragile though.