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Title: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Airwolf on July 29, 2010, 02:51:42 PM
Perhaps I have missed it somewhere, but how can you lock the flaps in various positions without having them automatically retract once you reach a certain speed....Can someone also explain to me the reason AH has this auto-flap retract feature?....If you forget to raise the flaps, and your speed damages them, that should be your problem....Much like the landing gear...They don`t auto-retract.....
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: ACE on July 29, 2010, 03:02:20 PM
I don't think you can lock them in a certain position.
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Ack-Ack on July 29, 2010, 03:03:59 PM
Perhaps I have missed it somewhere, but how can you lock the flaps in various positions without having them automatically retract once you reach a certain speed



You can't "lock down" the flaps to prevent them from auto-retracting once you reach certain speeds.  There are only two ways to prevent the flaps from auto-retracting, 1) don't use flaps and 2) watch your speed to avoid the flaps from auto-retracting.

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....Can someone also explain to me the reason AH has this auto-flap retract feature?....If you forget to raise the flaps, and your speed damages them, that should be your problem....Much like the landing gear...They don`t auto-retract.....

It's purely a game play decision on the part of HiTech and we will never see it removed from the game.  

As a player that purely flies a plane that is flap dependent, it sucks having such a hand holding feature like auto-retracting flaps, especially after playing the other two major sims that didn't have this feature.  However, I can see the reasoning behind it and have learned to live with it that it really is no longer an issue with me as I was already used to keeping my speed under control to avoid over speeding and damaging my flaps from playing AW and WB.  

The only thing you have to be careful of is in nose low turns with flaps deployed as it's easy to over speed and have the flaps auto-retract while in a turn which has a tendency to cause a very nasty spin that can be very, very difficult to recover from.


ack-ack

Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: uptown on July 29, 2010, 08:13:02 PM
Why would you want to lock the flaps?  :headscratch:
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Ack-Ack on July 29, 2010, 08:21:45 PM
Why would you want to lock the flaps?  :headscratch:

To keep them from running away (http://crosstowntorrents.org/images/smilies/rimshot.gif)
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: SunBat on July 29, 2010, 08:59:56 PM
To keep them from running away (http://www.emotty.com/images/emoticons/587.png)

That's the reason I lock down my refrigerator.  Back in the 90's  some dude used to always call me at work and ask if my refrigerator was running.  I would always tell him I'm pretty sure it was. He would then say that I better go catch it. I would get real worried and head home to catch it. That dang thing always made it back to its spot before I got there.   Finally, I decided to lock it down and the phone calls stopped.   
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: grizz441 on July 29, 2010, 09:13:22 PM
That's the reason I lock down my refrigerator.  Back in the 90's  some dude used to always call me at work and ask if my refrigerator was running.  I would always tell him I'm pretty sure it was. He would then say that I better go catch it. I would get real worried and head home to catch it. That dang thing always made it back to its spot before I got there.   Finally, I decided to lock it down and the phone calls stopped.    

That's a cool story.  Did your boss care that you always left work early to go check on your refrigerator?

P.S. What did you lock it down with?  Thinkin bout doin something similar with mine now that you mention it.
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: TheForce on July 29, 2010, 09:14:38 PM
That's the reason I lock down my refrigerator.  Back in the 90's  some dude used to always call me at work and ask if my refrigerator was running.  I would always tell him I'm pretty sure it was. He would then say that I better go catch it. I would get real worried and head home to catch it. That dang thing always made it back to its spot before I got there.   Finally, I decided to lock it down and the phone calls stopped.   

Dude!!!  I did exactly the same thing!
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: SunBat on July 29, 2010, 09:22:47 PM
That's a cool story.  Did your boss care that you always left work early to go check on your refrigerator?

P.S. What did you lock it down with?  Thinkin bout doin something similar with mine now that you mention it.

You know now that u mention it the dude sounded like my boss and he always called around lunch time. When I came back my pickles and cheese were eaten from my Dukes of Hazard metal lunch box. The irony in that was the reason I was so worried about my fridge out galavanting around was I was afraid my pickles and cheese would go bad. I bought lots of pickles and cheese and never got to eat them until I locked my refrigerator down.

SunBat


P.S. I locked it down with Velcro.
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: TheForce on July 29, 2010, 09:25:31 PM
You know now that u mention it the dude sounded like my boss and he always called around lunch time. When I came back my pickles and cheese were eaten from my Dukes of Hazard metal lunch box. The irony in that was the reason I was so worried about my fridge out galavanting around was I was afraid my pickles and cheese would go bad. I bought lots of pickles and cheese and never got to eat them until I locked my refrigerator down.

SunBat


P.S. I locked it down with Velcro.

Dude!!!  I did exactly the same thing!
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Tec on July 29, 2010, 09:28:28 PM
P.S. I locked it down with Velcro.

That's cool, it was probably an easy transition for you since that's the same way you lock down your shoes to your feets.
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: grizz441 on July 29, 2010, 09:35:41 PM
U know what's funny.  I don't mind eatin a dell pickle straight out of a jar, but I can't stand eating a pickle on a burger.  Same thing with tomatoes and ketchup.  I like eatin french fries with ketchup but I don't want ketchup anywhere near my burger or my hotdog.  Tomato is ok on a burger, but keep it off my sandwich!   :furious
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: uptown on July 29, 2010, 09:46:56 PM
 :rofl that's as bad as my kids. They'll put a 5 gallon bucket of catsup on their frys but won't come near a tomato. They'll eat chicken nuggets by the truck load but will turn their noses up at a grilled chicken breast. Go figure.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: SunBat on July 29, 2010, 10:00:43 PM
That's cool, it was probably an easy transition for you since that's the same way you lock down your shoes to your feets.

That's true and that's why I had lots of velcro.

What most people don't realize is that fridges are a lot like elephantsez. After u lock 'em down once with a big ole chain they think they're always locked down with a big ole chain. That's why big strong elephantsez can be locked down with a little ole string at the circus and mighty running refrigerators can be locked down with velco. Capice?
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Tec on July 29, 2010, 10:04:43 PM
Sunbat's fridge --------> :bolt:
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: SunBat on July 29, 2010, 10:05:04 PM
U know what's funny.  I don't mind eatin a dell pickle straight out of a jar, but I can't stand eating a pickle on a burger.  Same thing with tomatoes and ketchup.  I like eatin french fries with ketchup but I don't want ketchup anywhere near my burger or my hotdog.  Tomato is ok on a burger, but keep it off my sandwich!   :furious

Do you like butter on ur pwnbread?  I know you like butter on your hair [z-formation snap] cuz u be leavin' it all over the skoo bus window when u wake up from yo nap. [\z-formation snap]
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: SunBat on July 29, 2010, 10:08:21 PM
Sunbat's fridge --------> :bolt:
:O Hang on!
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: SunBat on July 29, 2010, 10:09:06 PM
It was there! :furious
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Scherf on July 29, 2010, 10:09:36 PM
Too much velcro will leave you constipated.



Then nothin don't move nowhere.
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: grizz441 on July 29, 2010, 10:09:57 PM
There it goes!
 :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt:
(http://lyndonology.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Run-Fridge-Run.jpeg)
 :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt: :bolt:
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Tec on July 29, 2010, 10:10:26 PM
We have derailed this thread with epic amounts of tard.
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: grizz441 on July 29, 2010, 10:18:54 PM
(http://www.jtrue.com/cartoons/art/low/fridge_run.jpg)
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Tec on July 29, 2010, 10:20:25 PM
Hey SunBat, is your nose running?
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: SunBat on July 29, 2010, 10:26:15 PM
Hey SunBat, is your nose running?

If u are trying to get me to run to the mirror and check if my nose is running because I am afraid my boogers are going to spoil so you can steal my boogers from my Dukes of Hazard lunch box let's just stop right here. You can have my boogers. I stopped eating them last week. 
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Dichotomy on July 29, 2010, 10:42:45 PM
okay everybody knows you guys are being silly.  I had a long talk with my fridge tonight and it copped an attitude so I broke out the JB weld while it was sleeping.  That thing aint going anywhere now.   :devil
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Tec on July 29, 2010, 11:01:09 PM
Who's JBweld?  I thought those guys all had numbers for a name!
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: froger on July 29, 2010, 11:09:29 PM
That's a cool story.  Did your boss care that you always left work early to go check on your refrigerator?

P.S. What did you lock it down with?  Thinkin bout doin something similar with mine now that you mention it.


ummmmm is prince albert still in the can, or are there really 16 pound balls....
If your under 40 years old than this wont be applicable to you, please disregard..... :old:

that is all

 :banana: :banana: :banana:

froger
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Dichotomy on July 29, 2010, 11:19:48 PM
Who's JBweld?  I thought those guys all had numbers for a name!

*considers smiting you with a large trout

Why waste a perfectly good trout? *uses a halibut instead and runs to check the score page* cool 'DichoDog smited Tec with one large halibut' I'm the fish assassin for the month :D
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: hitech on July 30, 2010, 09:32:01 AM

ummmmm is prince albert still in the can, or are there really 16 pound balls....
If your under 40 years old than this wont be applicable to you, please disregard..... :old:

that is all

 :banana: :banana: :banana:

froger

You beat me to it by 2 posts.

HiTech
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Bomber49 on July 30, 2010, 10:16:17 AM
To keep the thread pertinent, did you, or did you not lock down the flaps on the aforementioned refrigerator, and are you interested in purchasing wholesale quantities of cheese and/or pickles? :old:
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Zoney on July 30, 2010, 10:21:59 AM
FYI, velcro was invented by an Italian who had a spark of inspiration after observing his wife pulling her turtle neck sweater off and observing how it hung up on her mustache.            :old:               :bolt:               :neener:
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: hitech on July 30, 2010, 11:07:04 AM
To keep the thread pertinent, did you, or did you not lock down the flaps on the aforementioned refrigerator, and are you interested in purchasing wholesale quantities of cheese and/or pickles? :old:

I did not lock down the refrigerator flapping, but my wife did do to incoming nightly raids below the radar for mass quantities of cheese and crackers by a certain RV-8 flier.


HiTech
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Dichotomy on July 30, 2010, 11:11:14 AM
you mean you haven't come up with a patch for that already? 
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: grizz441 on July 30, 2010, 12:44:59 PM
Ok now I am really confused.  Does a running refrigerator still keep the food cold inside?  Cuz you think it would work up quite a sweat gallivanting all over town.   And, a refrigerator that is locked down isn't running so the food can't stay cold that way either right?  Maybe we need to just invest in ice chests to avoid this paradox.  Can we all agree on that?
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: BulletVI on July 30, 2010, 12:53:10 PM


Agree able we shouldn't have the flaps auto retracting as we gain speed we should have to do it ourselves and if we forget OHDEAR your flaps are now damaged and stay where they are and now affect your aircraft's performance at high and midrange speed's.

Love the idea  :aok
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: SAJ73 on July 30, 2010, 02:33:57 PM
My fridge is such a slow runner that its flaps won't even auto retract...  :rolleyes:
The good thing is it never runs far, so I know my pickles are always within the block range..  :aok
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Dichotomy on July 30, 2010, 02:57:00 PM

Agree able we shouldn't have the flaps auto retracting as we gain speed we should have to do it ourselves and if we forget OHDEAR your flaps are now damaged and stay where they are and now affect your aircraft's performance at high and midrange speed's.

Love the idea  :aok

and what, sir, does that have to do with our refrigerators? :)
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: BulletVI on July 30, 2010, 02:58:23 PM
and what, sir, does that have to do with our refrigerators? :)

Nothing but its about Airwolf's OP :lol
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Dichotomy on July 30, 2010, 03:01:34 PM
:D
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Ack-Ack on July 30, 2010, 04:04:46 PM
I took the rollers off my refrigerator to keep it from running.  Works good too but someone told me it was cruel.

ack-ack
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: crazyivan on July 30, 2010, 04:27:06 PM
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i152/xnufanx717/comics/runningfridge.gif)
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: FiLtH on July 30, 2010, 11:43:22 PM
         Ya gotta keep more beer in the fridge to weigh her down.
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Tec on July 31, 2010, 08:35:23 AM
         Ya gotta keep more beer in the fridge to weigh her down.

I used that line of logic and put Prince Albert and his 16lb balls in my fridge.  He ate my pickles and drank my beer then they ran off to San Fran together to become life partners :cry
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: dmdchief on July 31, 2010, 09:24:46 AM
BOY ya'll must be really rich to have one of them refigators, heck all I got is the spring out back, but one of these hear days I ll have me one of them gadjits for so

salute
ab8aac out
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: EskimoJoe on July 31, 2010, 11:30:22 AM
Dare I say it, better than Hot Air Ballon Duels?

Now, are you postive that at this very moment in time, your refrigerator has not snuck out to the hot air balloon dueling grounds?

 :bolt:
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: groundfeeder on July 31, 2010, 11:47:47 AM
         Ya gotta keep more beer in the fridge to weigh her down.

Tried that! problem was it just stumbled around the house and broke the eggs....solution..... got rid of the pesky eggs :cheers:
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: BulletVI on July 31, 2010, 02:19:34 PM


I used to use my exgirlfriend's heart for a fridge she was so cold :lol

But she kept me cool in the summer as well as my beer so she was handy for sumit :lol
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: Dichotomy on July 31, 2010, 06:23:09 PM
'What do you say to a cold one?'
'See ya later hon I'm going to go fly' :)
Title: Re: Locking down the flaps...
Post by: xbrit on July 31, 2010, 07:57:06 PM
Every time my ex opened her mouth a light came on.