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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Curval on December 21, 2002, 09:54:42 AM
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Viper engaged my B17 formation as I was on the way home from bombing the Bish HQ, in a 262 last night.
He took out both my drones and I wasn't able to get my guns on him in his first few passes...devastating slashing attacks.
On his final pass on my sole remaining 17 I managed to ping him and smoke erupted from his 262. He had me laughing because after that pass he typed "That's not good" over the text channel 1.:D
He broke off and headed back to land his damaged bird leaving me to cross my fingers and hope that he wouldn't make it home. During the wait I checked on my plane. Incredibly my horizontal stabilizer was gone and I was still airborne..at least one engine was out and I was trailing smoke badly (see pic). I couldn't turn my aircraft, so I kept it straight and level on a course towards enemy territory.
I was attacked by another con before I bailed...you can see his chute in the lower left of the pic. ;) He was my third kill of a fighter on this mission.
Viper then typed "Whew" on the text buffer and my heart sank...he had made it back..no 262 kill for me.:(
But, definately one of the most fun times I've had in a bomber.
Viper.
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Pic of the damage.
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hmm..i guess ya could try fiddlin with #1 and #4 prop speed to turn
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As information, no conventional 'real world' aircraft could contiune to fly without a Vertical Stabilizer.
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I thought it was the horizontal stabilizer....the tail section that is missing is vertical itself, but isn't it there to stabilize horizontal movement?
:confused:
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-=S=- Curval
I was really sweatin it out on the way back. Oil in both engines was spewing out the back and I had over a sector to get back to base. There was a N1k at the base when I was landing but he must not have seen me since he went after another guy and died to the ack.
I saw one flash on your tail as I went by, then heard on ping on me. I Look back and see all this smoke pouring out the back.
Good shootin on that last pass :)
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Viper
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no plane can fly without a vertical stabiliser but if you have ever seen that picture of the B17 that lost 2 thirds of its vertical stabiliser to a 109 which rammed him you would agree if any plane 'should' fly well with damaged vert stab then its the B17 :D
if i can find the pic ill post it. It really is an unbelievable mess but it made it home.
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Originally posted by Otto
As information, no conventional 'real world' aircraft could contiune to fly without a Vertical Stabilizer.
B2 bomber
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See, flying a bomber just by yourself is a tricky business... Take some friends along and these red guys, as seen in this pic....
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become amusing rather than scary because they run like dogs with their tails between their legs after the first pass, because of all the tracers that fly around :)
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Well Hazed if it's any consolation I have seen the picture that you are talking about, but I can't say that I remember where. I seem to remember hearing about another that was missing the entire tail section that made it back by stearing with engines, and using banking turns. There are a number of buff sites out there. Sinse I am burning time at work I will do a little surfing. If I find anything I will post it here.
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In actual fact I have seen that picture too Hazed...but at least they had 2/3 of the vertical stabilizer left. Check out the side view of this B17...:D
I had to edit just to add that I didn't retouch this at all. I have the film of it too.
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A multiengine plane can fly w/o a vert stab IIRC
Nifty did it once with a b26 in a snapshot or something I think
You can manage your engines to prevent it from spinning